A handful of Democratic Party of Japan candidates in Sunday's Upper House election appeared divided over the issue of relocating a U.S. Marine base from Ginowan to the Henoko district in Okinawa, a recent survey by a group of nongovernmental organizations shows.
The group sent questionnaires to candidates running in this weekend's poll whose e-mail addresses were available, or 402 of 437. They gave the candidates four possible responses, including transferring the marines overseas or outside of the prefecture.