浦添市長に松本氏３選　知事側の新人破る―沖縄

　任期満了に伴う沖縄県浦添市長選は７日投開票され、無所属現職の松本哲治氏（５３）＝自民、公明推薦＝が、玉城デニー知事を支える「オール沖縄」勢力が擁立した無所属新人で前市議の伊礼悠記氏（３８）を破り、３選を果たした。投票率は６２．９８％で前回（６１．３７％）を上回った。
　那覇市の米軍那覇港湾施設（那覇軍港）の浦添市移設の是非が主な争点となった。受け入れを容認する松本氏が菅政権の支援を受け、有権者の支持を集めた。伊礼氏は移設反対を掲げ、立憲民主、共産、社民各党が支援したが及ばなかった。（2021/02/07-23:50）

Tetsuji Matsumoto, an independent supported by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's administration, won his third term as mayor of Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture, in an election on Sunday.
   Matsumoto, 53, defeated Yuki Irei, 38, an independent and former Urasoe city assembly member backed by the so-called All Okinawa camp, which supports Denny Tamaki, governor of the southernmost Japan prefecture.
   A focal issue in the mayoral election was whether the U.S. military's Naha Port Facility in Naha, the capital of Okinawa, should be relocated to Urasoe. Matsumoto, who tolerates the port facility construction in Urasoe and secured the cooperation of the Suga government, drew voter support, while Irei, who stood against the relocation plan, fell behind even though she had the backing of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and other opposition parties.
   Both the Suga administration and the All Okinawa camp regard the mayoral races in Urasoe and two more cities in Okinawa, Miyakojima and Uruma, as precursors to next year's gubernatorial election in Okinawa. In the Miyakojima mayoral poll in January, the incumbent backed the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito, lost to a rookie backed by opposition parties. The poll in Uruma is set to be held in April.
   Voter turnout in the Urasoe mayoral election came to 62.98 pct, surpassing the previous poll's 61.37 pct.