Ikei citizens to protest this month after U.S. Military helicopter makes emergency landing
January 7, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
(Uruma, Ikei Island) A UH-1 U.S. military helicopter from MCAS Futenma made an...
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Another MCAS Futenma helicopter emergency landing, this time in Yomitan Village
anuary 8, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
On January 8 around 4:45 p.m. an AH-1 attack helicopter from MCAS Futenma made an emergency landing on the grounds of the Hijagawa administrative group waste disposal facility in Gima, Yomitan Village. People working in the fields nearby called the emergency number 110 to report the incident, and Kadena police officers responded and headed to the site. As of 6:30 p.m. (local time) on January 8, the helicopter had not taken off, and...
Governor Onaga states that a “pillar of the Okinawan Government” will be stopping new base construction, resolves to “do everything we can,” while admitting reducing the base burden, “still far away”
January 4, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga made his New Year’s resolution...
Solemn New Year’s celebration held at the Shuri Castle
January 3, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
An event called Shinshun no Utage or New Year’s Banquet was held at Shuri Castle in Naha on January 1.
Three scenes from the Chouhaiokishiki or Imperial Court New Year’s morning ceremony from the Ryukyu Kingdom...
Spectators touring Zamami overjoyed to see leisurely whale
December 29, 2017
By Hirokazu Otsubo, Correspondent for the Ryukyu Shimpo
(Zamami) This season’s whale watching tours started in Zamami Village on December 27.
On that day, a warden from the village’s Whale Watching Association spotted one humpback...
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