According to Kyodo News Agency, The japanese okinawa prefecture held a governor election on the 11th, and the current governor of the non-partisan, Tamaki Danny, after a bitter battle, defeated the former mayor of Ginowan City, who was elected by the Liberal Democratic Party, and won re-election. But the vote count indicates that Yucheng's next term will be very arduous.
Tamagotchi Danny, who was successfully re-elected in the okinawa prefectural governor election.
The election, which focused on the relocation of the Futenma airport of the US military in Japan, was essentially a struggle between the local government, opposition parties, and the Japanese central government, which had very different attitudes toward the US military base in Okinawa. Among the two main candidates, Tamagotchi Danny, who opposed the relocation of the US military airfield in Japan to the Biannogu area of Nago City, was recommended by the opposition Party Constitutional Democratic Party, the Japanese Communist Party, the Reiwa Shin-katsu, the Social Democratic Party and the regional political party "Okinawa Society", and the former mayor of Ginowan City, Sawagi Makoto, who approved the relocation plan, was recommended by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party.
Okinawa Prefecture Nago City Bennoko area.
More than 70% of the U.S. military bases in Japan are located in Okinawa Prefecture. For a long time, the us military crimes, crashes, high-altitude objects, noise disturbances and other incidents have occurred frequently, and the people of Okinawa have been overwhelmed. The Okinawa prefectural government and the Japanese central government have been arguing for years over the relocation of the Futenma base, with the former opposing the prefectural relocation plan and demanding the complete closure of the Futenma base or its relocation outside the prefecture. In 2019, Okinawa Prefecture held a prefectural vote, and 72.2% of the people opposed the construction of a new US military base in the Border Noko area.
People in Okinawa Prefecture staged a protest in rowboats in the Bennoko area.
Danny Yucheng's re-election is quite difficult. Rival Makoto Saki, who led the polls a few months ago, used the relocation of Futenma Airport in exchange for a 350 billion yen (17 billion yuan) granted to Okinawa by the Japanese central government. On the surface, there is a gap of nearly 65,000 votes between Yucheng Danny and Makoto Sasai in this election, but if you remove the more than 50,000 votes obtained by another candidate, former Member of the House of Representatives, Yucheng Danny's vote advantage is very weak, greatly reduced from the 80,000 votes in the 2018 election.
The reason why Danny Tamshiro was able to win the re-election is also related to the recent "scandal" troubles of the Kishida government and the Liberal Democratic Party. The Kishida government insisted on spending 1.66 billion yen (about 80.65 million yuan) to hold a "state funeral" for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and 179 of the 379 members of the Liberal Democratic Party were implicated in the unification of the religious group in question, of which 17 people, including Koichi Hagida, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's political research committee, and Kishi Nobuo, assistant to the prime minister, received their electoral support, resulting in dissatisfaction with the Kishida government and a certain influence on the election of the governor of Okinawa Prefecture. According to a latest public opinion survey by Japan's Asahi Shimbun, Kishida's cabinet's approval rating fell to 41 percent, unchanged from the lowest support rate when the House of Representatives elections were announced last October.
Tamagotchi Danny revealed in an interview with the media in Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture on the 12th that he will not attend the "state funeral" of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Danny Yucheng (front middle) celebrates the victory with supporters.
The next term will not be easy for Danny Yucheng. In addition to continuing the judicial struggle with the Japanese central government to end reclamation in the border areas, it is also necessary to boost okinawa's economy, which has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Every election in Okinawa Prefecture has had to oscillate between "opposing U.S. military bases in Japan" or "revitalizing the economy." Okinawa's economy has been lagging behind throughout Japan, and those who support the relocation of U.S. military bases hope to exchange it for assistance from the Japanese central government, while those who oppose it advocate the complete abolition of U.S. military bases in exchange for a peaceful environment and thus the revitalization of the local economy. Kyodo News Agency analysis pointed out that this is the fourth time that the election results reflect the willingness of the people to oppose the relocation plan of the US military base after the 2014 and 2018 governor elections and the february 2019 prefectural vote. It can be said that The successful re-election of Danny Tamshiro is a direct answer of the Okinawan people to the Kishida government's "soft and hard" strategy.
On September 12, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary, Hiroichi Matsuno, held a press conference at the Prime Minister's residence.
However, due to the political needs of the Japan-U.S. alliance, the Japanese government was determined to sacrifice the interests of the okinawan people. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroichi Matsuno stressed at a press conference on the 12th that okinawa's policy of relocating US military bases in Japan remains unchanged in consideration of maintaining the deterrent power of the Japan-US alliance.
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