A candidate backed by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government won Okinawa's gubernatorial election, ousting an opponent of Tokyo's military build-up across the strategically important island chain near Taiwan ‌and China

A candidate backed by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government won Okinawa's gubernatorial election, ousting an opponent of Tokyo's military build-up across the strategically important island chain near Taiwan ‌and China ↧ Okinawa election win may give Tokyo freer hand on military build-up A candidate backed by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government won Okinawa's gubernatorial election on Sunday, ousting an opponent of ​Tokyo's military build-up across the strategically important island chain near Taiwan ‌and China.