' Onaga beats incumbent governor who approved funding for base construction . ` ` I ' m determined to work toward funding and withdrawing it , '' Onaga says . The election of a new governor in Okinawa looks set to complicate controversial plans to relocate an unpopular U.S. air base on the Japanese island . Plans to bring the U.S. military to base had been held up for years by local opposition .
' Onaga beats incumbent governor who approved funding for base construction . ` ` I ' m determined to work toward funding and withdrawing it , '' Onaga says . Plans to bring the U.S. military to base had been held up for years by local opposition .