May 31, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
Eight pigs’ ran away on the national highway in Yonabaru during traffic congestion, causing a major scene. At around 8:45 a.m. on May 30, at the intersection in Yonabaru, a barrier on the rear part of a cargo truck carrying about 30 pigs, fell down, and eight pigs ran away. About 20 police from the Yonabaru Police Station rushed to the scene and 15 staff members from a construction company Terumasa Co. assisted to catch the pigs.
The pigs fled onto...
May 24, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
Chuya Shinzato and his research team at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) announced on May 23 that they had established a technique to identify individual Acropora coral through DNA testing. The Acropora is the world’s most...
June 3, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawan pork exports to Hong Kong have increased by more than double.
According to a government survey on meat distributors in the prefecture, pork exports for the 2013 fiscal year amounted to 40.9 tons – a new record. This represents a 61.5 percent increase...
May 28, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On May 27, the Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court passed a judgment on the initial appeal of about 300 citizens living near Camp Schwab in the Henoko district of Nago. The U.S. and Japanese governments plan to move U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to the area,...
June 2, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On May 4 of the old lunar calendar (June 1), also known as Yukka-nu-hi, Harley dragon-boat races were held in various locations around Okinawa to wish for a safe and prosperous fishing season.
The Harley race held at the Itoman Fishing...
June 1, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
The East Asian Community Research Institute held a symposium to commemorate the opening of the Ryukyu Okinawa Center in Naha at a hotel in Naha. About 700 people, including scholars and peace advocates, took part in the May 31 symposium. They discussed the potential...
May 30, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
The government will expand the restricted area for fishing near the planned relocation site for Futenma Air Base.
The government regulates fishing in the water surrounding the relocation site at Henoko based on the Restriction on Operation of Fishing Vessels...
May 29, 2014 Tetsuya Nakajima, correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo
On May 19 at Shinri beach in Kumejima Town, bird research duo Hatsuko and Kazunori Maehara spotted a female orange-headed thrush – a rare species in Japan. The married couple from Chiba prefecture visited the island for bird-banding...
May 26, 2014 Ryota Shimabukuro of Ryukyu Shimpo reports from Washington D.C.
In a conference held in Washington D.C., U.S. Navy Admiral Jonathan Greenert stated the U.S. military plans to station unmanned aerial surveillance aircraft Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton in Okinawa from 2017.
The...
May 29, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
In waters about 110 kilometers southwest of the main Island of Okinawa, seven tuna fishing boats had their trawl lines cut off by an unknown party.
The Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG) reported that 15 incidents had occurred from May 16 to 25. The boats,...
May 23, 2014 Wu Li Jun of Ryukyu Shimpo
Tianjin Airlines, based in Tianjin, China, will operate its charter flights to Naha from June 1. Charter flights by Tianjin Airlines will run every Thursday and Sunday for one year.
Since September 2012, when the relationship between Japan and...
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