China-Taiwan tensions place security at center of Okinawa election

Incumbent opposes Tokyo's U.S. base policy, but sentiment is shifting

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Landfill operations are underway in the Henoko area of the U.S. Marine Camp Schwab in Nago, in Okinawa Prefecture.  © Reuters

MIKI OKUYAMA, RINTARO TOBITA and SHOGO KODAMA, Nikkei staff writers

NAHA/TOKYO -- The heightened tensions surrounding Taiwan loom large over nearby Okinawa's gubernatorial election, now just a month away, with the debate over U.S. bases in the prefecture taking on new urgency.

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