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City assembly election in Nago

NAGO, Japan - Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine, an opponent of a plan to relocate a key U.S. military base to the city, enters the office of his supporters' group in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, shortly before midnight on Sept. 7, 2014, while ballot counting was being conducted for the city assembly election the same day. In the 27-member assembly, 16 candidates opposed to the base's relocation won seats while 11 were taken by supporters of the plan.

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Naha mayor to seek governorship

NAHA, Japan - Susumu Inamine (R), mayor of Nago in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, asks Takeshi Onaga, mayor of Okinawa's capital Naha, to run in the November gubernatorial election on Aug. 4, 2014, in Naha. Onaga, who opposes the relocation of a U.S. Marine Corps air base within Okinawa, expressed his readiness to run.

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Nago mayor in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Susumu Inamine, the mayor of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, holds a press conference in Washington on May 22, 2014. Inamine told reporters that he asked U.S. House of Representatives members he met to propose holding a hearing on the contentious relocation of a U.S. Marine Corps airfield to his city.

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Nago mayor in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Susumu Inamine, the mayor of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, speaks with reporters in front of the State Department in Washington on May 19, 2014.

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Nago mayor in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Susumu Inamine, the mayor of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, gives a lecture at a think tank in Washington on May 19, 2014.

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Nago mayor in NY

NEW YORK, United States - Susumu Inamine (R), mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, speaks at a gathering in New York on May 17, 2014. Inamine reiterated his opposition to the planned relocation of the U.S. Marines' Futenma Air Station to an offshore area in his city from a densely populated residential area in Ginowan, also Okinawa.

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Nago mayor in NY

NEW YORK, United States - Susumu Inamine, mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, holds a newspaper during a gathering in New York on May 17, 2014. Inamine reiterated his opposition to the planned relocation of the U.S. Marines' Futenma Air Station to an offshore area in his city from a densely populated residential area in Ginowan, also Okinawa.

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Mayor from Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Susumu Inamine, mayor of Nago city in Okinawa Prefecture, speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Feb. 13, 2014. He warned the Japanese government against pushing through the relocation of a U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture, saying it will be undemocratic to defy a recent no vote delivered by the prefectural city on the long-stalled plan.

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Mayor from Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Susumu Inamine, mayor of Nago city in Okinawa Prefecture, speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Feb. 13, 2014. He warned the Japanese government against pushing through the relocation of a U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture, saying it will be undemocratic to defy a recent no vote delivered by the prefectural city on the long-stalled plan.

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Nago mayor

NAGO, Japan - Susumu Inamine, the mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, holds a press conference in Nago on Jan. 20, 2014, after winning a second four-year term in the mayoral election the previous day.

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Nago mayor

NAGO, Japan - Susumu Inamine, the mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, holds a press conference in Nago on Jan. 20, 2014, after winning a second four-year term in the mayoral election the previous day.

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Nago mayoral election

NAGO, Japan - Susumu Inamine (front, 2nd from R), the mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, celebrates with supporters performing a traditional Okinawan dance at his campaign office in Nago after securing a second term in the mayoral election on Jan. 19, 2014. In the election, in which the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to Nago from Ginowan, also in Okinawa, was the main issue, Inamine opposed the relocation while his challenger, Bunshin Suematsu, backed the plan.

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Nago mayoral election

NAGO, Japan - Susumu Inamine, the mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, is surrounded by reporters as he leaves his campaign office in Nago after securing a second term in the mayoral election on Jan. 19, 2014. In the election, in which the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to Nago from Ginowan, also in Okinawa, was the main issue, Inamine opposed the relocation while his challenger, Bunshin Suematsu, backed the plan.

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Nago mayoral election

NAGO, Japan - Susumu Inamine (front, R), the mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, celebrates with his wife (next to Inamine) and supporters performing a traditional Okinawan dance at his campaign office in Nago after securing a second term in the mayoral election on Jan. 19, 2014. In the election, in which the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to Nago from Ginowan, also in Okinawa, was the main issue, Inamine opposed the relocation while his challenger, Bunshin Suematsu, backed the plan.

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Nago mayoral election

NAGO, Japan - Susumu Inamine (standing, C), the mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, raises flowers with his wife at his campaign office in Nago after securing a second term in the mayoral election on Jan. 19, 2014. In the election, in which the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to Nago from Ginowan, also in Okinawa, was the main issue, Inamine opposed the relocation while his challenger, Bunshin Suematsu, backed the plan.

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Nago mayoral election

NAGO, Japan - Candidate Bunshin Suematsu casts his vote in the Nago mayoral election in Okinawa Prefecture on Jan. 19, 2014. In the election, in which the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to Nago is the main issue, Suematsu, a former Okinawa prefectural assembly member who supports the construction of a new U.S. military facility in the Henoko district of the city, is challenging Mayor Susumu Inamine, who is opposed to the relocation plan.

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Nago mayoral election

NAGO, Japan - Susumu Inamine (L), the mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture who is seeking a second four-year term, casts his vote with his wife in the mayoral election on Jan. 19, 2014. In the election, in which the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to Nago is the main issue, Inamine, who opposes the construction of a new U.S. military facility in the city's Henoko district, is facing Bunshin Suematsu, who backs the relocation plan.

