September 20, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Chie Tome
(Yomitan) On September 16, a birthday party for Umeto Yamashiro, age 99, of Owan, Yomitan, who is active as the “poster girl” for the Okinawa tourism theme park “Ryukyu Mura” in Onna, was held at the day service center “Ikiru Ie” in Toya, Yomitan to celebrate her 100th birthday according to the traditional Japanese age-counting system. Yamashiro played the tones of the sanshin herself during the opening Kagiyadefu performance,...
September 24, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
The “We don’t need a missile base Miyakojima resident liaison council,” (Seihan Nakazato, representative) which is made up of citizens groups from the Miyako region, submitted a request to Okinawa Prefecture asking the government to not allow the Japanese...
September 24, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 23, Okinawa Prefecture and the Cabinet Office’s Okinawa General Bureau signed a memorandum to procure large-diameter logs for the reconstruction of Shurijo Castle, which was destroyed in a fire last October. The Okinawa General Bureau will determine...
September 24, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 23, in the final regular meeting for the month of the Nago City Assembly (chaired by Hideki Oshiro), the Assembly adopted, by a majority, a 2020 general accounting and finance supplementary budget. The supplemented sum is 2,154,370,000 yen. The...
September 22, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
In a normal year, summer and fall are busy with traditional events held in each part of Okinawa. These include Honensai, harvest festivals to give thanks for that year’s harvest and pray for a bumper crop the next year; Usudeku, a dance to pray for peace and...
September 18, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo – The Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) National Defense Legislator’s Alliance (NDLA, former Director General of the Japan Defense Agency Seishiro Eto, chairman) authored a proposal September 17, calling for added maintenance and expansion of the...
September 19, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September19, Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki and Taro Kono, who was recently appointed Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, met at the Okinawa Prefectural Office. The governor presented Minister Kono with a letter listing 19 requests...
September 17, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 16, Fusako Kumagai, director of Kumagai Wa Ryusai Kimono Vocational School in Naha, donated four reproductions of official attire from the Ryukyu Kingdom to the Naha City Museum of History. The four reproductions are based on articles in the museum’s...
September17, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
In the early morning hours of September 17, at his inaugural interview, Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said, concerning relocation of Futenma Air Station to Henoko, Nago City, “On the basis of the principle that there is one sole solution,...
September 16, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Derek Fujio, president of the classical Okinawan koto school Ryukyu Sokyoku Koyo Kai Hawaii Shibu (branch), made a guest appearance on Hawaii United Okinawa Association’s YouTube channel “HUOA Yuntaku Live!” Fujio performed three solo songs on the...
September 17, 2020 by Ryukyu Shimpo
The committee to preserve and open to the public the 32nd Army Headquarters Shelter (Eiki Senaha, chairman) met with Okinawa vice-governor Kiichiro Jahana at the Okinawa Prefectural Office September 16, where they submitted a proposal to designate the 32nd...
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