March 6, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 5 the fourth-generation Okinawan-American Robert Kajiwara, who started the White House petition calling for signatures to request a halt to Futenma replacement facility construction in Henoko until after the prefectural referendum, paid a visit to Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki at the Prefectural Office.
Kajiwara expressed his desire to continue his activism: “I hope to keep acting in order to support Okinawans’ will in opposition...
March 5, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Manato Akira
On March 4 the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB), which is pushing forward construction of the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) in Henoko, began building the K8 seawall.
The ODB also aims to start depositing soil into the new land reclamation...
March 2, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
(Tokyo) On March 1, a demonstration named “#0301 Don’t Bury Okinawa: Tokyo Mass Protest” was held in front of the Prime Minister’s office in Tokyo.
The demonstration was held in the wake of a prefectural referendum in Okinawa, for which voting commenced...
March 5, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Wedding planners from four bridal companies in India, where the demand for foreign resort weddings has been increasing, visited Okinawa to explore the possibilities of hosting events in Okinawa.
Resort weddings have become popular with the wealthy class of...
March 1, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 28, the “Lobbying Journal” which covers the activities of late Shoko Ahagon, who took part in the land dispute in Ie Island under U.S. military rule, was published.
The journal details the lobby activities by residents of Ie Village, Okinawa...
February 28, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 27 the constitutional scholar and professor emeritus at Keio University, Setsu Kobayashi, spoke with the Ryukyu Shimpo about the results of the prefectural referendum on February 24 which asked Okinawans to vote “yes,” “no,”...
February 25, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On the evening of February 24, “Henoko” Prefectural Referendum Council representative Jinshiro Motoyama held a press conference at the Education and Welfare Center in Furujima, Naha.
Regarding the referendum result, which showed a large majority of...
February 25, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
[Henoko Base Problem News Crew]The Japanese government continues to force through new base construction at Henoko, part of the relocation of MCAS Futenma, just one day after a resolution vote was held in Okinawa in which over 43,000 people voted...
February 21, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
Around 5:18 p.m. on February 21 the U.S. military carried out parachute drop training at Kadena Air Base.
This is the second such training this year, following the training on January 23. Kadena Town and Chatan Town received notification...
February 25, 2019 The Ryukyu Shimpo
The voters’ disapproval was made clear in the results of the prefecture-wide referendum on the construction of a new U.S. military base in Henoko, Nago City.
It was the first time Okinawans voiced their opinions in a democratic process over construction...
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