岸本、渡具知氏が一騎打ち　辺野古移設の是非問う―名護市長選告示

　米軍普天間飛行場（沖縄県宜野湾市）の移設先である同県名護市の市長選が１６日告示され、新人で元市議の岸本洋平氏（４９）＝立民、共産、れいわ、社民推薦＝と、現職で再選を目指す渡具知武豊氏（６０）＝自民、公明推薦＝の２人が立候補した。名護市辺野古移設の阻止を掲げる岸本氏に対し、推進の与党が渡具知氏を後押しする一騎打ちの構図。２３日に投開票される。結果は移設問題の行方に影響を及ぼしそうだ。
　市長選は任期満了に伴う。沖縄で新型コロナウイルス感染が広がり、震源地とみられている在沖米軍への不信が高まる中で選挙戦が展開される。（2022/01/16-18:26）

The official campaign period started on Sunday for the Jan. 23 mayoral election in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, which will focus on a controversial U.S. base relocation project.
   Candidacies were filed by Nago assembly member Yohei Kishimoto, 49, and incumbent Mayor Taketoyo Toguchi, 60, whose term of office is set to end on Feb. 7.
   Kishimoto opposes the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station from a congested area of Ginowan in the southernmost prefecture to the Henoko coastal district of Nago.
   Meanwhile, Toguchi has support from the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito, which push ahead with the project as the ruling parties in national politics.
   Kishimoto, a first-time candidate, is backed by the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the Japanese Communist Party, the Social Democratic Party and Reiwa Shinsengumi.