Okinawa minister certain to lose upper house seat

Yoichi Iha (R), an independent candidate running in the House of Councillors election for the Okinawa prefectural constituency, celebrates with Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 10, 2016, after early returns showed Iha was certain to win the upper house seat from incumbent Aiko Shimajiri, state minister in charge of issues related to Okinawa and the Northern Territories. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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