October 27, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Prefecture continues to see new cases of COVID-19 on the rise, recording the largest number of new cases per 100,000 people since October 3, the worst for all prefectures in Japan. If the spread of the virus continues at its current pace, there is a fear that Okinawa will reach its fourth and highest warning level “Widespread Infection,” leading Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki to put out a new “Okinawa Coronavirus Warning” unique to the prefecture....
October 27, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Takahito Arashiro
Kunigami Village’s autumnal tradition of sun-drying funuiyu (Okinawan for mahi-mahi) began in Ginama. The Funuiyu Festival is held annually around this time of the year at the Ginama fishing port, but this year it was canceled due...
October 21, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Northern Okinawa – On October 13, the Joint Council to Prevent Poaching of Yambaru Long-Armed Scarab Beetles (an office of the Okinawa Amami Nature Conservation Office of the Ministry of the Environment) conducted a joint patrol with the villages of Kunigami,...
October 23, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Takahiro Kina
Motobu – The Nakasone Store, which has been operating for over 50 years in the Toguchi neighborhood of Motobu near the Motobu Town Market, will be undergoing a rebuild due to deterioration. The shop familiar to many with a history in...
October 22, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Regarding the issue of carcinogenic chemicals including perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) being detected in water from a group of wells on a U.S. military base in Kadena, which are sources of water for Chatan Water Treatment Plant, on October 20 Mayor Masaharu...
October 23, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 22, during his visit to Okinawa, Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi met with Governor Denny Tamaki; Lt. Gen. H. Stacy Clardy III, commander of the U.S. troops in Okinawa and Okinawa Area Coordinator; and mayors of the municipalities hosting U.S. military...
October 20, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Hiroe Nakagawa
Flower beds made with the red roofing tiles called aka kawara from Shuri Castle, which was destroyed in a fire, have started blooming flowers such as marigold and bougainvillea in various colors, delighting the eyes of both children and...
October 20, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Recently, University of Tokyo Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute associate professor Chuya Shinzato, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) professor Noriyuki Sato, and others decoded the genome of 18 species of coral in the...
October 18, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Akihide Celso Shiroma
São Paulo, Brazil—On July 20, law nº 17,395 went into effect, adding World Uchinanchu Day to the city’s Official Calendar of Events. The text of the measure states: “With the purpose of carrying on the legacy of Brazil’s...
October 16, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Newspaper Week began on October 15. A Ryukyu Shimpo article, “Yanbaru Kuina Hocho Kunigami Kotsu Jiko de Chiryo Kaifuku” (Okinawa Rail Released in Kunigami, Treated and Recovered After Traffic Accident, July 5, 2017, Local News) is used in Hirogaru Kotoba...
October 16, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
December 20, 2020, will mark 50 years to the day since a riot broke out in Okinawa City (former Koza City) following a U.S. serviceman striking an Okinawan in a car accident; in what became to be known as the Koza Riots, protesters set fire to U.S. military vehicles....
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