What next for Okinawa’s anti-base alliance after Japan election loss?

SCMP · 2026-02-17
What next for Okinawa’s anti-base alliance after Japan election loss?

The broad anti-base alliance that has shaped Okinawa’s politics for nearly a decade is reeling after a bruising election defeat, raising questions about the future of organised resistance to the US military presence on Japan’s southernmost islands. All Okinawa – a coalition of opposition parties and