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Okinawa Gov. Nakaima leaves office

NAHA, Japan - Hirokazu Nakaima, the governor of Japan's southernmost prefecture Okinawa, attends his farewell press conference at the prefectural offices in Naha on Dec. 9, 2014. On the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station, Nakaima said, "It seems only halfway through." Nakaima, who served two four-year terms, is being replaced by former Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga.

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Funeral for Okinawa Gov. Onaga

NAHA, Japan, Aug. 13 Kyodo - Photo shows a funeral ceremony held in the Okinawa prefectural capital of Naha on Aug. 13, 2018, for incumbent Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga. The 67-year-old Onaga, who had fought against the relocation of a U.S. base within Okinawa, died of pancreatic cancer on Aug. 8. (Pool photo)==Kyodo

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Anti-U.S. base relocation bloc gains majority in Okinawa assembly

NAHA, Japan, June 6 Kyodo - Kyoko Higa (center L) celebrates with supporters after winning a seat in the Okinawa prefectural assembly election on June 5, 2016. Candidates opposed to a plan to relocate a key U.S. military base within Okinawa, including Higa, gained a majority in the election, giving a boost to Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga's efforts to block construction of the new base in the island prefecture.

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Okinawa governor tells Abe he wants to talk with Obama on G-7 sidelines

TOKYO, May 23 Kyodo - Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga speaks to reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on May 23, 2016. Onaga asked Abe for an opportunity to talk directly with U.S. President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the May 26-27 Group of Seven summit in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, following the arrest of an American military base worker in connection with the death of a woman in Okinawa.

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Land minister invalidates Okinawa decision

TOKYO, Oct. 27 Kyodo - Defense Minister Gen Nakatani attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2015, after Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Keiichi Ishii invalidated Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga's revocation of his predecessor's approval of landfill work for the relocation of a key U.S. military base within the prefecture. Nakatani said he will soon prepare for the resumption of the work.

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Okinawa governor leaves for U.N. to court world opinion over base plan

NAHA, Japan, Sept. 19 Kyodo - Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga speaks with reporters at Naha Airport in the southern Japanese prefecture on Sept. 19, 2015, before his departure for Switzerland to deliver a speech at the U.N. Human Rights Council. Onaga will state Okinawa's opposition to the building of a new U.S. military base in the prefecture.

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Okinawa gov. to visit U.S. to air opposition to military base transfer

NAHA, Japan, May 11 Kyodo - Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga (R) meets the press at the Okinawa prefectural government offices on May 11, 2015. Onaga will visit Washington and Hawaii from late May to convey local opposition to the relocation of a U.S. military base in the southern island prefecture, prefectural government officials said the same day.

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Okinawa may block landfill work for U.S. base transfer

NAHA, Japan - New Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga makes a policy speech at the prefectural assembly in Naha on Dec. 12, 2014. Onaga said the prefectural government will consider scrapping approval to start landfill work needed for a planned U.S. military base transfer within the prefecture.

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Okinawa people reiterate opposition to base transfer

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa people rally to show their opposition to the planned transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station to an offshore area in the Henoko district, both in Japan's southernmost island prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2014, in front of the prefectural office building in Naha. Former Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga won the gubernatorial race in November, delivering a de facto "No" vote on the controversial relocation plan.

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Okinawa people reiterate opposition to base transfer

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa people rally to show their opposition to the planned transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station to an offshore area in the Henoko district, both in Japan's southernmost island prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2014, in front of the prefectural office building in Naha. Former Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga won the gubernatorial race in November, delivering a de facto "No" vote on the controversial relocation plan.

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Okinawa gov.-elect visits Henoko

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa governor-elect Takeshi Onaga on Nov. 19, 2014, visits the Camp Schwab entrance gate in Nago in the southwestern Japanese prefecture where citizens continue a sit-in protest against the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan in the same prefecture.

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Okinawa gov.-elect receives election certificate

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa governor-elect Takeshi Onaga (R) receives the certificate of election from the election board in Naha, Japan, on Nov. 19, 2014. He will be inaugurated on Dec. 10.

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Okinawa gov.-elect meets press after election

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa governor-elect Takeshi Onaga meets the press in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, on Nov. 17, 2014, the day after the gubernatorial election.

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Onaga day after Okinawa gubernatorial election

NAHA, Japan - Former Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga reads newspapers' morning editions reporting his victory in the gubernatorial election of Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa at his house in Naha, the prefectural capital, on Nov. 17, 2014. His landslide victory is being seen as a rejection by the voters of a controversial plan for relocating a key U.S. military base within the island prefecture.

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Onaga day after Okinawa gubernatorial election

NAHA, Japan - Former Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga meets the press with newspapers' morning editions at his house in the capital of Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Nov. 17, 2014, a day after his landslide victory in the gubernatorial election. His landslide victory is being seen as a rejection by the voters of a controversial plan for relocating a key U.S. military base within the island prefecture.

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Base relocation opponent Onaga set to become Okinawa gov.

NAHA, Japan - Former Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga (C) performs an Okinawa folk dance at his election campaign office in Naha on Nov. 16, 2014, after projections show he is on course to win the Okinawa gubernatorial election. Onaga is an opponent of the controversial plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the island prefecture.

