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Governor Tamaki visits planned mining site in Komesu, Itoman amid concerns of human remains in soil to be used for Henoko reclamation

Governor Tamaki visits planned mining site in Komesu, Itoman amid concerns of human remains in soil to be used for Henoko reclamation

February 22, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

On February 21, Governor Denny Tamaki visited the planned mining site in Komesu, Itoman within the Okinawa Senseki (battle site) Quasi-National Park. Governor Tamaki himself told the Ryukyu Shimpo of this visit.

 

According to Governor Tamaki, on the morning of February 21, he visited the site with staff from relevant departments. The mining company submitted a notice of development in Itoman pursuant to the Natural Parks...

 

Okinawa governor Denny Tamaki demands foreign minister secure the Senkaku Islands

February 21, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

Okinawa governor Denny Tamaki sent a written appeal to cabinet ministers such as Minister for Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi, asking that the Japanese government secure the Senkaku Islands and surrounding areas, and improve their relationship...

ODB denies that majority of transplanted scarce coral died as an “effect of construction”

ODB denies that majority of transplanted scarce coral died as an “effect of construction”

February 18, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

On February 17, the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) opened the 30th meeting of the Environmental Monitoring Committee (chaired by Yoshiyuki Nakamura, Professor at Yokohama National University Graduate School) at the Okinawa Defense Bureau in Kadena...

Reduce plastic use by making shell ginger baskets:      Farmer Chibana teaches a workshop

Reduce plastic use by making shell ginger baskets:      Farmer Chibana teaches a workshop

February 15, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo

By Takahiro Kina

 

Okinawa – On January 23, a basket weaving workshop using shell ginger for material was held at Go-ma House, a multipurpose space in Nakasone in Okinawa City.

 

The instructor was Yuko Chibana, a farmer...

On Usui, Kyan’s specialty vegetable reaches peak harvest

On Usui, Kyan’s specialty vegetable reaches peak harvest

February 18. 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

February 18 falls on Usui, one of the 24 solar terms of the lunisolar calendar. It is known as the time of the year when warm weather begins to melt the snow away, and farmers prepare to work as plant life begins to bud. Nonetheless, cold...

Hokuzan king makes an appearance at Nakijin Castle at night! The world heritage site’s castle wall get a vibrant light-up display

Hokuzan king makes an appearance at Nakijin Castle at night! The world heritage site’s castle wall get a vibrant light-up display

February 17, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

Nakijin – the Nakijin Tourism Association implemented a projection mapping at Nakijin Castle remains on February 13 and 14. Images like Taiwan cherry blossoms and the ancient Hokuzan king were vividly projected against the castle wall of the world...

Volunteer group involved with recovering war dead remains criticizes the harvesting of dirt for land reclamation in Henoko Bay as “Government violence,” calls for Okinawan governor to investigate

Volunteer group involved with recovering war dead remains criticizes the harvesting of dirt for land reclamation in Henoko Bay as “Government violence,” calls for Okinawan governor to investigate

February 16, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

Takamatsu Gushiken, representing Gamafuya, a volunteer organization that collects the remains of those who died in the Battle of Okinawa, along with the “Association of Religious Leaders Calling for Peace,” held a press conference at the Okinawa...

Hajime Sunagawa awarded Nishi-Nippon International Foundation Asia Contribution Award for cleft palate treatment

Hajime Sunagawa awarded Nishi-Nippon International Foundation Asia Contribution Award for cleft palate treatment

February 16, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

Hajime Sunagawa, an advisor for the Okinawa-Laos Cleft Lip and Palate Support Center, which helps provide treatment to cleft lip and palate patients in Laos, recently received the 22nd Nishi-Nippon International Foundation Asia Contribution Award....

Okinawan man observation deck for a pair of Shisa in front of his house on the Fukushima coast “for the soul of restoration”

Okinawan man observation deck for a pair of Shisa in front of his house on the Fukushima coast “for the soul of restoration”

February 12, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo

By Ryota Nakamura

 

Next month, March 11, will mark the 10-year anniversary of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake. Izena native Yukiteru Naka, 79, chairman of Tohoku Enterprise, which is tasked with nuclear power plant maintenance, is building an observation...

Gutsy papaya overcoming adversity: Tree trunk growing through gaps in machinery bears fruit

Gutsy papaya overcoming adversity: Tree trunk growing through gaps in machinery bears fruit

February 9, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo

By Mitsue Chinen

 

Ie – In Nishieue, Ie, a single papaya tree grows in front of a farmer’s shed. The roots are twisted and the trunk has forced its way through the gaps in a discarded piece of farm equipment, but this tree stubbornly continues...

Endangered Kentish plover flock flies over “valuable environment” planned for land reclamation

Endangered Kentish plover flock flies over “valuable environment” planned for land reclamation

February 10, 2021 Ryuyu Shimpo

 

A flock of migratory birds was seen on January 31 over the ocean in front of San-A Urasoe Nishikaigan Parco City. According to Chairman Masakuni Yamashiro of the Wild Bird Society of Okinawa, these migratory birds appear to be Kentish plovers. Chobin...