March 19, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 17, two elephants that spent the winter season at the Okinawa Zoo and Museum in Okinawa City went back to Fukushima.
A farewell party for them was held on March 15 at the zoo.
The two Asian elephants, Tonsai and Boonthong, came to Okinawa in December from the Tohoku Safari Park in Fukushima. Nobushige Kumakubo, president of the Tohoku Safari Park, said, “We want to continue a family relationship between Okinawa and Fukushima through...
March 18, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 17, Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga expressed his intention to take part in the 30th anniversary ceremony of a sister-state affiliation between Okinawa and Hawaii. The ceremony will be held in Honolulu in July. Onaga stated, “I would like to participate...
March 24, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Defense Bureau is continuing its boring survey as part of the plan to build a replacement facility for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Henoko, Nago. On March 24, off the coast of Henoko, workers employed by the bureau were carrying out work...
March 19, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
Glenn Gumpel, CEO of the company behind Universal Studios Japan (USJ), the US movie theme park in Osaka, held a press conference in Osaka City on March 18. Gumpel announced plans to build a theme park in Okinawa. Gumpel described the scale of the development;...
March 23, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Himeyuri Peace Museum is known for its unique, oral-history approach to educating people about the Battle of Okinawa. Since its opening in 1989, the museum has been giving visitors, including students on school trips, a chance to hear directly from survivors...
March 19, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Coffee Production Association consists of 21 coffee producers in Okinawa. On March 12, the association launched a general incorporated association; “Okinawan Coffee and Tropical fruits Study Society.” The association has registered the new...
March 18, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
An air force RC-135V Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft temporarily stationed at Kadena Air Base from Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska lost its fiberglass part weighing about 907 grams during flight on March 16. According to the Okinawa Defense Bureau, as of...
March 20, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
Two activists protesting construction of a replacement base for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Henoko were dragged onto U.S. Marine Camp Schwab by the Japanese security guards working for the U.S. military on February 22. The U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa...
March 22, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 21, at Sedake beach and on the water, civic organizations and the five ruling parties of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly held a people’s rally to block the construction of a new U.S. base in Henoko, Nago. About 3,900 people gathered, and Vice Governor...
March 17, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 16, President Mark H.Higa, president-elect Tom Ken Yamamoto, executive director Jane F. Serikaku of the executive council of the Hawaii United Okinawa Association (HUOA) visited the Ryukyu Shimpo office. The HUOA plans to build the Hawaii Okinawa Plaza,...
March 12, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
At 10:00 a.m. on March 12, the Ryubo Industry held a grand opening of its tourist and commercial complex HAPIHANA at the former site of Mitsukoshi Department Store, which closed last September. The HAPIHANA has cafés, restaurants, comedy theatre Okinawa...
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