National Defense Academy student in camouflage uniform supporting election in Okinawa mayoral election: political act in violation of Self-Defense Forces Law

[Yomiuri Shimbun] It has been revealed that the Ministry of Defense is investigating a student from the National Defense Academy (Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture), which trains senior Self-Defense Force officers, for his involvement in streaming a video supporting a specific candidate in the Okinawa Prefecture Uruma mayoral election held on the 27th.

[Uruma mayoral election 4/27] Former prefectural assembly member and newcomer Moriyuki Teruya (69), incumbent Masato Nakamura (60) seeking a second term (endorsed by the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito), and former prefectural assembly member and newcomer Taiga Teruya (53) (endorsed by the CDP, Communist Party, Social Democratic Party and Social Democratic Party) who are running in the mayoral election in Uruma City, Okinawa Prefecture, whi…