玉城沖縄知事、再選出馬へ　自民、佐喜真氏軸に調整

　任期満了に伴い９月に見込まれる沖縄県知事選に現職の玉城デニー知事（６２）が再選を目指して出馬する意向を固めたことが分かった。１５日に開会する２月県議会で、県政与党会派の代表質問に答える形で表明する予定。関係者が４日、明らかにした。玉城氏は米軍普天間飛行場（同県宜野湾市）の名護市辺野古移設に反対の立場。
　一方、自民党沖縄県連は２０１８年９月の前回知事選に出馬した前宜野湾市長の佐喜真淳氏（５７）を軸に調整している。同氏は基地問題に関して政府と協調する姿勢を取る。岸田政権も支援するとみられ、今回も辺野古移設の是非が主要争点の一つになる見通しだ。（2022/02/04-15:50）

Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki will seek re-election in the southernmost prefecture's gubernatorial election expected to be held in September, it was learned Friday.
   Tamaki, 62, plans to announce his bid for a second term during the prefectural assembly session that will open on Feb. 15, informed sources said.
   Tamaki, elected governor in September 2018, is opposed to the central government's plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station from the Okinawa city of Ginowan to the Henoko coastal district in Nago, another city in Okinawa. He wants the base to be moved out of the prefecture.
   Meanwhile, the Liberal Democratic Party's Okinawa prefectural chapter is making arrangements to pick former Ginowan Mayor Atsushi Sakima, 57, as its candidate. He contested the previous election with backing mainly from the LDP and Komeito but lost to Tamaki.
   Sakima, who takes a cooperative stance toward the central government on the base issue, is expected to get support from the administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, with the base relocation again likely to be one of key election issues.