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Anti-U.S. base ad in Washington Post

WASHINGTON, United States - Photo shows an opinion advertisement that the Japanese peace group Juco Network placed in the April 28, 2010, issue of The Washington Post, protesting a plan to build a relocation site for the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture. Former Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota was among some 90 signatories.

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Ex-Okinawa Gov. Ota announces candidacy in upper house race

NAHA, Japan - Former Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota (R), along with Takako Doi (L), leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), holds a press conference in Naha on April 17. Ota, 75, who served two four-year terms as governor, said he will run in this July's House of Councillors election in the proportional representation section on the SDP ticket.

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Nago mayor expresses opposition to security bills

Photo taken July 6, 2015, in Naha, the capital of Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa, shows a meeting of a House of Representatives panel to hear opinions on national security bills. Among the witnesses -- (from L) Ishigaki Mayor Yoshitaka Nakayama, Tomokazu Takamine, former president of the Ryukyu Shimpo newspaper in Okinawa, Nanjo Mayor Keishun Koja, former Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota and Nago Mayor Susumu Inamie. Inamie expressed his opposition to the bills, saying they are "extremely dangerous as they could increase people's anxiety and change Japan's way of being." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Okinawa Gov. Ota recalls Battle of Okinawa in WWII

Former Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota talks in Naha, the capital of the southwestern Japanese prefecture, on April 6, 2015, about the 1945 Battle of Okinawa in the closing days of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa awaits verdict on info disclosure suit

HAEBARU, Japan - Former Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota talks about the importance of information disclosure at his office in Naha on April 2, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Anti-U.S. base ad in Washington Post

WASHINGTON, United States - Photo shows an opinion advertisement that the Japanese peace group Juco Network placed in the April 28, 2010, issue of The Washington Post, protesting a plan to build a relocation site for the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture. Former Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota was among some 90 signatories. (Kyodo)

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Japan PM Abe at memorial service for former Gov. Ota

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a prefectural memorial ceremony for former Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 26, 2017. Ota, who strived to resolve problems arising from the presence of U.S. military bases in the island prefecture, died of pneumonia in June aged 92. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa mourns death of former Gov. Ota

Okinawa residents mourn the death of former Gov. Masahide Ota at a memorial service in Ginowan, Japan, on July 26, 2017. Ota, who strived to resolve problems arising from the presence of U.S. military bases in the island prefecture, died of pneumonia in June aged 92. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Okinawa Gov. Ota, who tackled U.S. base issues, dies at 92

File photo taken in January 1996 shows then Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto meeting for talks over problems arising from the presence of U.S. military bases in the island prefecture. Ota died of pneumonia and respiratory failure on June 12, 2017, the same day he had turned 92. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Okinawa Gov. Ota, who tackled U.S. base issues, dies at 92

Photo taken in September 1996 shows Masahide Ota, who as Okinawa governor strived to resolve problems arising from the presence of U.S. military bases in the island prefecture. Ota died of pneumonia and respiratory failure on June 12, 2017, the same day he had turned 92. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Okinawa Gov. Ota, who tackled U.S. base issues, dies at 92

Photo taken in November 2015 shows former Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota, who strived to resolve problems arising from the presence of U.S. military bases in the island prefecture during his two terms as governor from 1990. Ota died of pneumonia and respiratory failure on June 12, 2017. He had turned 92 the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Okinawa Gov. Ota announces candidacy in upper house race

NAHA, Japan - Former Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota (R), along with Takako Doi (L), leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), holds a press conference in Naha on April 17. Ota, 75, who served two four-year terms as governor, said he will run in this July's House of Councillors election in the proportional representation section on the SDP ticket.