THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 24, 2022 at 18:04 JST
Taketoyo Toguchi, incumbent mayor of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, receives flowers after his re-election became certain on the night of Jan. 23. (Minako Yoshimoto)
NAGO, Okinawa Prefecture--Measures to improve the local economy and living conditions took priority over an “increasingly unwinnable fight” here, giving the incumbent a comfortable victory over his anti-U.S. military base challenger in the Nago mayoral election. [Read More]
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