December 30, 2016 Chie Tome of Ryukyu Shimpo
There is an insect that spends two years underground as larva and then comes out of the ground during an evening around Christmas in search of its soulmate. This romantic insect, the Tricholontha papagena, is a beetle endemic to the Amami and Okinawa Islands. In particular, most inhabit areas around Takae district of Higashi Village. These beetles emerge as adults once every two years. This year happened to be that year. As a result, on the evening...
December 27, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
On the morning of December 27, the presidents of nine higher education institutions in Okinawa submitted a written statement to the Japanese and U.S. governments in response to the recent crash accident of a U.S. MV-22 Osprey vertical takeoff and landing aircraft...
December 28, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
(Tokyo) On the morning of December 27, Governor Takeshi Onaga had a meeting with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, where he called for prior discussions to be held before the government resumes construction work for the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air...
December 22, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
A welcome ceremony for two Asian elephants, Tonsai and Buntoon, from Tohoku Safari Park in Fukushima was held on December 17 at the Okinawa Zoo & Museum. The elephants are staying in Okinawa to see out the winter. The curator of the zoo, Masaru Takada,...
December 26, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yoshikazu Miyazato
On December 25, it was confirmed that a humpback whale visited the northern sea of Zamami Island. It is the first whale sighting of the season.
Kiyoshi Miyagi, 57, a member of the Zamami Whale Watching Association, managed...
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