Growing Japan row over U.S. air base presents election risk for PM Abe

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, October 7, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino

TOKYO (Reuters) - A row between Tokyo and Japan's Okinawa over a contentious U.S. air base deepened on Tuesday when Okinawa's governor revoked a work permit for a new site, while the government said it was considering legal action to push ahead.

Tokyo wants to move the U.S. Marines' Futenma base to another location on the southern island, but many Okinawa residents - whose home was the site of bloody battles near the end of World War Two - resent hosting the U.S. military at all.