October 3, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Takahiro Miyagi reporting from Barcelona
Catalonia, the autonomous region located in northeastern Spain, voted for independence in a referendum held on October 1.
90% of voters voted in favor of becoming an independent state.
Voter turnout was held to just over 40% of eligible voters, as Spain’s central judicial authorities resorted to forceful tactics such as blockading polling centers and forcibly...
September 28, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On the afternoon of September 22, the Yomitan Village Council held a session at which they approved a special resolution by the majority (13 in favor, 5 in opposition) on an incident of vandalism at the Chibichiri Gama cave in Namihira,...
September 27, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Asian Art Award 2017, an award given to upcoming young global artists, was announced on September 27.
Chikako Yamashiro, art director and artist, from Naha City was given the grand prize.
Yamashiro...
September 30, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
At around 2 p.m. on September 29, two MV-22 Osprey aircraft belonging to the U.S. military’s Futenma air base made an emergency landing at Ishigaki Airport.
According to the Okinawa Defense Bureau, the cockpit indicator in one of the two...
September 27, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo – Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) announced September 26 that for the first time ever, a large quantity of minerals, including valuable resources such as gold, were successfully extracted from an...
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