Voting begins in Nago mayoral race, U.S. base relocation in focus

Voting gets under way in the Nago mayoral election in the southern Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa, with a candidate opposing the relocation of a U.S. military base to the city's coastal area pitted against an incumbent supported by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's ruling party that is pushing for the transfer.

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