Candidates make last pitches for Okinawa gubernatorial race

Candidates make last pitches for Okinawa gubernatorial race

NAHA, Japan - Incumbent Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (R) shakes hands with a voter on a street in Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2010, a day ahead of the gubernatorial election. The race is considered crucial to the future of the Japan-U.S. security alliance involving a planned relocation of a U.S. military base.

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