Aiko Shimajiri fist-bumps supporters as she walks into a rally at a bullring in Okinawa s gritty Uruma city, the former minister in Japan s ruling party relishing the prospect of pulling off an upset victory in this weekend s vote.
Former Japanese minister of state for Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs Aiko Shimajiri fist-bumps supporters as she walks into a rally at a bullring in Uruma, Japan, as she relishes the prospect of pulling off an upset victory in tomorrow’s parliamentary vote.
Nationwide, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is expected to lose seats in the Japanese House of Representatives, the lower, but more powerful chamber of the Japanese Diet, due largely to voter dissatisfaction over the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, in Okinawa Prefecture long a bastion of the pacifist opposition the LDP’s harder line on China and proactive