Genta Koja beat two-term incumbent Denny Tamaki, who wants a major US military base to be moved out of Okinawa.

Frustrated by economic hardship, Okinawans have rallied behind a new governor, leaving long-standing anti-base resistance in ...

Mr Koja appealed to voters with his promise to build a stronger economy. Okinawa has the lowest income levels in Japan. He ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday that the victory by the ruling party-backed candidate in the weekend's ...

Genta Koja was projected to become the Japanese archipelago’s next governor, a win for the country’s hawkish prime minister ...

Japan is to accelerate its military build-up after a conservative won a key election in Okinawa. Backed by prime minister ...

Okinawa elected its first conservative governor in 12 years Sunday as Genta Koja, a former deputy mayor of Naha backed by ...

Koja's win over incumbent Denny Tamaki, an opponent of the transfer of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan to ...

TOKYO, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Genta Koja, the candidate backed by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), won Sunday's gubernatorial election in Okinawa Prefecture, ...

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When Satsuki Agarie plays the “sanshin” and begins singing Okinawan folk songs, regular customers at her lounge eagerly join in.