Onaga wins Naha mayoral race

Onaga wins Naha mayoral race

NAHA, Japan - Conservative independent Takeshi Onaga (L) raises his hand in triumph with Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine after winning the Nov. 12 Naha mayoral election in Okinawa Prefecture, ending 32 years of uninterrupted leftist and reformist rule. Onaga, 50, a former secretary general of the prefectural chapter of the Liberal Democratic Party, defeated Michiko Horikawa, 59, a former head of the prefectural capital's health and welfare department.

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