July 13 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Urasoe – A special project to raise sea urchins on land using leaves from the shimaguwa, an island mulberry tree specially raised in the city, is underway at Makiminato Fishing Port in Urasoe. On July 5, some of these were opened as a test, and there were some gonads harvested that weighed over 25 grams. Those involved in the raising of the sea urchins including people from the Urasoe Ginowan Fishery Cooperative and from Urasoe and Ginowan cities...
July 8, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
July 7 was Tanabata, or the Star Festival. This year, a high-pressure system hung over the Okinawa region, allowing observers to see the Milky Way spread out in the evening sky like a sparkling ribbon.
According to a myth cherished...
July 7, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On July 6 the Third Petty Bench of the Supreme Court (Presiding Judge Michiharu Hayashi) dismissed the final appeal of the Henoko coral lawsuit filed by the Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG). The lawsuit was in response to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry...
July 8, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On July 7, the Naha District Court announced their decision in the case brought by 12 Japanese staff working on U.S. military bases who claimed they had received undue punishment, including suspension, without factual basis. The plaintiffs sought confirmation...
July 9, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
At around 1:00 p.m. on July 8, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) alerted Naha city that “Unexploded ordinance has been found” at a construction site next to a residential building in Hantagawa. The ordinance was a five-inch-long U.S....
July 6, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yuki Nakamura
In 2021, Okinawa again saw a trend of schools postponing or changing the destination of their school trips.
According to the Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau (OCVB), the number of schools planning to travel to Okinawa...
July 2, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On July 2, the Okinawa Meteorological Agency announced that rainy season is ending in Okinawa. The end this year comes 11 days later than an average year (June 21), and 20 days later than last year (June 12). The start of rainy season was May 5 this...
June 30, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Uruma City, Okinawa—62 years ago on June 30, a U.S. military jet crashed into a residential area and the Miyamori Elementary School in Ishikawa, Uruma City (former Ishikawa City), killing 18 children. On its anniversary, the Miyamori Elementary School...
July 1, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Seibu Lions pitcher Kaima Taira (21, Yaeyama Commercial and Technical High School), pitched his 39th consecutive shutout appearance July 1 against the SoftBank Hawks in their 15th matchup of the season at the Fukuoka PayPay Dome, breaking a 15-year-old...
June 30, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Based on the Act on the Conservation of Endangered Species, the Ministry of the Environment has granted Urgent Endangered Species Designation, for a period of three years starting on July 1, to a total of three newly-discovered species including a centipede...
June 20, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
(Yomitan) On June 19, the NPO Okinawa Han no Hi Association held a memorial at the “Han no Hi” monument in Senaha, Yomitan in honor of the “comfort women” and others forced to serve the military in various capacities who the Japanese military...
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