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Japanese PM-backed candidate wins Okinawa gubernatorial election
Published by Al Jazeera on September 14, 2026.
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supporters after reports projected his victory in the Okinawa gubernatorial election in Naha, Okinawa prefecture, on September 13, 2026 [Jiji Press/AFP]</figcaption></figure></div><div class="article-info m--t-20 m--desktop-b-30 m--b-mobile-20"><div class="byline byline--multiple-avatars"><div class="avatars-container"><div class="avatar"><div class="responsive-image"><img loading="lazy" src="/static/media/author-avatar.4e4e9b65.svg" srcSet="" sizes="" aria-hidden="true"/></div></div><a class="avatar" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" href="/author/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458"><div class="responsive-image"><img loading="lazy" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg?resize=96%2C96&quality=80" srcSet="/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg?resize=96%2C96&quality=80 96w" sizes="(max-width: 96px) 96px, 96px" 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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party. He beat Tamaki, 66, who has long pushed for a major US military base to be moved out of Okinawa.</p><p>The 42-year-old will become the youngest Okinawa governor since the prefecture was returned to Japan from US rule in 1972. He will also become its first governor born after the reversion.</p><p>His election could end Okinawa’s legal efforts to block the relocation of US Marines from the Futenma air base to a new facility at Henoko on the prefecture’s main island, according to Masaaki Gabe, a professor emeritus at the University of the Ryukyus.</p><p>Gabe also said it may make it easier to expand military access to airports and ports.</p><p>“Koja could reasonably be expected to approve their designation, opening wholly civilian facilities to military use,” Gabe added.</p><p>Koja’s victory comes as Takaichi prepares to unveil a new national security strategy this year that is expected to accelerate Japan’s biggest military build-up since World War II.</p><p>Her administration said increased defence spending was necessary to deter China from using military force to advance its territorial ambitions in East Asia.</p><div class="container--ads in-article-ads"><div class="ads"><span class="ads__title"> Advertisement </span></div></div><p>Okinawa forms part of what military planners call the first island chain, a string of territory stretching from Japan through the Philippines that constrains China’s access to the western Pacific.</p><p>Yonaguni Island, Japan’s westernmost territory, lies 110km (68 miles) east of Taiwan. Beijing claims Taiwan as its own territory and has stepped up military activity around the democratically governed island.</p><p>Tensions between Tokyo and Beijing have risen since <a href="/news/2025/11/15/china-issues-travel-warning-for-japan-over-threats-to-intervene-in-taiwan">Takaichi said last year</a> that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could also threaten Japan and trigger a military response by Tokyo.</p></div></main><hr/><div class="loading-cards" data-testid="loading-cards"><div class="loading-card"><div class="content"><h3></h3><h2 class="heading-first-line"></h2><h2 class="heading-second-line"></h2><h2 class="heading-third-line"></h2><p class="excerpt-first-line"></p><p class="excerpt-second-line"></p><p class="excerpt-third-line"></p></div><div class="image"><svg class="icon icon--aj-logo icon--light-grey icon--24 icon--aj-logo" viewBox="0 0 20 20" version="1.1" aria-hidden="true"><title>aj-logo</title><path class="icon-main-color" d="M11.61 17.51v.14c0 .07.13.36.13.36a1.32 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