October 18, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
When Okinawa’s former governor revoked approval for land filling activities as part of the relocation of MCAS Futenma to Henoko in Nago City, the Japanese government took countermeasures. Those came in the form of demanding that the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation to review the revocation under the Administrative Appeal Act and cancel the efficacy of the revocation.
In the September 30 gubernatorial election, where Denny Tamaki,...
October 17, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
On October 17 starting at 4:40 p.m. Governor Denny Tamaki answered questions from a group of reporters at the Prefectural Office. He spoke about the central government’s request for an injunction to overturn revocation of the land reclamation...
October 22, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
In response to Kyoto University retaining human remains removed by anthropologists from Okinawa in the early Showa era, several organizations including the Nara-Okinawa Solidarity Commission have established a group called the Nara Prefectural Council Requesting...
October 13, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 9 repairs were started on the “Solidarity Dojo” in Maja, Ie Village, which the late Shoko Ahagon used as the base of land struggles in the resistance movement against the U.S. military. Because the repairs will cost about 10 million yen, the Wabiai...
October 23, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Resort Wedding Committee (Yoshiaki Ogawa, spokesperson), made up of representatives from wedding-industry companies, has been working to develop the Chinese market. The committee is looking to establish a “Resort Wedding Tourism” business model...
October 16, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Ayako Sakaguchi
On October 15, Okinawa Prefecture Nago City Mayor Taketoyo Toguchi declared he will work to remove all seven helipads within U.S. military Camp Schwab. During the city council plenary meeting, he declared he would “strongly appeal”...
October 15, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The town of Kin celebrated the 150th birthday of Kyuzo Toyama (1868–1910), the “forefather of emigration,” on October 14, attracting many residents and out-of-town visitors. In Toyama’s day, Kin’s resilient town spirit had successfully delivered an emigration...
October 12, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
On the afternoon of October 12 at the Kantei, the prime minister’s official residence, for the first time since he assumed office Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki had a conference with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and...
October 11, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Prefectural Livestock Research Center in Nakijin carried out research on the meat quality of Agu brand pigs, and found that Agu pork contains more components that affect the deliciousness of the meat than western pork.
Compared...
October 16, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Prefecture, who along with Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. and Miyakojima City have been working to renovate the passenger terminal facilities at Shimoji-shima Airport, held a press conference October 15 at the Okinawa Prefectural...
October 10, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
An Okinawa prefectural funeral ceremony for former governor Takeshi Onaga was held on the evening of October 9 at the Okinawa Prefectural Budokan in Naha City.
Onaga, age 67 when he died, demanded that Japan find solutions to...
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