Dear Members of the United States Congress,
With the Okinawan gubernatorial election days away, the U.S. and Japanese governments' plan to construct a U.S. military air base in Henoko, Okinawa, is about to reach a critical point.
Among the leading candidates for governor, Takeshi Onaga, the former mayor of Naha, has promised to do everything in his power to stop the plan, which involves relocating U.S. Marine facilities currently at Futenma in the island's southwest to Henoko, on the outskirts of Nago city in the northeast. Hirokazu Nakaima, the incumbent governor, has expressed his willingness to go along with the project.
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