Okinawa voters go to polls to pick new governor

Okinawa voters go to polls to pick new governor

NAHA, Japan - Hirokazu Nakaima, a former vice governor backed by the ruling coalition, casts his ballot together with his second daughter Chisato in Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 19 in the election to choose the successor to outgoing Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine.

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