January 17, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
At around 17:30 p.m. on January 15, parts of a U.S. Marine AH- attack helicopter belonging to the Futenma base fell during flight in training airspace near Irisuna Island, Tonaki. The parts weighed more than about 200 kilograms, including hellfire missile launcher (about 109 kilograms), missile pot (about 65 kilograms) and empty fuel tank (about 34 kilograms). According to the Okinawa Defense Bureau, any human and material damage has not been confirmed, and...
January 15, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
Four F-16 Fighting Falcon belonging to the Wisconsin Air National Guard base flew in to Kadena Air Base at 3:14 p.m. on January 15. The air national guard base announced a plan to temporarily station 12 Fighting Falcon at Kadena Air Base. Deployment of all the...
January 15, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
January 11, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 25th Kakizome Festival was held at the Okinawa Prefectural Budokan in Naha City on January 10. The event involves around 1,000 people writing kanji and prizes are awarded.
About 1,050 people ranging from three to 68 year-old took part in this year`s...
January 5, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
In the early morning of January 5, fishery and government officials prayed for a safe, bumper and prosperous year for business at the first auction of 2015 at Tomari Fish Market in Naha. The market resounded with the excited voices of middlemen. Buyers mainly bid...
January 13, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
A Porites cylindrica coral community in Oura Bay, Nago has been damaged. Members of the Diving Team Rainbow, part of the Helicopter Base Objection Association confirmed this on January 12. The location of the damage is near where a large vessel employed by the...
January 6, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 25, at the 8th Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Barrier-Free Promotion Awards, non-profit organization “Barrier-Free Network Council” was recognized for operating, among other activities, a tourist information center...
January 11, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
Flamingos, which are not normally found in Okinawa, have been spotted on numerous occasions in the central southern part of the island since last December. There are no reports of birds escaping from any facilities in Okinawa. Bird lovers do not have an explanation...
January 8, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 8, in front of U.S. Marine Corps Camp Schwab in Henoko, Nago, citizens voiced their protest. They called for the governments of Japan and the United States to cancel the plan to build an offshore U.S. base for replacement of the Futenma base in Ginowan....
January 7, 2015 Ryota Nakamura of Ryukyu Shimpo
Last November, Yoshiharu Miyagi, administrative director of non-profit organization Yanbarusha, which promotes the connection of Yanbaru’s nature and people, found a Parantica sita, a butterfly from Ishikawa Prefecture. The butterfly had flown...
January 7, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 7, non-government museum Fukutsukan in Naha, which displays documents relating to the late Okinawan prominent political figure Kamejiro Senaga , started the Iwanami Shoten publisher and Okinawa exhibit.
The exhibition displays a copy of Report...
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