September 8, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The group for consideration of the Futenma/Henoko problem (represented by Osaka City University Professor Emeritus Kenichi Miyamoto) comprised of various experts in Japan released a joint statement at a press conference at the Diet September 7 requesting things such as the retraction of the plan for new base construction at Henoko in Nago City. AS of September 7, 72 people had attached their name to the statement.
Among...
September 13, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The candidates for the 13th Okinawa gubernatorial election were announced September 13.
The election is happening ahead of schedule due to the untimely death of Governor Takeshi Onaga, who died while in office.
So far, four candidates...
September 8, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
On September 7, 133 scholars and informed persons from around the world including the US, Canada and Australia signed and issued a statement in support of the Okinawa Prefectural Government’s revocation of the land reclamation...
September 6, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
The late Takeshi Onaga died on August 8 at the age of 67 while serving as governor of Okinawa.
On September 6 his widow, Mikiko, and their eldest son, Yuichiro, visited the Prefectural Office to make a return gift for all the...
September 7, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Mikiko Onaga, the wife of Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga who died suddenly on August 8 at the age of 67, had an interview of Ryukyu Shimpo at her home in Naha City on September 6. Mrs. Onaga said that right after Governor Onaga underwent...
September 6, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The “Henoko Okinawa Referendum Committee,” (Jinshiro Motoyama, representative), which...
September 3, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
September 2 was the final day of the 63rd Okinawa Zento Eisa Festival, which was held at Koza Athletic Park in Okinawa City.
Fourteen groups performed Eisa at the festival.
According to organizers, over...
August 28, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On August 27, Okinawa Prefecture announced that the ninth Okinawa Peace Award will be awarded to Japan International Volunteer Center (JVC), an international NGO based in Tokyo and headed by Takaki Imai.
The Okinawa Peace Award is presented...
August 28, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Yuri Shimizu reports from Jeju
On August 27 the governors of Okinawa, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province in South Korea, and Hawaii met together on Jeju Island for the first Global Green Island Summit (GGIS) forum...
August 30, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 13th Okinawa gubernatorial election, which will be officially announced September...
September 3, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Fumiaki Jahana
Honolulu – A large number of people flocked to the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu September 1 for the start of the 36th Annual Okinawan Festival (hosted by the Hawaii United Okinawa Association), where they enjoyed...
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