March 10, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 6, an urgent youth statement in support of Takamatsu Gushiken’s hunger strike and calling on the Japanese government to halt plans to obtain soil from the southern part of Okinawa Island was published online by a group of young people in their twenties both in and outside of Okinawa prefecture. Gushiken is a representative of the Gamafuya, a group of volunteers who search for the remains of war dead from the Battle of Okinawa. Gushiken...
April 13, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On the evening of April 12, exactly 25 years after the agreement was made to completely close U.S. Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futenma in 1996, four FA18 combat jets from MCAS Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture arrived one after another to MCAS Futenma,...
April 12, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Himeyuri Peace Museum in Itoman reopened on the morning of April 12 after having renewed their exhibition. The theme of the new exhibition is “A generation that moved away from war,” with the focused turned towards the employees who come from...
April 7, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 7, study results were issued on the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) Naha Base website concerning a recent incident in which a foam fire-extinguishing agent leaked off of said base. PFOS and PFOA, which are types of organic flourine compounds,...
April 8, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Chubu – On April 7, public elementary, junior high, and high schools held opening ceremonies and entrance ceremonies for the new school year. Despite having received requests to pause flights for the day from the boards of education in the area, U.S....
April 9, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Higashi – Takae Elementary School in Higashi, Okinawa (Tatsuya Miyagi, principal), had their new student ceremony April 8. There was only one new first-grader, Hachimitsu Shoji, 6, the first new student in two years. The ceremony was attended...
April 8, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 4, Sangosya Scholé in Nanjo City, which operates free schools and night schools, hosted a gathering to welcome 17 new students for the 2021 academic year. Alumni, teachers, and other interested parties congratulated the new students, ranging...
April 2, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Sanenori Kinjo
“Please try to imagine: girls just ten years old going to sleep only to be soon awoken and forced to work all day long under harsh conditions.”
On March 16, the Okinawa Shogaku Senior High School Regional Laboratory...
April 6, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
University of the Ryukyus had both their 2020 and 2021 new student ceremony April 6 at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan.
First, a ceremony was had for the second-year students who entered the university in 2020, then again for the new...
March 31, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 31 the Bankoku Shinryo Conference on U.S. Military Base Issues (Bankoku Shinryo, meaning: bridge between nations) delivered its proposal for reducing the base burden on Okinawa, which includes the compiled discussions of the Conference from...
April 2, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Wakana Arakaki
The Chatan Board of Education is set to offer “peace education training” to all of its elementary and junior high school faculty this academic year. While many municipalities in Okinawa offer peace training to first-year...
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