May 30, 2013 Reiko Akamine of Ryukyu Shimpo
From the end of September, the Himeyuri Peace Museum will end its program of sending out Himeyuri Student Corps survivors, who lived through the Battle of Okinawa, as lecturers for students on school trips. Since opening in 1989, the museum located in Itoman has educated many people about the misery of war.
The survivors have given lectures for over 20 years to let people know about the harsh realities of the Battle of Okinawa. As the age...
June 1, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
A capybara was spotted in the Arakawa River in Ishigaki on the evening of the May 27. Firefighters rushed to the scene after being notified by residents but they failed to capture the animal, which fled at a pace belying its appearance. The animal, which may have...
May 30, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On May 29 in Tokyo, Okinawa Vice Governor Kurayoshi Takara and the members of the Okinawa Federations of Fisheries Cooperatives and the Ikema Fisheries Cooperatives asked Senior Vice Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Taku Eto to review the Japan-China...
May 26, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Passion fruit is now in the harvest season at the Itoman Tourist Farm in Mabuni, Itoman. Clusters of ripe fruit are waiting for shipment.
Kiyonori Oshiro, a 38-year-old contract farmer, said, “Our harvesting was delayed a little because of the typhoon...
May 27, 2013 Yoko Shima of Ryukyu Shimpo
Yoshito Shimajiri, a 31-year-old astronomer whose father is from Miyako-jima City, will be hired at the National Institute of Saclay in France from June. It is rare for this institute to employ Japanese researchers. When Shimajiri came...
May 19, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On May 19, a birthday ceremony for Indian elephant Ryuka was held at the Okinawa Zoo & Museum. She turned 13 years old on May 22. About 50 people celebrated her birthday by singing songs. Children made a birthday cake with 15 kilograms of 15 kinds of fruit and...
May 26, 2013 Ryoki Nagahama of the Ryukyu Shimpo
Event organizers from all around the world involved in the Startup Weekend will meet for the first time in Asia in Urasoe this autumn. According to the organizer, Startup Weekend is a global network of leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to...
May 18, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On May 16, Minami Tamamoto, the director of the Okinawa head office of the World Youth Uchinanchu Association (WYUA), and Shingi Kuniyoshi, the president of the Okinawa Association of America (OAA), held a press conference at the Okinawa Prefectural Office to provide...
May 29, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
A U.S. Air Force F-15 fighter belonging to Kadena Air Base crashed in the Pacific about 115 kilometers east of Okinawa. The Okinawa Fisheries Cooperative has fish aggregating devices in the water around the so-called “Area Hotel-Hotel” airspace and waters designated...
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