March 15, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
March 13, Naha police arrested a U.S. Navy sailor, 24, who belongs to Camp Schwab in Nago, on suspicion of raping a Japanese tourist sleeping at a hotel in Naha.
The suspect was sent to Naha District Prosecutors’ Office on March 14. According to investigating officials, the suspect denies the charges, alleging that he had not been there (the room) and that he had been at a drinking bar at the time of the alleged offence.
According to the...
March 5, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyu Land Corporation (TLC), NTT Urban Development, and Milial Resort Hotels have recently concluded a contract for a joint hotel project in Serakaki, Onna Village. The three companies (based in Tokyo, Tokyo, and Chiba Prefectures respectively) will jointly develop...
March 8, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
Taiwan-Japan Fishery Talks were held from March 2 to 4. At the meeting, officials decided that the 2016 Bluefin Tuna Fishing Season Fishing Rule (April to July quarter) will adhere to the 15-year rule, in accordance with the Taiwan-Japan Fisheries Agreement. The...
March 3, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
Whale-watching tours in the sea around Zamami Island have reached their season peak. On March 2, thirty-two whales were confirmed near the island. And tourists enjoyed seeing whales lift their heads above the sea surface and blow seawater.
There were more...
March 8, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 8, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Keiichi Ishii sent Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga an official order to revoke his nullification of the Henoko land reclamation permit. The permit is needed to implement the relocation of U.S. Marine...
March 4, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 3, Ryukyu Shimpo found that 18 municipalities in Okinawa implemented programs of Japanese language assistance and guidance to public school students who have foreign citizenship, foreign parents, and roots overseas. The results came from a survey of 41 municipalities...
March 3, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
A memorial monument was built in the property of the former Uruma Citizens’ Art Theatre in order to commemorate a historical event in which Okinawans in Hawaii sent 550 pigs to Okinawa, in an attempt to aid people suffering food shortages in the post-WWII period....
March 3, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
Gregory Kulacki, a senior analyst and the China Project manager for the Global Security Program of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), took part on March 3 in a protest rally in front of Camp Schwab against the construction of a new offshore U.S. air base.
Kulacki...
March 2, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
At a regular meeting of the Nago City Council on March 2, Mayor Susumu Inamine declared his administrative policies for 2016. He said that no matter what happens, he resolves to make continued efforts to block relocation of Futenma Air Station to Henoko, Nago. In...
March 5, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
On the morning of March 5, over 80 people staged a sit-in protest and rally in front of Camp Schwab. Just one day before the rally, the government of Japan and the prefectural government of Okinawa reached a settlement for lawsuits filed over the plan to move U.S....
March 4, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
At 1 p.m. on March 4, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his intention to accept the court’s proposed settlement in the lawsuit his government brought against the Okinawa prefectural government over reclaiming land in Henoko, Nago as part of the relocation of...
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