Protesters demand a reversal of peace-leader Hiroji Yamashiro’s sentence at demonstration in front of the Japanese Embassy in Washington D.D.
March 25, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Washington Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha
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U.S. training airspace around Okinawa expanded under guise of temporary use, impeding civil aviation
March 26, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Ryota Shimabukuro and Ryota Nakamura
Over the past two years U.S. military training airspace around Okinawa has greatly expanded, restricting the navigation of civilian aircraft.
The U.S. military added to its preexisting training airspaces in the form of temporary training airspaces under an Altitude Reservation (ALTRV) to be used as needed. In reality, the ALTRV airspaces became a constant provision...
Public symposium held to discuss Ryukyuan remains kept by Kyoto University
March 22, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 22 at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum in Naha City, the Japanese Society for Oceanic Studies held a public symposium.
Professor Yasukatsu Matsushima of Ryukoku University reported that many human remains were...
Ginoza trainees report back on their cultural exchange findings
March 11, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 15, the 2017 World Ginozanchu Exchange Program Presentation was held at the Ginoza Village Public Hall where approximately 80 people gathered. Hibiki Yasutomi, 27, and Lania Shinzato Hinako, 22, who traveled...
Nakagusuku and Kitanagusuku residents’ group asks local sanitation association to refuse U.S. military waste collection
March 18, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 16, a group of Nakagusuku Village and Kitanakagusuku Village residents who oppose collecting waste from the U.S. bases visited the Aobaen waste processing facility operated by Nakagusuku Village and Kitanakagusuku...
Queen at Sea stops by at Naha port for the third year in a row
March 14, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Queen Elisabeth, an around-the-world cruise, anchored at the Wakasa port in Naha port the morning of March 13.
The cruise weighs 90,900 tons and accommodates 2,091 passengers. This is the third year in a row the cruise ship has visited the...
Japan determines U.S. contractors are also “employees,” in compensation case for murdered woman
March 21, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo – Regarding the 2016 murder of a woman attached to a U.S. military base,...
Japan and Taiwan agree to revised fishing regulations in area north of Yaeyama Islands for spring trial period
March 18, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Representatives from Japan and Taiwan met at a joint committee on fisheries March 15-16 in Taipei to discuss regulations for 2018 including fishing rights in the area near the Senkaku Islands as part of the Japan-Taiwan...
Jacksonville Okinawa Kenjin Kai celebrates 30th anniversary with various Ryukyu arts performances
March 19, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Tamiko Suzuki
The Jacksonville Okinawa Kenjin Kai was founded in Jacksonville, North Carolina in 1988.
Camp Lejeune, the largest U.S. Marine Corps base on the East Coast, is located there as well. At first...
Yamashiro to appeal guilty verdict from Naha District Court as “unfair”
March 15, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On...
Naha District Court rules against Okinawa in lawsuit to prevent coral reef destruction, does not rule on fishing rights
March 14, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Naha District Court handed down...
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