TOKYO - A candidate who opposes a planned American air base on Okinawa won a crucial mayoral election on Sunday, raising pressure on Japan's prime minister to move the base off the island, something opposed by Washington. Sunday's election result in the small city of Nago could force Tokyo to scrap or at least significantly modify a 2006 deal to build a replacement facility in the city for the busy Futenma United States Marine air station, currently in a crowded part of the southern Japanese...
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