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Okinawa governor race begins

NAHA, Japan - Former Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga, 64, who is running for governor of Okinawa, makes a speech in the capital city of Japan's southernmost prefecture on Oct. 30, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for a closely watched election on Nov. 16, in which the controversial transfer of a key U.S. military base will take center stage.

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Candidates for Okinawa gubernatorial race hold debate

NAHA, Japan - Candidates for the Okinawa gubernatorial election pose after an open debate in Naha, Japan, on Oct. 17, 2014. From L: Former Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga, Mikio Shimoji, former minister in charge of privatization of postal services, Shokichi Kina, a former House of Councillors member, and incumbent Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima.

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Naha mayor to run for Okinawa gov.

NAHA, Japan - Takeshi Onaga, mayor of Naha, the capital of Okinawa Prefecture, announces that he will run in the upcoming gubernatorial election in November during a plenary session of the city assembly in Naha on Sept. 10, 2014. He expressed his opposition to the planned relocation of a key U.S. military base in Japan's southwestern prefecture.

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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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Naha city's Internet service for tourists

NAHA, Japan - Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga shows the city's soon-to-be-launched portal site NAHAPO, offering up-to-date local information, at Naha city hall in Okinawa Prefecture in July 2013. The Okinawa Prefecture capital will start offering free Wi-Fi service, available in English, Chinese and Korean as well as in Japanese, at major tourist destinations at the same time as it launches the portal site Aug. 4.

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Okinawa municipalities against Ospreys

TOKYO, Japan - Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga (2nd from L in front row) and other leaders of about 30 municipalities in Okinawa Prefecture hold a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2013. They handed a petition to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calling on him to rescind the Japanese government's approval of the deployment of Osprey transport aircraft at a U.S. base in the island prefecture.

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Okinawa people urge gov't to confer from unified position over Futemma

TOKYO, Japan - Mayor Yoichi Iha (L) of Ginowan in Okinawa Prefecture speaks during a news conference while Mayor Takeshi Onaga (R) of Naha, the capital of the prefecture, listens after they urged the central government to negotiate with the United States from a unified position over where a U.S. military airfield in the prefecture should be relocated.

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Hinomaru flag raised at Naha city hall, 1st time since 1972

NAHA, Japan - The city of Naha raises the Hinomaru flag May 20 to commemorate the municipality's 80th anniversary, the first time it has flown the flag since Okinawa was returned to Japan in 1972 after 27 years of U.S. rule. Upon assuming the post last December, Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga (R) said the city would fly the Hinomaru flag at city hall, a move rejected by his predecessors.

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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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Okinawa orders suspension of work related to base relocation

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga (C) announces at a press conference in Naha on March 23, 2015, that the prefectural government ordered the local office of the Defense Ministry the same day to suspend underwater work at the planned relocation site for a key U.S. military base in a coastal area of Nago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't files fresh suit against Okinawa over base relocation

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 22, 2016, after the central government filed a fresh lawsuit against Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga over the planned relocation of a key U.S. air base within Okinawa, apparently aiming to push the project ahead despite strong local opposition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan gov't files fresh suit against Okinawa over base relocation

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga (C) meets the press after a meeting with central government officials in Tokyo on July 22, 2016. Onaga criticized the Japanese government for proceeding with the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma within the prefecture despite opposition from local people, as the state filed a fresh lawsuit against the governor the same day over the relocation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan gov't files fresh suit against Okinawa over base relocation

Protesters rally in front of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture on July 22, 2016 as the Japanese government filed a fresh lawsuit against Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga the same day over the planned relocation of the Marines' Air Station Futenma within the prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan gov't files fresh suit against Okinawa over base relocation

Japanese central government officials head to the Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court on July 22, 2016, to file a fresh lawsuit against Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga. The lawsuit is over the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma within the prefecture, which has been staunchly opposed by the governor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan gov't files fresh suit against Okinawa over base relocation

Protesters rally in front of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture on July 22, 2016 as the Japanese government filed a fresh lawsuit against Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga the same day over the planned relocation of the Marines' Air Station Futenma within the prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan gov't files fresh suit against Okinawa over base relocation

Protesters rally in front of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture on July 22, 2016 as the Japanese government filed a fresh lawsuit against Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga the same day over the planned relocation of the Marines' Air Station Futenma within the prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't to file fresh lawsuit against Okinawa over base relocation

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga (L) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (R) shake hands as they meet at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 21, 2016, to discuss the controversial relocation of a key U.S. air base within Okinawa. The government told Onaga that it will file a fresh lawsuit against him over the issue, apparently to push ahead with the plan despite strong local protests. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't to file fresh lawsuit against Okinawa over base relocation

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 21, 2016, after the Japanese government told Onaga in a meeting that it will file a fresh lawsuit against him over the planned relocation of a key U.S. air base within Okinawa, apparently to push ahead with the plan despite strong local protests. Onaga said, "It is extremely deplorable," adding, "We will consider what to do as soon as we receive the complaint." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't to file fresh lawsuit against Okinawa over base relocation

