GI Antiwar Movement and Okinawa
May 21, 2012 ChotaTakamine
Around the time when Okinawa returned to Japanese sovereignty in 1972, American activists came to Okinawa to support the GI Antiwar Movement. In...
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GI Antiwar Movement and Okinawa II
June 4, 2012 ChotaTakamine
The Los Angeles based filmmaker Eric Watson is well known to the American film industry. He worked alongside successful director Darren Aronofsky. Watson has been creating challenging films.
In his early childhood, Watson lived briefly in Okinawa when his mother Shila Proctor took a nursing position at the military hospital.
“I lived in Okinawa for a year since I was five years old. I remember that I went to two different schools.”
Proctor,...
Tens of thousands participate in protest rally against Osprey deployment in Okinawa
September 10, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
At 11:00am on September 9, a mass rally was held at the Ginowan Seaside Park to protest against the deployment of the MV-22 Osprey to the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.
According to rally organizers, 101000 people took part in Ginowan, so combined...
Film set in Okinawa wins two awards at Montreal World Film Festival
September 9, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 3, in Montreal, Canada, the Japanese-Canadian movie Karakara, which was produced by Okinawan filmmaker, Takako Miyahira, won the Public Award for the most popular Canadian feature film and the Openness to the World Award at the 36th Montreal...
Okinawa tops four categories in Jalan Travel Research 2012
August 23, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On August 22, the Jalan Research Center, which is affiliated to the travel division of Recruit, a major company in Tokyo, released the results of Jalan Travel Research 2012. It provides a ranking for prefectures in eight categories, including the new category of...
This is no longer an opposition movement but a prefecture in resistance, saying “No.”
September 09, 2012 By Gavan McCormack
Great issues are at stake in the Osprey contest and the 5 August Meeting. After four decades of lying to, discriminating against, and betraying Okinawa, time and again, decade after decade, the governments of Japan and the United States now seem to have...
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Okinawan people’s mass rally to reject Osprey deployment Protect the sanctity of human life and become a cornerstone of peace
September 9, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
For the people of Okinawa, today is the day of an historic mass rally. In this rally the young and the old, men and women and people of all walks of like will participate to express their opposition to the deployment of the MV-22 Osprey vertical take-off and...
LPGA winner Mika Miyazato wins Naha City Honor Award
August 30, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On August 29, Mayor Takeshi Onaga announced that he is to present the Naha City Honor Award to 22 year-old Mika Miyazato, who was born in Naha...
Family Olympic Games held on Ojima
August 22, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On August 12, the 5th Agaritukume Olympics were held on Ojima Island, Tamagusuku, Nanjo. The Agaritukume family has held this event once every four years in order to create an opportunity to see all their relatives, including families who live abroad, in other...
North America Kenjinkai looks into reasons for migration
August 27, 2012 Sadao Tome Correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo
The History Committee of Okinawa Association of America, Hokubei Okinawa Kenjinkai, has interviewed five members from Hawaii and four from Central and South America to find out why they migrated to the United States. The United States...
Odac boosts sales of Okinawan mushrooms to Taiwan
August 25, 2012 Fumiaki Jahana of Ryukyu Shimpo
Odac, a distributor based in Kin of mushrooms, fruit and vegetables, has been promoting the export of Okinawan mushrooms to Asia. In addition to Thailand and Singapore, there is an increasing demand in Taiwan. Since this April, every month they...
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