Archive for December, 2017
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December 4, 2017 Correspondent Heiji Taira of Ryukyu Shimpo reports
On November 6, La Unión Private Elementary and Middle School for students of Japanese descent in Lima, Peru, held a lesson on peace education as part of an integrated curriculum.
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) volunteer Lima Tokumori of Naha City delivered a lecture to the third-year middle school students in attendance.
Tokumori began by greeting the...
December 8, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
A plastic canister landed on the metal roof of the Futenma Baptist Church’s Midorigaoka Nursery School in Nodake, Ginowan, around 10:20 a.m. on December 7.
No people were injured. Right around the time of the dropped tube, a U.S. military...
November 30, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The number of tourists visiting Okinawa in 2017 may exceed that of Hawaii, which is considered a model for Okinawa tourism. From January to September, 7,115,500 people visited Okinawa, an increase of 8.9 percent compared with the same...
November 23, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
(Okinawa) On November 18, a welcome party was held for Yumeka,...
December 5, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 4 ML Sarali Kitiyakara of Thailand’s royal family, who also does work as a television personality, came to Okinawa to film an overseas vacation television program with the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT)....
December 2, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Kenneth Franklin Shinzato (formerly Gadson) was given a life...
November 30, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
On November 30, the plaintiffs in the dugong lawsuit against the U.S. came to i
nspect Henoko.
This lawsuit is aimed at stopping construction of the Futenma Air Station replacement facility,...
November 26, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 24, Okinawa Okisho High School in Naha City announced that it entered an agreement for enrollment by recommendation with four U.S. universities.
Okinawa Okisho High School Vice Chairman Masaichiro Nashiro and NPO...
December 1, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court handed down an appeal...
November 23, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 22 at the Okinawa Prefectural Government, the Asia Economic Strategy Section held a meeting and announced the establishment of seafood exports from Okinawa to Shanghai, China. The regulations imposed on Japanese food since...
November 24, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
With the Okinawa Prefecture deciding to revoke the permit to treat industrial waste for the Kurashikikankyo Co. Ltd. in Okinawa City, which manages most of the U.S. military base waste, the bases are facing a waste treatment problem.
The...