January 19, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 18, the Futenma Daini Elementary School conducted an evacuation drill assuming a situation in which a U.S. military aircraft approaches the airspace over the school.
With evaluators stationed by the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) present, the school representatives confirmed the evacuation routes and assembly points.
City Board of Education Guidance Section Manager Mitsugu Kanou angrily said, “It’s as...
January 13, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Shanghai Hai Hua Shipping Company (HASCO), a Chinese maritime transport company, has begun operating international container ships on a route between Naha Port and Ho Chi Minh Port in Vietnam through Keelung Port in Taiwan. On January 18 the first ship to take...
January 12, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Marine Leisure Safety Bureau (OMSB) will institute its system to certify the excellence of diving companies and guides on April 1. On January 11, OMSB signed a comprehensive business alliance with the Okinawa Tourism Convention Bureau (OCVB) to launch...
January 11, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 91st Kinema Jumpo top ten ranking for movies released in 2017 was announced January 10. “Target Island Kaji kataka,” the movie that deals with issues of military bases and the deployment of self defence forces on neighboring islands such as Miyako and...
January 14, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, selected Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, number one on its “2018 Top Destinations on the Rise” list announced January 13.
User reviews highlighted coastal landscape that features “picturesque scenery” that...
January 4, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
After drawing a lot of attention for a comedy routine on “The Manzai 2017,”...
January 9, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On the morning of January 9 Governor Takeshi Onaga gave his response to the recent consecutive emergency landings of U.S. Marine Corps helicopters on Ikeijima and in Yomitan Village.
He said, “I am truly at a loss for words....
At 10:00 a.m. on January 11,
Uruma City Council President Seizen Ohya held an emergency meeting.
In this meeting, the city council unanimously came to a decision and created a memorandum regarding the forced landing of an U.S. military aircraft that took place...
January 9, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On...
January 5, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Chikako Maemori
A skilled performer set the stage for a variety of performances; the 40-year-old performer from Ishigaki City, Kazuya Shimoji, performs three roles on his own at the Kinoshita Circus held at Toyosaki Town special venue in Tomigusuku City....
January 3, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Washington Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha and Ryota Shimabukuro
It recently came to light through declassified official U.S. documents that in May 1972, with the reversion of Okinawa to Japanese sovereignty...
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