Susumu beat out pro-base challenger Bunshin Suematsu, who was backed by the central government which maintains that building a new facility would benefit local economy via government subsidy.
Susumu venkis por-bazan kandidaton Bunshin Suematsu, kiu estis subtenata de la centra registaro, kiu asertas, ke la konstruo de nova instalaĵo tamen donos profiton al loka ekonomio per registara monhelpo.