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 21, 2016, after the Japanese government told Onaga in a meeting that it will file a fresh lawsuit against him over the planned relocation of a key U.S. air base within Okinawa, apparently to push ahead with the plan despite strong local protests. Onaga said, "It is extremely deplorable," adding, "We will consider what to do as soon as we receive the complaint." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa minister certain to lose upper house seat

Yoichi Iha (R), an independent candidate running in the House of Councillors election for the Okinawa prefectural constituency, celebrates with Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 10, 2016, after early returns showed Iha was certain to win the upper house seat from incumbent Aiko Shimajiri, state minister in charge of issues related to Okinawa and the Northern Territories. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa gov. expresses doubt over SOFA agreement

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga speaks to reporters on July 5, 2016, at the prefectural office in Naha, after Japan and the United States agreed to effectively narrow the scope of U.S. military base workers protected by a bilateral status of forces agreement. Onaga expressed doubt about whether the deal will lead to a reduction in the number of crimes and other problems caused by the base workers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa gov. expresses doubt over SOFA agreement

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga speaks to reporters on July 5, 2016, at the prefectural office in Naha, after Japan and the United States agreed to effectively narrow the scope of U.S. military base workers protected by a bilateral status of forces agreement. Onaga expressed doubt about whether the deal will lead to a reduction in the number of crimes and other problems caused by the base workers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa Gov. Onaga meets with reporters

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga meets with reporters at the prefectural office in Naha on June 27, 2016, after a survey showed around 70 percent of Okinawa residents think it is discriminatory that the bulk of U.S. military facilities in Japan are located in the southernmost island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa marks WWII battle anniv.

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga reads out a peace declaration during a memorial service for victims of the Battle of Okinawa at the Peace Memorial Park in the southwestern Japan city of Itoman, on June 23, 2016, the 71st anniversary of the end of a bloody World War II ground battle. Itoman is the site of the final stage of the battle that claimed over 200,000 lives, including one-fourth of the Okinawan population. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa governor seeks SOFA review

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga meets with reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on June 21, 2016, after submitting a request demanding a drastic review of the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement and reduction of U.S. military bases in Japan's southernmost island prefecture in the wake of the arrest of a civilian U.S. base worker over the death of a local woman. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa governor joins rally to protest crimes by U.S. military personnel

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga speaks at a rally in Naha in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa on June 19, 2016. Thousands of residents rallied to voice their anger about crimes committed by U.S. military personnel, while demanding a drastic review of how such incidents are handled, following the alleged murder of a 20-year-old local woman by a civilian U.S. base worker in May. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa governor to attend rally

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga meets with reporters at the prefectural office in Naha on June 16, 2016. Onaga said he will attend a June 19 rally to be held in the capital of the southernmost prefecture in the wake of the arrest of a former U.S. Marine over the death of a young local woman. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa governor to attend rally

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga meets with reporters at the prefectural office in Naha on June 16, 2016. Onaga said he will attend a June 19 rally to be held in the capital of the southernmost prefecture in the wake of the arrest of a former U.S. Marine over the death of a young local woman. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Anti-U.S. base relocation bloc gains majority in Okinawa assembly

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga speaks with reporters in the prefectural capital of Naha in the early hours of June 6, 2016, after candidates opposed to a plan to relocate a key U.S. military base within Okinawa gain a majority in the prefectural assembly election the previous day. The result gave a boost to Onaga's efforts to block construction of the new base in the island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa governor criticizes Abe for neglecting Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga speaks to reporters in Naha on May 26, 2016, following a meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the previous night. The governor criticized Abe for telling Obama that moving the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Station Futenma from a crowded residential area to a less populated coastal area within Okinawa is the only solution to remove the dangers posed by the air base. Onaga has called for relocating the base outside Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa calls for U.S. Marines' withdrawal

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga addresses the prefectural assembly in the city of Naha on May 26, 2016, which prepared a protest to be sent to the U.S. government calling for the withdrawal of Marines from Okinawa following the arrest of a civilian U.S. base worker over the death of a local woman. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa governor decries no mention of SOFA revision by Abe, Obama

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga speaks to reporters in Naha, Japan on May 25, 2016, after a meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo. Onaga expressed disappointment that the leaders failed to show a willingness to respond to calls to revise a bilateral accord defining the handling of U.S. base personnel in Japan in the wake of the arrest of a civilian U.S. base worker over the death of a local woman. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa governor decries no mention of SOFA revision by Abe, Obama

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga speaks to reporters in Naha, Japan on May 25, 2016, after a meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo. Onaga expressed disappointment that the leaders failed to show a willingness to respond to calls to revise a bilateral accord defining the handling of U.S. base personnel in Japan in the wake of the arrest of a civilian U.S. base worker over the death of a local woman. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa governor tells Abe he wants to talk with Obama on G-7 sidelines

(From L) Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga meet at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 23, 2016. Onaga asked Abe to have an opportunity to speak directly to U.S. President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the May 26-27 Group of Seven summit, following the arrest of an American base worker in connection with the death of a woman in Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo