![Asia Pacific Bulletin: Nakaima Wins in Okinawa: Implications for the US-Japan Alliance (Click for PDF) Asia Pacific Bulletin: Nakaima Wins in Okinawa: Implications for the US-Japan Alliance (Click for PDF)](/sites/default/files//field/image/apb084.jpg)
In a new Asia Pacific Bulletin, Yuki Tatsumi, Senior Associate of the East Asia Program at the Stimson Center, explains that the re-election of Okinawa’s Governor Hirokazu Nakaima does not automatically bode well for the transfer of the US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to a new location on the island, and that “… in turn, will present significant challenges for Tokyo and Washington to identify ways to deepen the US-Japan alliance.”