2010 Okinawa gubernatorial election

Gubernatorial election in Japan 2010 Okinawa gubernatorial election Japan No presidential 1,068,195 60.88% 2006 Okinawa gubernatorial election 2006 2010 11 28 Okinawa gubernatorial election, 2014 2014 160x160px Hirokazu Nakaima Independent politician 335,708 51.98% Supported by LDP, Kōmeitō, Your Party 160x160px Yōichi Iha Independent politician 297,082 46.00% SDP, JCP, OSMP Tatsurō Kinjō Happiness Realization Party 13,116 2.03% — Governor Hirokazu Nakaima Independent (politician) Hirokazu Nakaima Independent (politician) The 11th Okinawa gubernatorial election was held on November 28, 2010. The official campaign start began November 11.Okinawa prefecture electoral commission: 沖縄県知事選挙日程 https://web.archive.org/web/20110213154814/http://www3.pref.okinawa.jp/site/view/contview.jsp?cateid=38&id=10554&page=1 2011-02-13 The 2010 election garnered national attention mostly for the dispute between the central government and local communities in Okinawa over the planned relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from Ginowan to Henoko in Nago that had also contributed to the resignation of prime minister Yukio Hatoyama in June 2010. Incumbent governor Hirokazu Nakaima sought reelection as an independent with support of the prefectural LDP and Kōmeitō chapters. In the 2006 election he had narrowly defeated Keiko Itokazu who ran on an "anti-base" platform with support of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and smaller parties.BBC News, November 19, 2006: Okinawans reject anti-US option The DPJ took over the central government in 2009 and could not agree on a candidate for Okinawa governor in 2010:Japan Times, October 27, 2010: DPJ not fielding own candidate in race for Okinawa governor it has to defend the central government's agreements with the United States on base relocation against local opposition that includes base opponents from the DPJ's prefectural chapter. The party officially announced its decision in October 2010, the DPJ had already failed to nominate a candidate in Okinawa for the national House of Councillors election in July 2010.Jiji Tsūshin, October 26, 2010: 沖縄知事選、自主投票へ=普天間響き擁立断念－民主http://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/article/2010-10-28_11542/ Okinawa Times, October 28, 2010: ［民主党自主投票］政権政党の責任放棄だ October 29, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101102021650/http://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/article/2010-10-28_11542/ November 2, 2010 dead While Nakaima favors moving the base to outside Okinawa he has repeatedly expressed his willingness to negotiate with the central government on the relocation plans.The Japan Times, October 15, 2009: Nakaima OKs base move — with provisoYomiuri Daily News, October 20, 2010: Okinawa gov. wants Futenma talks if reelected His likely challenger, former Ginowan mayor Yōichi Iha is strictly opposed to relocating Futenma to a site within the prefectureBBC News, October 4, 2010 Anger simmers over Okinawa base burden and proposes to move all USMC facilities to Guam.Mainichi Shimbun/Ryūkyū Shimpō, October 21, 2010: 県知事選：「普天間」手法に相違 立候補予定者政策対論August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes His candidacy was supported by SDP's and JCP's prefectural chapters and the Okinawa Social Mass Party.http://www.47news.jp/news/2010/10/post_20101011112117.html 47 News/Ryūkyū Shimpō, October 11, 2010: 仲井真、伊波氏 決戦へ 知事選告示まで1ヵ月 October 29, 2010 October 16, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101016100354/http://www.47news.jp/news/2010/10/post_20101011112117.html dead A third declared candidate was Tatsurō Kinjō for the Happiness Realization Party who supported the planned move to Henoko.http://dailynews.yahoo.co.jp/fc/local/okinawa_gubernatorial_election/ 츩 λ - Yahoo! ˥塼 2010-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20101030153142/http://dailynews.yahoo.co.jp/fc/local/okinawa_gubernatorial_election/ 2010-10-30 dead The vote to elect a successor for Yōichi Iha as mayor of Ginowan was to be held on the same day.Jiji Press, November 1, 2010: 福島知事に佐藤氏=10月の地方選挙/11月の地方選挙 References Category:2010 elections in Japan Category:Okinawa gubernatorial elections