出口調査、現職玉城氏がリード　沖縄知事選投票終わる

　米軍普天間飛行場（沖縄県宜野湾市）の名護市辺野古への移設問題が最大の争点となった、任期満了に伴う同県知事選は１１日、投票が行われ午後８時に締め切られた。時事通信社の出口調査によると、移設に反対する無所属現職の玉城デニー知事（６２）＝立憲民主、共産、れいわ、社民推薦＝が、移設を容認する無所属新人の佐喜真淳前宜野湾市長（５８）＝自民、公明推薦＝、これ以上の埋め立てに反対する無所属新人の下地幹郎元衆院議員（６１）をリードしている。即日開票され、同日中に大勢が判明する見通しだ。
　結果は辺野古移設工事の進展に影響を与える。午後６時現在の中間投票率は２２．８２％で、２０１８年の前回を１．１６ポイント上回っている。期日前投票者数は約３０％に当たる３５万１９４２人で、過去最多だった前回より約５万５０００人少なかった。（2022/09/11-20:19）

People in Okinawa Prefecture are voting to elect the next governor of the southern Japan prefecture on Sunday, as voting in some areas has been moved up due to a strong typhoon approaching there.
   Voter turnout as of 11 a.m. (2 a.m. GMT) stood at 7.19 pct, up by 1.59 percentage points from the previous gubernatorial poll, held in 2018. Voting will be closed at 8 p.m.
   In the election, incumbent Governor Denny Tamaki, 62, is challenged by former House of Representatives lawmaker Mikio Shimoji, 61, and Atsushi Sakima, 58, former mayor of Ginowan in the prefecture.
   Tamaki, endorsed by the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the Japanese Communist Party, Reiwa Shinsengumi and the Social Democratic Party, is opposed to the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air base in Ginowan to the Henoko coastal area of Nago, another Okinawa city.
   As in the 2018 poll, Tamaki is supported by the "All Okinawa" camp of both conservatives and liberals against the base relocation to Henoko.