沖縄知事選が告示　辺野古移設争点、三つどもえ

　任期満了に伴う沖縄県知事選が２５日告示され、いずれも新人の下地幹郎元衆院議員（６１）、佐喜真淳前宜野湾市長（５８）と、現職の玉城デニー知事（６２）が立候補を届け出た。米軍普天間飛行場（宜野湾市）の名護市辺野古への移設の是非が争点。移設反対の玉城氏と自民・公明両党が推薦する容認派の佐喜真氏、これ以上の埋め立てには反対の下地氏による事実上の三つどもえの構図となる。投開票は９月１１日。
　下地氏は動画投稿サイト「ユーチューブ」で第一声に臨み、「二十数年続く辺野古問題を終わらせ、沖縄を前に進める」と強調。佐喜真氏は那覇市で「普天間飛行場の２０３０年までの返還を実現し、若い人たちがチャレンジできる跡地利用を行いたい」と訴えた。玉城氏はうるま市で「新基地建設反対を信念のど真ん中に置く。あらゆる手だてで基地のない沖縄を実現する」と主張した。（2022/08/25-11:31）

The official campaign period for the Sept. 11 Okinawa gubernatorial election began Thursday, kicking off a three-way battle centered mainly on the issue of relocating a key U.S. base within the southernmost Japanese prefecture.
   Incumbent Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki, 62, is seeking a second four-year term. His two challengers are Mikio Shimoji, 61, a former member of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, and Atsushi Sakima, 58, former mayor of the Okinawa city of Ginowan. The three filed their candidacies Thursday.
   Tamaki, who is backed by the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the Japanese Communist Party, Reiwa Shinsengumi and the Social Democratic Party, all opposition parties in national politics, opposes the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station in Ginowan to the Henoko coastal district in the city of Nago, also Okinawa.
   The incumbent is also supported by the All Okinawa group, which includes some conservatives.
   Sakima is backed by Japan's Liberal Democratic Party and its Komeito ally, and tolerates the base relocation to Henoko. Shimoji opposes further reclamation at the planned relocation site.