July 27, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
At around 9:17 a.m. on July 26, the landing light glass of an F-15 fighter jet belonging to the Naha Base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) was damaged when it took off from Naha Airport.
According to the Naha Airport Office of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the runway was closed for 47 minutes from 9:44 a.m. to 10:31 a.m. so that broken glass could be collected.
Twenty-six flights, including 11 arrival flights and...
July 25, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawan government filed a lawsuit in the Naha District Court against the Japanese federal government July 24, to prevent the destruction of rock on the seabed off the coast of Henoko in Nago as part of the new U.S. base construction. The prefectural government...
July 24, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
On the afternoon of July 24, the Okinawa prefectural government brought a lawsuit against the central government, seeking to halt the ongoing construction work for a new base in Henoko. The prefectural government is arguing that the central government...
July 21, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On July 20, a list of Okinawans who were captured during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945 and taken to a prison camp in Hawaii was found in the Okinawa Prefectural Archives. In February, Kaori Akiyama, who researches the compulsory detention of Japanese people in Hawaii...
July 12, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The All Okinawa Council, which stands against the new Henoko military base held a press conference on July 11 in Naha City to announce its plans for a rally for Okinawan people on August 12. The number of participants is anticipated to be around 30,000 people.
The...
July 15, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Phillippine Airlines will launch a direct chartered flight between Naha and Manila for six months from December. The news was announced on July 14. Mikiro Shimoji, a member of the Lower House, who was visiting the Philippines from July 11 to 13 met with Secretary...
July 22, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
At 2:00 p.m. on July 22, in front of the gates of Camp Schwab in Henoko, Nago, citizen groups formed a ‘human chain’ to protest the construction of the new U.S. base that is part of the replacement of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan....
July 20, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
At 7:20 p.m. on July 19, the U.S. Air Force conducted parachute training over the water in the Tsuken Jima Training Area in Uruma City. At two separate times, a total of six parachutes were seen descending from special mission aircraft Lockheed MC-130. Parachute...
July 20, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Washington Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha reporting
On July 18 during LDP Secretary General Toshihiro Nikai’s visit to the United States, he had a discussion with Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) of the U.S. House Committee on Armed Services. In a press...
July 21, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Ministry of the Environment’s Naha Environment Bureau announced on July 20 the results of a June survey of 35 locations in the Sekisei shoko coral reef, Japan’s largest reef, located between Ishigaki and Iriomote islands in Okinawa. The results showed an...
July 19, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
(Nago) On July 19, with the aim of eliminating organized crime groups from the new base construction work at U.S. Camp Schwab in Henoko, Nago, representatives from Taisei Corporation, Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd. and other construction companies contracted...
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