Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki gives Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Kariyushi shirts, tells him ,”Now you can have ‘Cool Biz,’ even at the Diet.”

Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki gives Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Kariyushi shirts, tells him ,”Now you can have ‘Cool Biz,’ even at the Diet.”

(From the left) Miss Okinawa winners Mayuka Tamaki and Erika Spina, Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki, taking a picture after giving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and cabinet ministers Kariyushi attire. May 20, at the office of the Prime Minister


May 21, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo

[Tokyo] With summer just about to kick off, Okinawa governor Denny Tamaki presented Okinawan Kariyushi attire to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, and Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi. The cabinet ministers plan to wear the clothing while conducting a cabinet meeting June 6, and Prime Minister Abe commented, “In the six years the Abe administration has been in office, we have been interested in the 400,000 articles of Kariyushi attire that have been produced. We hope that the production and sale of this clothing will continue to increase.”

This is the first time since taking office as governor that Tamaki has participated in what has become an annual event. Abe was given a navy shirt, and Suga was given a pink shirt. Miyakoshi however, was presented with a shirt decorated with the traditional “masks and costumes for brining joy from the spirit world” of the Paantu gods, which have been designated an intangible cultural heritage asset by UNESCO.

After the meeting, Governor Tamaki said smiling, “The design quality of Kariyushi shirts has improved. I recommend wearing the attire as ‘Cool Biz’ clothing to the Diet.” During the meeting the participants discussed maintenance for Naha Airport’s runway no. 2 and tourism promotion.

(English translation by T&CT and Sam Grieb)

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