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

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