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Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki, who is backed by opposition parties, speaks to media after the gubernatorial election, in Naha, Okinawa prefecture, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022.
THE governor of Okinawa who has long opposed the US marine base on the Japanese island was re-elected on Sunday.
Denny Tamaki and his supporters declared his victory and celebrated with the chants of “banzai” soon after the exit poll results showed he beat two contenders — Atsushi Sakima, backed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing bloc, and another opposition-backed candidate Mikio Shimoji.
Mr Tamaki, who is backed by opposition parties, won 339,767 votes, or about 51 per cent of the effective votes, over Mr Sakima’s 274,844 votes and Mr Shimoji’s 53,677, according to the final results released yesterday [Mon] by the Okinawa prefecture.
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