November 16, Ryukyu Shimpo
The former Mayor of Naha Takeshi Onaga, 64, has won the Okinawa gubernatorial election, held on November 16. Onaga, who had support from...
November 4, 2014 Tetsuo Oshiro of Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 2, at the Naha Civic Center, Japanese rock band The Boom performed its final show in Okinawa. The group’s song Shima Uta, which is about Okinawa, became a worldwide hit in the 1990s. Okinawa has been a special place...
November 6, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
A traditional full moon celebration took place on November 5. The full moon, or so-called “miracle moon,” was seen for the first time in 171 years.
It was the third time a lunar event has taken place this year. The celebration of the full moon traditionally...
November 3, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau held the Miss Okinawa Contest 2015 in the theater building at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan on November 2. The contest awarded prizes to winners in three separate categories: 25-year-old Ayami Machida won...
November 6, 2014 Ryota Shimabukuro of Ryukyu Shimpo
Democrat David Ige defeated Republican James Aiona and Independent Mufi Hannemann in Hawaii’s gubernatorial race on November 4.
Ige, an electrical engineer and state senator, is third generation Okinawan American. This is the...
October 29, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 28, the Okinawa Prefecture Government organized a symposium in Naha commemorating the 5th anniversary of the Okinawa International Logistics Hub.
Operations began at the All Nippon Airways’ (ANA) Cargo Hub at Naha Airport in October 2009....
November 1, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 29, the Ramsar Convention Secretariat submitted a document to the Ministry of the Environment stating that the government should take action based on the environmental impact assessment for the Oura Bay and offshore Henoko, Nago. This area is the site...
October 28, 2014 Ryota Shimabukuro of Ryukyu Shimpo reports from New Jersey
On October 26, at Fort Lee Public Library in New Jersey, the United States, a documentary film titled The Target Village directed by Chie Mikami and produced by QAB （Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting) was screened....
November 3, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
A huge marine algae community up to 7.4 meters tall was found in coral reefs in the reclamation area of Oura Bay in Nago. The U.S. and Japanese governments plan to build a new base in the area to replace U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.
A diving team...
November 3, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 2, the Ocean Expo Park Management Center announced that Fuji, the female bottlenose dolphin which was fitted with an artificial tail fin, died November 1 of infectious hepatitis.
Fuji was estimated to be around 45 years old. She was the second...
November 3, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 2, a Ryukyu Dynasty picture scroll procession was held at Kokusai Street in Naha. About 800 people who dressed in the clothes of King and Queen, vassals and Chinese envoys called Sapposhi during the Ryukyu Kingdom, marched, reviving a magnificent...
Webcam(Kokusai Street)