THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 8, 2021 at 18:34 JST
Incumbent Mayor Tetsuji Matsumoto, center, receives flowers on news that he would likely win the Urasoe mayoral election in Okinawa Prefecture on Feb. 7. (Mika Kuniyoshi)
URASOE, Okinawa Prefecture--Tetsuji Matsumoto, the incumbent mayor here, won his third term on a pledge to support the relocation of a military port facility to the city, despite having flip-flopped on the issue twice. [Read More]
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