NAHA The Makishi Public Market in central Naha was born here in 1950 as an outgrowth of the black market that flourished immediately after the end of World War II.
Former Naha Vice Mayor Satoru Chinen, supported by the LDP-Komeito bloc, garnered over 64,000 votes, against some 54,000 votes collected by the other candidate, Takeharu Onaga.
NAHA Ruling coalition-backed candidate Satoru Chinen won the Naha mayoral election on Oct. 23, dealing a blow to an anti-U.S. military base group that may have previously thought it was in a win-win situation.
Takeharu Onaga’s bid to become the next mayor of Naha city, based on his opposition to plans for a U.S. military airfield elsewhere, failed at the ballot box.
The son of Okinawa’s anti-base former governor has decided to follow in his father’s footsteps and will run against his father’s former secretary to become Naha city’s next mayor.