(News Flash: House of Representatives Election) The Komeito Okinawa Headquarters to support Centrist Reform for Election, Districts 2,3, and 4 in alignment with All Okinawa, with its candidate for District 1 yet to be determined. (26ja25)

Splendor of Okinawa: Sweet William, roadside Uruma, 25ja26.

The start of the House of Representatives Election will be promulgated on 27 January, with ballots to be opened on 8 February.


On 26 January, Representative Akira Uehara and Chief Secretary Masahiro Itokazu of the Komeito Okinawa Headquarters held a conference for the Prefectural Office Press Club. They laid out their party’s plan to support the 3 candidates nominated by the new Centrist Reform Alliance Party in Okinawa Prefecture‘s Election Districts 2,3, and 4.


Their party has not yet decided whom to support in District 1.


Representative Uehara explained, “The Komeito Prefectural Headquarters and the Constitutional Democratic Party will independently support the Centrist Reform Alliance candidates.” He further stressed that the Komeito Prefectural Headquarters plans to align with the forces of All Okinawa, which supports Governor Denny Tamaki, combining  their opposition to the new base construction at Henoko in Nago.


Representative Uehara added confirmation that in areas where the various parties of All Okinawa are in place, Komeito House members will not contest election districts with already proposed candidates.


Representative Uehara explained, “The Liberal Democratic-Komeito coalition had been built on a profound relationship of trust.” He added that at the start of the new party, there was shock and bewilderment. With the House of Representatives Election and the split between the LDP and Komeito, the idea of supporting the Centrist Reform Alliance took shape.


However, he denied any extension to activity in the gubernatorial election or the Prefectural Assembly, stating, “We haven’t considered that.”


On Centrist Reform candidates being merged with those from Constitutional Democratic or other parties, Secretary Itokazu explained, “Of course, being here in Okinawa, we’re also involved in the huge issues of the framework of the US-Japan Security Alliance. We’d like to get around to  pledging the centrality of our shared determination that the overly rash actions of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will not be tolerated.


Original Japanese article: Ryukyu Shimpo, Published Monday 26 January 2026 at 10:32.

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/34dc674fa91b5ccc3d86961c7875786d14a2d7e2


Denny in the News: Denny Tamaki is the governor of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. Although important as an international tourist destination and a key element in strategic US Military Forces, its governor receives very little coverage in the Japanese press and almost none in the English language media. 


This blog hopes to  translate one news article a day on the governor.  It is unsponsored and unauthorized. The translator simply hopes to improve his skills and perhaps give the governor an English speaking audience. 


Any suggestion on improving the translation will be gratefully accepted. However, please leave political comments for another forum.


Where they occur, words and phrases in Ryukyuan (the Okinawan language) are rendered in italics and translated in parentheses. Names  whose readings are uncertain are rendered as Name (=Kanji?) as in Nagayuki (=長行?). Any corrections in such instances would be gratefully appreciated.

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