On the island that has long borne the weight of great-power rivalry, Okinawans chose a new direction Sunday — electing 42-year-old Genta Koja as governor with 59 percent of the vote, ending more than a decade of elected resistance to US military expansion in the prefecture. Koja's victory over incumbent Denny Tamaki, who had staked his career on opposing the controversial Henoko base relocation, arrives at a moment when Japan is undertaking its largest military build-up since World War II, driven by deepening anxieties over China and the fate of Taiwan. What unfolds next in this small, strateg