The results of the Okinawa gubernatorial election on Sunday is the clearest rejection to date by local voters of the national government’s plan to build a new base on the island to relocate the functions of the U.S. Marine’s Air Station Futenma. The administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should heed the verdict by the voters and rethink its policy of forging ahead — irrespective of the election outcome — with construction of the replacement facility off the Henoko district of Nago.
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