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Nago mayoral race

NAGO, Japan - Susumu Inamine, the mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture who is seeking a second four-year term, gives a stump speech in the city's Henoko area on Jan. 12, 2014, as campaigning for the Jan. 19 mayoral election kicks off, with the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to Nago the main issue. Inamine opposes the construction of a new U.S. military facility in the Henoko area and is facing a pro-base challenger.

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Nago mayoral race

NAGO, Japan - Bunshin Suematsu (L), a candidate for the Nago mayoral election in Okinawa Prefecture, and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on Jan. 12, 2014, raise their fists as campaigning for the Jan. 19 mayoral election kicks off, with the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to Nago the main issue. Suematsu supports the construction of a new U.S. military facility in the Henoko area of the city and is challenging Mayor Susumu Inamine, who is opposed to the base.

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Nago mayoral race

NAGO, Japan - Combination photo shows Bunshin Suematsu (L), a candidate for the Nago mayoral election in Okinawa Prefecture, and Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine giving stump speeches on Jan. 12, 2014, as campaigning for the Jan. 19 mayoral election kicks off, with the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to Nago the main issue.

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Nago mayoral race

NAGO, Japan - Bunshin Suematsu, a candidate for the Nago mayoral election in Okinawa Prefecture, speaks on Jan. 12, 2014, as campaigning for the Jan. 19 mayoral election kicks off, with the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to Nago the main issue. Suematsu supports the construction of a new U.S. military facility in the Henoko area of the city and is challenging Mayor Susumu Inamine, who is opposed to the base.

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Nago mayoral race

NAGO, Japan - Susumu Inamine, the mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture who is seeking a second four-year term, speaks on Jan. 12, 2014, as campaigning for the Jan. 19 mayoral election kicks off, with the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to Nago the main issue. Inamine opposes the construction of a new U.S. military facility in the Henoko area of the city and is facing a pro-base challenger.

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Oliver Stone in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Oscar-winning U.S. film director Oliver Stone (R) holds talks with Susumu Inamine (L), mayor of Nago, at the municipal offices in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan on Aug. 14, 2013.

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Nago mayor in U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - Susumu Inamine, mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, speaks at Congress in Washington on Feb. 8, 2012.

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Nago mayor in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Susumu Inamine, mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, gives a speech in Washington on Feb. 7, 2012. The mayor renewed his opposition to a plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to his city from Ginowan, also in the prefecture.

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Gemba urges U.S. Marine base relocation plan to Nago

NAGO, Japan - Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R standing) talks with Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine (L front sitting) at the city hall in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2011. Gemba urged the mayor to accept a government plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station.

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Nago Mayor Yonamine against U.S. Marine base relocation plan

NAGO, Japan - Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine speaks to reporters at the city hall in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2011, after meeting with Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba. The minister urged the mayor to accept a government plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station.

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Mayor reiterates opposition to base relocation plan

NAHA, Japan - Susumu Inamine, the mayor of Nago, the city in Okinawa Prefecture where Japan and the United States plan to relocate a key U.S. Marine base, speaks during a press conference at the city office on Jan. 18, 2011. Inamine reiterated his opposition to hosting the base and called for it to be moved outside Okinawa.

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Nago seeks retraction of Futenma transfer accord

NAHA, Japan - Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine answers reporters' questions after the assembly of the city in Okinawa Prefecture adopted a resolution on Oct. 15, 2010, calling on the Japanese and U.S. governments to rescind their joint statement to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to the city.

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Base opponents win majority in Nago assembly election

NAGO, Japan - Susumu Inamine, the mayor of the Okinawa city of Nago, answers questions from reporters at the Nago city hall on Sept. 13, 2010, after candidates opposed to a Japan-U.S. plan to relocate a major U.S. Marine base from Okinawa's Ginowan to Nago secured a majority in the previous day's municipal assembly election. The mayor was elected in January on a platform opposing the plan.

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Base opponents win majority in Nago assembly election

NAGO, Japan - Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine, a staunch opponent of the planned relocation of a U.S. Marine Corps base to the city, speaks to reporters at the city office on Sept. 13, 2010, following a local assembly election held the previous day. Candidates opposed to hosting the U.S. base secured a majority, giving a boost to Inamine.

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City assembly election in Nago, Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Voters in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, visit a polling station to cast their ballots for the local assembly election on Sept. 12, 2010. The focus of the election is on whether candidates supporting Mayor Susumu Inamine, a staunch opponent of the planned relocation of a U.S. Marine Corps base to the city, will secure a majority.

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City assembly election in Nago, Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine, a staunch opponent of the planned relocation of a U.S. Marine Corps base to the city, casts his vote during a local assembly election on Sept. 12, 2010. The focus of the election is on whether candidates supporting the mayor will secure a majority.

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Nago city assembly election under spotlight

NAGO, Japan - Residents of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 11, 2010, listen to candidates for the local assembly election that takes place on the following day. The focus on the election is on whether candidates supporting Mayor Susumu Inamine, a staunch opponent of the planned relocation of a U.S. Marine Corps base to the city, can win a majority.

