On June 7, the day after the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly election saw voters give opponents of the bilateral relocation plan for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma a bigger majority, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet posted a video online.
The 30-second clip shows Abe and his execs, including minister in charge of Okinawa affairs Aiko Shimajiri, wearing colorful traditional Okinawan shirts and mugging it up for the cameras while sanshin (Okinawan banjo) music plays in the background.
Shimajiri, a Liberal Democratic Party member of the Upper House representing Okinawa, is up for re-election next month.
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