June 10, 2014 Wu Li Jun of the Ryukyu Shimpo
Major Taiwanese Cement Company Chia Hsin Cement Corporation bought about 1,650 square meters of land along Kokusai Street in the Matsuo district of Naha. The company concluded a sales contract with an Okinawan company that owned the land, on June 2.
The land was purchased for about 1.2 billion yen. The land is currently used as a parking lot. The Taiwanese company plans to develop a hotel or commerce facility on the land area.
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June 10, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
In the lead up to the 69th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa, former Okinawa Governor Masahide Ota who is director of the Ota Peace Research Institute, has delivered a lecture at Mawashi High School on June 4.
Ota talked about the Abe administration’s...
June 4, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On June 3, six staff members from Matsukawa village Office, Nagano, visited Kitanakagusuku Village Office to study the longevity of residents. According to data released last year by the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, Matsukawa Village has the longest...
June 10, 2014 Hideki Matsudo and Kenichi Yoshida of Ryukyu Shimpo
Members of the Okinawan fishing industry suspect the US Navy Ocean Surveillance Ship Impeccable was involved in cutting the trawl lines of seven tuna fishing boats in waters near the main Island of Okinawa. On June 9, a public...
June 5, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On the evening of June 4, a charter flight from Khabarovsk, Russia arrived at Naha Airport. The Okinawa Visitor Convention Bureau held a welcoming ceremony on the same day at the international passenger terminal, greeting 115 tourists and officials from Russian travel...
June 9, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
A classical Ryukyuan performance organization, led by 82-year-old Japanese Living National Treasure Choichi Terukina, held a concert at the National Theatre of Japan in the Chiyoda district of Tokyo on June 8. In a rare event for the theatre, Terukina’s organization...
June 3, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
Former employees of American Bottling Company Inc., which has been selling Bireley’s Orange since before the United States returned Okinawa to Japan, held a reunion party at a hotel in Kitanakagusuku on May 30. American Bottling is the predecessor company of...
June 7, 2014 Kenichi Yoshida and Shinji Sano of Ryukyu Shimpo
Seven tuna fishing boats had their lines cut off one after another in waters near the main Island of Okinawa. The fishing industry suspects a U.S. Navy vessel was involved in the incidents. The captain of Daiichi Kotobuki Maru,...
June 4, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
Bottlenose dolphin “Fuji” ,from the Ocean Expo Park in Motobu Town, has a new artificial tail fin. The dolphin swam with the new fin after a final fitting test was carried out on May 31.
The designers improved a “cowling” feature, which stabilizes...
June 8, 2014 Wu Li Jun of the Ryukyu Shimpo
China Eastern Airlines plans to launch regular flights between Naha and Chengdu district of Sichuan province in Southwest China in the middle of July.
The company will apply to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to commence...
June 3, 2014 Ami Chibana of Ryukyu Shimpo
On the site of Shurijo Castle Park in the Tonokura district of Shuri, Naha, lies Ryukon Go Cave, built by male students of the Okinawa Teacher’s School during the Battle of Okinawa.
The park administration office plans to preserve the cave.
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