那覇市長選に新人２氏　オール沖縄と自公系が対決

　任期満了に伴う那覇市長選が１６日告示され、立候補の届け出を締め切った結果、元沖縄県議の翁長雄治氏（３５）＝立憲民主、共産、れいわ、社民推薦＝と、元副市長の知念覚氏（５９）＝自民、公明推薦＝の無所属２新人による争いが確定した。投開票は２３日。
　米軍普天間飛行場（宜野湾市）の名護市辺野古移設に反対する玉城デニー知事ら「オール沖縄」勢が推す翁長氏と、自公系の知念氏による一騎打ち。過去の那覇市長選でオール沖縄の支援を受けてきた現職の城間幹子市長は今回、知念氏支持に回る。（2022/10/16-17:29）

Two people backed by the "All Okinawa" camp and the Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito ruling coalition, respectively, filed their candidacies on Sunday for the Oct. 23 mayoral election in Naha, the capital of the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa.
   One of the two is former Okinawa prefectural assembly member Takeharu Onaga, 35, supported by the All Okinawa camp including Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki, who is opposing the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air base within the prefecture.
   The other, backed by the LDP-Komeito coalition, is Satoru Chinen, 59, former deputy mayor of the city.
   Onaga, who is also endorsed by four opposition parties including the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, is the second son of the late Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga, who led the All Okinawa camp.
   Meanwhile, Chinen has secured backing from incumbent Naha Mayor Mikiko Shiroma, who was supported by the camp in past mayoral polls.