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Okinawa pref. assembly member Sakima to run for Ginowan mayor

GINOWAN, Japan - Atsushi Sakima, an executive member of the Okinawa prefectural chapter of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the Okinawa prefectural assembly, in Ginowan on Dec. 31, 2011, declares his intention to run in the Ginowan mayoral election slated for February 2012. The city in Okinawa Prefecture currently hosts the Futenma Air Station, a key U.S. Marine Corps base which is planned to be relocated from a densely populated area.

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Mayor urges immediate removal of U.S. base

NAHA, Japan - Mayor Atsushi Sakima of Ginowan in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, calls for the prompt removal of a major U.S. military base from the city at a press conference in his office on Aug. 13, 2014, on the 10th anniversary of a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter crash at Okinawa International University. No local residents were hurt in the accident.

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Government committee on Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (R front) and Ginowan Mayor Atsushi Sakima (sitting next to Nakaima) hold aerial photos during a meeting of a government committee to study the potential closure of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2014. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L side, 2nd from front) also attended the meeting.

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U.S. military, Okinawa accord on tsunami

NAHA, Japan - (from L) Atsushi Sakima, mayor of the city of Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, Maj. Gen. Peter Talleri from the U.S. Marine Corps, and Masaharu Noguni, mayor of Chatan, hold a disaster agreement at Camp Zukeran in the prefecture on Nov. 5, 2012. The U.S. Marine Corps in Japan reached agreement with municipalities in Okinawa to open its bases near the sea to local residents if a tsunami were to hit the southern island prefecture.

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U.S. military, Okinawa accord on tsunami

NAHA, Japan - (from L) Atsushi Sakima, mayor of the city of Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, Maj. Gen. Peter Talleri from the U.S. Marine Corps, and Masaharu Noguni, mayor of Chatan, sign a disaster agreement at Camp Zukeran in the prefecture on Nov. 5, 2012. The U.S. Marine Corps in Japan reached agreement with municipalities in Okinawa to open its bases near the sea to local residents if a tsunami were to hit the southern island prefecture.

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Ospreys deployed to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (L) and Ginowan Mayor Atsushi Sakima (front) view the U.S. Marine Corps' MV-22 Osprey aircraft arriving at the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 1, 2012. Six Ospreys that departed from the Marines' Iwakuni air base in Yamaguchi Prefecture were deployed to the Futenma base. The local leaders are against the deployment.

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Defense chief explains Osprey crash findings in Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto (L) and Ginowan Mayor Atsushi Sakima are pictured before their meeting at the Ginowan city hall in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 29, 2012. Morimoto briefed Sakima on the Japanese assessment of a crash in Morocco involving an MV-22 Osprey, ahead of the U.S. Marine Corps' deployment of the aircraft at their Futenma Air Station in the city.

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Defense chief explains Osprey crash findings in Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto (L front) briefs Ginowan Mayor Atsushi Sakima (R) on the Japanese assessment of a crash in Morocco involving an MV-22 Osprey, at the Ginowan city hall in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 29, 2012, ahead of the U.S. Marine Corps' deployment of the aircraft at their Futenma Air Station in the city.

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Okinawa governor opposes Osprey deployment

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (C) and Ginowan Mayor Atsushi Sakima (R) present a written request at the parliament building in Tokyo on June 19, 2012, to Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto, to stop the planned deployment of MV-22 Osprey aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in the southern island prefecture.

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Okinawa governor opposes Osprey deployment

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (2nd from R) hold talks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on June 19, 2012. Nakaima urged the Japanese government to stop the planned deployment of MV-22 Osprey aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in the southern island prefecture. Ginowan Mayor Atsushi Sakima sitting next to Nakaima also attended the meeting.

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New Ginowan Mayor Sakima

GINOWAN, Japan - Photo shows new Ginowan Mayor Atsushi Sakima seated in the mayor's office in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 13, 2012, for the first time since he was elected to the post the previous day.

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Sakima wins Ginowan mayoral election in Okinawa Pref.

GINOWAN, Japan - Atsushi Sakima (C), a former member of the Okinawa prefectural assembly, celebrates his victory in Ginowan mayoral election at his election office in Ginowan, the city hosting the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2012. Sakima, backed by Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima as well as the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and its ally the New Komeito party, beat former Ginowan Mayor Yoichi Iha in the closely contested election.

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Ex-Ginowan mayor Iha loses in mayoral election

GINOWAN, Japan - Former Ginowan Mayor Yoichi Iha (R) looks dejected in his election office in Ginowan, the city hosting the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2012, after losing in the Ginowan mayoral election. Atsushi Sakima, a former member of the Okinawa prefectural assembly, won the election held the same day.

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Mayoral election in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture

GINOWAN, Japan - Atsushi Sakima casts his vote in the mayoral election in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2012. Two independents -- Sakima, 47, a former member of the Okinawa prefectural assembly, and former Ginowan Mayor Yoichi Iha, 60 -- are vying for the position amid controversy over a plan to relocate a key U.S. base from the city.

