LDP-backed candidate wins Nago mayoral race amid military base issue

Incumbent Mayor Taketoyo Toguchi, right, receives a bouquet of flowers after winning the election at his office in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sunday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

NAGO, Okinawa -- The incumbent backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito was reelected Sunday in the Nago mayoral election.

In an election focused on the relocation of a U.S. Marine Corps' air station to Nago, Taketoyo Toguchi, 60, defeated first-time candidate Yohei Kishimoto, who opposed the move.