Okinawa 50 yrs since return: National political affairs / Suga, Onaga embodied deep divisions between central govt, Okinawa

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, left, tries to convince Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga to accept the relocation of the Futenma Air Station to the Henoko district of Nago in a meeting in Naha on April 5, 2015. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Okinawa's return to Japan. This is the sixth and final installment of a series that looks at the politics surrounding Okinawa's subsequent development and issues relating to the presence of U.S. bases.

Yoshihide Suga, chief cabinet secretary in the administration of then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, had a series of heated exchanges with Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga at a hotel in Naha on April 5, 2015.