August 24, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
All Nippon Airways (ANA) announced on August 23 that it would be stopping 20 Saturday overnight flights which depart from their international logistics hub at Naha Airport as of October 29 due to insufficient cargo loads.
These routes, which gather cargo planes in the early hours of the morning at the hub, will be rescheduled as weekday flights.
Also, 10 weekly flights that carry cargo from Qingdao and Xiamen in China...
August 27, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Washington Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha
“American base expansion and the militarization of Okinawa by the Abe and Trump administrations must be stopped!”
These words, spoken by Kent Wong, head of the UCLA...
August 23, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On August 22 the Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced that it is moving preparations forward on a written report for submission to the Okinawa prefectural government and other local municipalities.
The report will include the use...
August 25, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
(Yomitan) Yomitan Village in Okinawa Prefecture plans to open a public archive, which will be the first village-established public archive in the country.
The village aims to begin the detailed design phase for the archive in...
August 23, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
In preparation for the Okinawa Prefecture Nago City Mayoral Election next year on February 4, the current Nago City Mayor Susumi Inamine, 72, held a press conference on August 23 at the Nago City Labor Welfare Center...
August 24, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On August 23, Professor Yasukatsu Matsushima, representing the Research Association for the Repatriation of Ryukyu Remains, published an open letter to Kyoto University regarding the holding of Ryukyuan remains.
The remains of...
August 29, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
In the wake of an MV-22 Osprey vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft crashing off the coast of Australia, the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly passed a protest resolution and a written opinion demanding the withdrawal of the aircraft...
August 21, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha reporting
On August 19 the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) held the general session of its 25th Anniversary Convention in Anaheim, California. There, APALA adopted...
August 17, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Hiroshi Uema
Motobu – Ryukyu-ai (Ryukyu indigo) is a plant that has been cultivated in Okinawa as the base material for unbeatable indigo dyes since ancient times.
The Higa Ryukyu-ai Factory (Yoshimatsu...
August 23, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On August 21 (local time), the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed the lower court’s decision in the Okinawa dugong lawsuit in which Okinawan community members and American and Japanese conservation groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department...
August 20, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
It may be obvious, but the relationship between Japan and the U.S. is not equal; the imbalanced power relationship continues.
This once again became clear at the joint presentation and press conference for the “2-plus-2” ministerial...
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