Archive for December, 2019

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Okinawa hosts international pork research conference, presents efforts to increase brand recognition for Agu Pork

Okinawa hosts international pork research conference, presents efforts to increase brand recognition for Agu Pork

November 28, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo

The “5th Fatty Pig International Conference” (hosted by the International Pork Research Society), a research conference that presents existing international research results for pork, was held November 27 at the Okinawa Gender Equality Center Tiruru in Naha. Approximately 100 researchers and scholars attended the conference from a number of different countries to present their findings. The participants from Okinawa presented their efforts in preserving...

 

Naha Airport’s second runway to open next year

Naha Airport’s second runway to open next year

November 26, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo

Tokyo, November 26—The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced this morning that the second runway under construction at Naha Airport will be operational starting March 26, 2020. A new air traffic control tower designed to accompany...

Committee of Seven symposium addresses need to share Okinawa’s voice, apathy by mainland Japanese toward Okinawa

Committee of Seven symposium addresses need to share Okinawa’s voice, apathy by mainland Japanese toward Okinawa

November 22, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo

On the evening of November 21, a symposium titled “Questioning this nation from Okinawa–peace, the Constitution, and democracy” (sponsored by the Committee of Seven to Appeal for World Peace, co-sponsored by the Ryukyu Shimpo) for investigating the...