March 28, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 27, the Township of Ryukyu Awamori-Sake, a cooperative consisting of 43 brewing companies, held the opening ceremony for an awamori storehouse at the International Logistics and Industry Accumulation Area in Uruma. The Ryukyu Kusu No Sato in Japanese has an administration building and a storage area. The cooperative moved unblended awamori from its breweries to the new facility and placed it in new storage...
March 30, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Prefectural Assembly unanimously passed a resolution to protest against the Japanese government’s plan to hold a ceremony on April 28 to commemorate the anniversary of the restoration of Japanese sovereignty after the San Francisco Peace Treaty took...
March 30, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
In the plenary session of its regular meeting on March 29, the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly unanimously passed a resolution to protest against the Japanese government planning to hold a ceremony on April 28 to commemorate the anniversary of the restoration of Japanese...
March 29, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG) hopes to increase the number of foreign tourists visiting Okinawa from the current level of 380000 per year to about two million by 2021. As a step in that direction, on March 28 at a press conference held at the Naha Terrace...
March 28, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
At 10:15am on March 27, Naha Airport temporarily stopped operations because a pair of scissors (10 centimeter long blade) was found in a boarding bridge connecting the building and an aircraft. For security reasons the airport office closed the access way to the...
March 24, 2013 Hideaki Yoneda of the Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 4 and 5, the Tokashiki Scuba Diving Association started a campaign to preserve a coral reef. They have transplanted coral after cleaning up an area of coast and removing acanthaster starfish, the main natural enemy of reef-building...
March 25, 2013 Sadao Tome Correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo
Ten years have passed since 72 year-old Chogi Higa established a class teaching Uchinaguchi or the Okinawan language in a room in the Okinawa Association of Los Angeles building in Gardena. On February 25, Los Angeles Times reporter...
March 25, 2013 Tsubaki Mekaru of the Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 21, Yuki Shimabukuro graduated from Kitami Elementary School in Okinawa City. The school bag that she had with her that day had previously been used by her sister Haruka, and between them it had carried school books for a total of...
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