With one week to go before the gubernatorial election in Okinawa, the relationship between 91AV原创 central government and?its southernmost prefecture?has emerged as a new point of contention.

In the de facto head-to-head battle, challenger Genta Koja, 42, said he will stop making the central government look like a villain, while incumbent Gov. Denny Tamaki, 66, vowed to speak up against Tokyo.

Meanwhile, the debate over the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the Okinawa city of Ginowan to the Henoko coastal district in Nago, another Okinawa city, has faded into the background.