September 25, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
From September 28 at the Peace Memorial Museum in Itoman City, the Okinawa Prefectural Government will screen a documentary film featuring 350 Battle of Okinawa survivor testimonies.
To mark the film release, on September 28 a symposium was held with Professor Shinobu Yoshihama of Okinawa International University as guest speaker. The theme of the symposium was how to pass down lessons from the Battle of Okinawa to the next generation. Four days earlier,...
A full moon festival was held in the square in front of the Tomimori Community Center in Yaese on September 22. The town’s intangible cultural heritage parades: Tunchu junei (Chinese), Yamatonchu junei (Japanese) and Yonshi (women’s) were held. The parades depicted colorful...
September 24, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Defense Bureau has confirmed that in 2012, for the first time in three years, dugongs came to feed in the sea off Henoko in Nago. This area is the site of the planned reclamation for the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. Records...
September 18, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 17, the Okinawa Prefectural Government announced the economic ripple effect of tourism in Okinawa in the 2012 fiscal year. With increasing numbers of tourists from overseas, this business produced a ripple effect worth 676.7 billion yen in 2012,...
September 26, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The U.S. Marine Corps has completed moving 12 another MV-22 Osprey aircraft from Iwakuni Air Station to Okinawa. The last aircraft arrived at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the evening of September 25. The U.S. military has now stationed 24 Osprey...
September 19, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Prefectural Government held the first Shimakutuba Citizens’ Rally at the Okinawa Convention Center Conference Building in Ginowan City on September 18. The aim of the rally was to encourage Okinawan people to be become interested in Shimakutuba...
September 20, 2013 Ryota Nakamura of Ryukyu Shimpo
The Nago City Office has decided to sign up to the think tank New Diplomacy Initiative, which sends out information and makes policy recommendations between Japan and the United States. It is rare for a municipal office in Japan to become involved...
September 23, 2013 Ken Sasaki of Ryukyu Shimpo
Hisao Hirata, Okinawa representative of the Okinawa and Taiwan Exchange Promotion Association, announced on September 22 that the association will send 700 marathon runners with their supporters from Taiwan to the Ishigaki Island Marathon next...
September 22, 2013 Shogaku Umeda of the Ryukyu Shimpo
Minami Daito Village Office plans to revive the train that until 1983 was used to transport sugarcane on Minami Daito Island.
The office hopes to increase the number of tourists visiting the island, which is located approximately...
September 23, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Selection of a new “king” and “queen” took place at the event “Mid-Autumn Feast” held in the Una forecourt of Shurijo Castle in Naha on September 22. Thirty five-year-old Masaya Koami was chosen in the role of “king” and Juri Shiohira as...
September 22, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 21 and 22, the Mid-Autumn Feast held during the Ryukyu Dynasty was held in the Una forecourt of Shurijo Castle Park in Naha. On the opening day, four masters of the traditional performing arts who have the status of Living National Treasure...
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