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High school students in Yambaru learn about military base issues

High school students in Yambaru learn about military base issues

June 19, 2014, Mitsuo Kochi correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo

On June 14, a peace project titled “Thinking about the Battle of Okinawa in Yambaru with High School Students” with the themes of the Battle of Okinawa and the U.S. military bases was held. The Nago City School Board sponsors and carries out the project each year. This is the 20th event. This year, participants learned about “Futenma Air Station,” “The U.S.military jet crash onto Miyamori Elementary School...

 

Okinawa woodpecker habitats move south to Nago area

June 19, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo

Special Natural Monument the Okinawa woodpecker, which lives mainly in three villages, including Kunigami, Ogimi and Higashi, has moved its habitat to mountain forest in the Genka district of Nago. The Yambaru Wildlife Conservation Center confirmed the habitat shift...