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Mayoral election in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture

GINOWAN, Japan - Yoichi Iha casts his vote with his wife in the mayoral election in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2012. Two independents -- former Ginowan Mayor Iha, 60, and Atsushi Sakima, 47, a former member of the Okinawa prefectural assembly -- are vying for the position amid controversy over a plan to relocate a key U.S. base from the city.

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Ginowan mayoral election

NAHA, Japan - Atsushi Sakima, a former member of the Okinawa prefectural assembly, campaigns on Feb. 5, 2012, for the mayoral election in Ginowan, with the relocation of a key U.S. Marine Corps base in the Okinawa Prefecture city the top issue.

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Okinawa gubernatorial race

Atsushi Sakima, a former mayor of Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, makes a speech in the Okinawan capital of Naha on Aug. 25, 2022, as campaigning began the same day for the Sept. 11 gubernatorial election in the southern Japanese island prefecture.

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Okinawa gubernatorial race

Atsushi Sakima, a former mayor of Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, waves to voters in the Okinawan capital of Naha on Aug. 25, 2022, as campaigning began the same day for the Sept. 11 gubernatorial election in the southern Japanese island prefecture.

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Ginowan mayor visits U.S.

Atsushi Sakima, the mayor of Ginowan, Okinawa, talks with reporters after meeting U.S. officials in Washington on April 26, 2016. While Sakima sought an early return of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in his city, the U.S. side said it will push ahead with the relocation plan of the base to the Henoko coastal area, also in Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. sees completion of new base in Okinawa delayed until 2025

Atsushi Sakima, the mayor of Ginowan, Okinawa, meets with reporters at the municipal offices on Feb. 24, 2016, on reports that the United States expects a two-year delay until 2025 in work to complete a new base for the contentious relocation of a Marine Corps facility from the city. Sakima urged the state and prefectural government to suspend the operations of Air Station Futenma by February 2019 as planned. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe hails victory of Tokyo-backed mayor in Okinawa election

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives at his office in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2016. Abe hailed the re-election the previous day of Ginowan Mayor Atsushi Sakima, who was backed by the central government, in Okinawa Prefecture as government officials in Tokyo reaffirmed the planned relocation of a U.S. air base within the island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Campaign begins for Ginowan election, U.S. base relocation key issue

Ginowan Mayor Atsushi Sakima makes a speech in the Okinawa Prefecture city on Jan. 17, 2016, seeking re-election after official campaigning for the mayoral contest starts the same day. The election is widely seen as a battle between Tokyo and Okinawa over the contentious relocation of a key U.S. military base within the island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ginowan mayor hopes to attract Disney resort

Atsushi Sakima, mayor of Ginowan in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, announces his policies on Dec. 25, 2015, for the upcoming mayoral election on Jan. 24. Sakima, backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner the Komeito party, said he plans to attract a Disney resort if sites used for U.S. military facilities in the city are returned. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa city wants Disney facility after U.S. base relocation

Atsushi Sakima, the mayor of Ginowan, meets the press after holding talks with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2015. Sakima sought cooperation from the central government in having a Disney Resort facility built on a land area to be vacated after the relocation of a U.S. airbase from the Okinawa Prefecture city. Suga expressed full support for the idea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa city wants Disney facility after U.S. base relocation

Atsushi Sakima (L), the mayor of Ginowan, hands Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga a written request to seek cooperation in having a Disney Resort facility built on a land area to be vacated after the relocation of a U.S. airbase from the Okinawa Prefecture city, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Medical facilities eyed on Okinawa land returned from U.S.

Ginowan Mayor Atsushi Sakima gives a press conference at the city hall in Okinawa Prefecture on July 24, 2015. The city has compiled a plan to use the West Futenma Housing area of U.S. Camp Zukeran, returned by the United States in March, to build medical facilities and a park. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kishida tells Ginowan mayor gov-t to proceed with Futenma relocation plan

Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and Ginowan Mayor Atsushi Sakima shake hands ahead of talks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on April 7, 2015. Kishida told Sakima the central government intends to proceed with the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station from Ginowan to Henoko, both in Okinawa Prefecture, as planned, while the mayor called for the air base's swift closure and return of the land occupied by it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Defense minister vows efforts for early return of Futenma base

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (L) holds talks with Atsushi Sakima, the mayor of Okinawa's Ginowan city, at his ministry in Tokyo on April 8, 2015. Nakatani said the central government will make best efforts to achieve the return of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air base as early as possible, according to ministry officials. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa museum gives historical perspective to U.S. base issue, WWII

Michio Sakima, director of Sakima Art Museum, stands on the rooftop of the museum which overlooks the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture on June 20, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa museum gives historical perspective to U.S. base issue, WWII

Michio Sakima, director of Sakima Art Museum, poses for a photo in front of panels of paintings depicting the 1945 Battle of Okinawa by the late couple, Iri and Toshi Maruki, at the museum in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture on June 20, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ginowan mayor, backed by Abe gov't, to be re-elected