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Hatoyama to quit before election, hit by U.S. base fiasco

SAPPORO, Japan - Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine speaks to reporters in Sapporo on June 2, 2010, about Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's announcement to resign. Earlier in the day, Hatoyama said he will step down only about eight months after taking office, citing falling public support triggered by his failure to resolve a dispute over a U.S. military base relocation in Okinawa Prefecture and money scandals. Hatoyama's plan to relocate the base from Ginowan to Nago, both in Okinawa Prefecture, has triggered outrage from local people.

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Okinawa outraged

NAGO, Japan - Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine speaks at a gathering of around 1,200 people in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 28, 2010, to protest against a new agreement reached by Japan and the United States on moving the U.S. Marines' Futenma Air Station within the prefecture. Locals condemned Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama for breaking his promise to move the base out of the prefecture.

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Japan, U.S. stipulate Futenma move to Henoko in joint statement

NAHA, Japan - Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine speaks to reporters at the city government office in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 28, 2010, after Japan and the United States released a joint statement on a fresh bilateral accord on the relocation of a U.S. Marine Corps base in the prefecture's Ginowan. The statement stipulates that the airfield will be moved to the Henoko area in Nago in the same prefecture, basically in line with an existing accord struck in 2006.

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SDP chief will look closely at Japan-U.S. statement on Futemma

NAGO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima (R), leader of the Social Democratic Party, one of the two junior partners in the governing coalition, and Nago Mayor Susumi Inamine shake hands after their talks at the city government building in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 25, 2010. Fukushima also held separate meetings with Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima and Ginowan Mayor Yoichi Iha to discuss the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in the prefecture.

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SDP chief will look closely at Japan-U.S. statement on Futemma

NAGO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima (L), leader of the Social Democratic Party, one of the two junior partners in the governing coalition, and Ginowan Mayor Yoichi Iha shake hands after their talks at the city government building in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 25, 2010. Fukushima also held separate meetings with Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima and Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine to discuss the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in the prefecture.

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17,000 people encircle Futemma base in 'human chain'

NAHA, Japan - Ginowan Mayor Yoichi Iha (R) and Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine (C) join a ''human chain'' encircling the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 16, 2010. About 17,000 people took part in the demonstration to call for an early return of the base and opposing plans to relocate its functions within the prefecture.

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Okinawa mayors stage sit-in at Diet to seek U.S. base removal

TOKYO, Japan - Demonstrators including Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine (second from left) stage a sit-in, holding a banner demanding the removal of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station from Okinawa Prefecture, in front of a Diet building in Tokyo on April 27, 2010. They were among 90,000 participants of a recent mass anti-base rally in the prefecture.

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Anti-Futemma base rally in Okinawa

YOMITAN, Japan - Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine addresses a nonpartisan rally calling for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 25, 2010. Inamine lashed out at the state government for only trying to deal with the politically sensitive issue ''on a day-to-day basis.''

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Nago mayor meets with Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine speaks to reporters at parliament on Feb. 18, 2010, after meeting with Japan's top power broker Ichiro Ozawa. Inamine told Ozawa, the right-hand man to Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, that the city in Okinawa will not host an airfield for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma base.

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Mayor asks premier to give up Futemma relocation to Nago

Tokyo, Japan - Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2010, after meeting with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. He said he asked Hatoyama to give up on a plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station to his city in Okinawa Prefecture from Ginowan, also in Okinawa.

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New Nago mayor starts work

NAGO, Japan - Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine arrives at the city office in Okinawa Prefecture on Feb. 8, 2010, his first day in office. Inamine reiterated he will oppose the planned relocation of a U.S. Marine Corps air base from another city in the prefecture.

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New Nago mayor starts work

NAGO, Japan - Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine speaks at a press conference at the city office in Okinawa Prefecture on Feb. 8, 2010, his first day in office. Inamine reiterated he will oppose the planned relocation of a U.S. Marine Corps air base from another city in the prefecture.

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Inamine to seek city resolution opposing Futemma relocation

NAGO, Japan - Susumu Inamine speaks to reporters in the northern Okinawa city of Nago on Jan. 25, 2010, a day after winning the Nago mayoral race. Inamine said he will seek the passage of a resolution opposing the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station to the city.

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Inamine to seek city resolution opposing Futemma relocation

NAGO, Japan - Susumu Inamine speaks to reporters in the northern Okinawa city of Nago on Jan. 25, 2010, a day after winning the Nago mayoral race. Inamine said he will seek the passage of a resolution opposing the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station to the city.

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Inamine to seek city resolution opposing Futemma relocation

NAGO, Okinawa - Mayor-elect Susumu Inamine reads a newspaper reporting on his victory the previous day in the Nago mayoral race, in Nago, Okinawa, on Jan. 25, 2010.

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Okinawa poll result shows residents' verdict on Futemma: PM

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters in front of his official residence in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2010, a day after Susumu Inamine, who is opposed to the construction of a new U.S. base in the northern Okinawa city of Nago to relocate the Futemma facility, won the Nago mayoral race. Hatoyama called the victory of Inamine a ''manifestation of the popular will.''