South China Morning Post
How Okinawa’s political shift could make Japan more prepared for a Taiwan contingency
Okinawa’s election on Sunday of a governor backed by Japan’s ruling party ended 12 years of local leadership opposed to the relocation of a US airbase and elements of Tokyo’s defence build-up plans. While experts say that Genta Koja’s…
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