October 12, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 11, the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly unanimously adopted a written statement of opinion seeking a peaceful resolution to the matter of Chinese Coast Guard ships repeatedly intruding into Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands. The assembly also unanimously adopted a written statement of opinion seeking a review of two fisheries agreements, one between Japan and Taiwan and the other between Japan and China.
The assembly...
October 12, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa City Office has reproduced the scene of the Koza Riot in 1970 using 3D computer graphics. The riot occurred in what was then Koza City (now Okinawa City) in 1970, when Okinawa was controlled by the U.S. military. From this month the city is providing...
October 10, 2013 Wu Li Jun of Ryukyu Shimpo
The Diving Resort Travel Expo 2014 will be held at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan from June 20 to 22 next year. This expo is widely regarded as the largest diving and travel event in the Asia-Pacific region.
Hong Kong based event...
October 11, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
This year marks 69 years since the U.S. military launched the large scale air raid on Naha on 10 October 1944. The Naha City War Dead Joint Association organized the 18th memorial service in front of Naguyake Peace Monument of Naha City Wakasa Seaside Park on...
October 14, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 43rd Naha Ozunahiki (Naha Tug of War) was held at the Kumoji intersection of Route 58, in Naha on October 13. According to the organizers, about 277,000 people took part. The people pulled on a giant straw rope 200 meters long and weighing 43 tons, which the...
October 9, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Newly disclosed National Archives documents expose the details of hideous acts by the Imperial Japanese Army in trampling on the human rights of women. The documents include the judicial records of nine Japanese military officers and civilians convicted by a provisional...
October 10, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga held a regular press conference on October 9. In response to a question about the Kyoto District Court banning hate speech around a school for ethnic Koreans, Onaga said, “I am anxious about what is going on in Japan.”
Onaga...
Ocotber 9, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima met Minister of Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera in Naha in the afternoon of October 8.
Nakaima said, “I cannot understand why the U.S. and Japanese governments claim that the plan...
October 4, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The movie version of the TV drama Halser Acre will be released next spring. This popular drama series focusing on food and the natural environment was aired by the Okinawa Television Broadcasting (OTV) from 2011 to 2012. The announcement was made on October...
October 10, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Peace Memorial Museum is running a special exhibition called “The war and Okinawa through the eyes of Hawaii’s Uchinanchu” from October 10 to December 11. Admission is free. It displays 189 materials such as documents showing...
October 8, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Eisa groups from both inside and outside Okinawa competed in the Worldwide Eisa Festival held at the National Theater Okinawa in Urasoe on October 6. Thirty groups, including some from overseas entertained the audience with their unique dance...
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