The newly elected governor of Okinawa is expected to travel to the U.S. to protest against the construction of more military bases on the Japanese island.
During an interview Wednesday, Governor Denny Tamaki said he wants to make a win-win situation for President Trump and Okinawa.
He announced his plans to visit New York and other cities next month to discuss disputed military bases in Japan.
FILE – This Aug. 2018, file aerial photo shows preliminary construction work off Henoko, in Nago city, Okinawa prefecture, Japan, where the Japanese government plans to relocate a U.S. air base from one area of Okinawa’s main island to another. (Koji Harada/Kyodo News via AP, File)
This comes as about 64-percent of Okinawa’s land is occupied by the U.S. military.
Tamaki was overwhelmingly elected into office earlier this month after campaigning for the removal of a U.S. Marine
airbase on the island.
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UPDATED 9:32 AM PT — Wed. Oct. 31, 2018
