"We feel colonised by the American military presence," says Kazuhiko Matsuda, a businessman in Nago near Henoko, though he admits that many people depend on money from the bases.

一位边野古附近的名护市商人松田一彦称：“美国的军事存在让我们有被殖民的感觉”，尽管他也承认，许多人依赖基地谋生。

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That has left Nago's Mr Shimabukuro with a lot to chew on as well.

ECONOMIST: The local politics of ��realigning�� America's bases

But the noisy and occasionally violent young marines would be no more popular in any other prefecture than they are in Nago.

ECONOMIST: Left on the beach

With a key mayoral race in Nago, near Henoko, next January and a governor's race later in the year, regional security might yet have to wait.

ECONOMIST: Japan and America