Atsushi Sakima, mayor of Ginowan in Okinawa Prefecture, celebrates in the city on Jan. 24, 2016, after he is projected to secure a second four-year team in the day's mayoral election. Sakima has the support of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government, which is promoting a plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Station Futenma from the city to another location in the prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ginowan mayor, backed by Abe gov't, re-elected

Atsushi Sakima (front L) dances in front of his supporters after securing a second four-year term in the mayoral election in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on the night of Jan. 24, 2016. Sakima, 51, has the support of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government, which is promoting a plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Station Futenma from the city to another location in the southwestern island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ginowan mayoral election

NAHA, Japan - Atsushi Sakima, a former member of the Okinawa prefectural assembly, campaigns on Feb. 5, 2012, for the mayoral election in Ginowan, with the relocation of a key U.S. Marine Corps base in the Okinawa Prefecture city the top issue. (Kyodo)

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New Ginowan Mayor Sakima

GINOWAN, Japan - Photo shows new Ginowan Mayor Atsushi Sakima seated in the mayor's office in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 13, 2012, for the first time since he was elected to the post the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Ginowan mayor Iha loses in mayoral election

GINOWAN, Japan - Former Ginowan Mayor Yoichi Iha (R) looks dejected in his election office in Ginowan, the city hosting the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2012, after losing in the Ginowan mayoral election. Atsushi Sakima, a former member of the Okinawa prefectural assembly, won the election held the same day. (Kyodo)

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Sakima wins Ginowan mayoral election in Okinawa Pref.

GINOWAN, Japan - Atsushi Sakima (C), a former member of the Okinawa prefectural assembly, celebrates his victory in Ginowan mayoral election at his election office in Ginowan, the city hosting the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2012. Sakima, backed by Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima as well as the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and its ally the New Komeito party, beat former Ginowan Mayor Yoichi Iha in the closely contested election. (Kyodo)

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Mayoral election in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture

GINOWAN, Japan - Yoichi Iha casts his vote with his wife in the mayoral election in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2012. Two independents -- former Ginowan Mayor Iha, 60, and Atsushi Sakima, 47, a former member of the Okinawa prefectural assembly -- are vying for the position amid controversy over a plan to relocate a key U.S. base from the city. (Kyodo)

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Mayoral election in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture

GINOWAN, Japan - Atsushi Sakima casts his vote in the mayoral election in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2012. Two independents -- Sakima, 47, a former member of the Okinawa prefectural assembly, and former Ginowan Mayor Yoichi Iha, 60 -- are vying for the position amid controversy over a plan to relocate a key U.S. base from the city. (Kyodo)

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Mayor urges immediate removal of U.S. base

NAHA, Japan - Mayor Atsushi Sakima of Ginowan in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, calls for the prompt removal of a major U.S. military base from the city at a press conference in his office on Aug. 13, 2014, on the 10th anniversary of a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter crash at Okinawa International University. No local residents were hurt in the accident. (Kyodo)

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Okinawa pref. assembly member Sakima to run for Ginowan mayor

GINOWAN, Japan - Atsushi Sakima, an executive member of the Okinawa prefectural chapter of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the Okinawa prefectural assembly, in Ginowan on Dec. 31, 2011, declares his intention to run in the Ginowan mayoral election slated for February 2012. The city in Okinawa Prefecture currently hosts the Futenma Air Station, a key U.S. Marine Corps base which is planned to be relocated from a densely populated area. (Kyodo)

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Okinawa governor candidate Sakima

Atsushi Sakima, a candidate for Okinawa governor, makes a speech in Naha on Sept. 13, 2018, the first day of official campaigning for the gubernatorial election in the southern Japan prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa governor candidate Sakima

Atsushi Sakima, a candidate for Okinawa governor, makes a speech in Naha on Sept. 13, 2018, the first day of official campaigning for the gubernatorial election in the southern Japan prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa governor candidate

Atsushi Sakima, a candidate for Okinawa governor, speaks during a press conference in Naha on Sept. 3, 2018, announcing his pledges for an upcoming gubernatorial election in the southern Japan prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ginowan Mayor Sakima

Atsushi Sakima, mayor of Okinawa Prefecture's city of Ginowan, speaks before the press at the city's municipal office on Aug. 14, 2018. He declared his candidacy for the Okinawa gubernatorial race next month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ginowan Mayor Sakima

Atsushi Sakima, mayor of Okinawa Prefecture's city of Ginowan, speaks before the press at the city's municipal office on Aug. 14, 2018. He declared his candidacy for the Okinawa gubernatorial race next month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ginowan Mayor Sakima

Atsushi Sakima, mayor of Okinawa Prefecture's city of Ginowan, speaks before the press at the city's municipal office on Aug. 14, 2018. He declared his candidacy for the Okinawa gubernatorial race next month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo