August 12, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
With the rapid spread of a new wave of COVID-19, Okinawa governor Denny Tamaki held a press conference at the Okinawa Prefectural Office on August 12, where he announced new coronavirus measures such as a plan to increase the speed of vaccine distribution. He specified that they were aiming to have 50% of all Okinawans receive at least one dose of the vaccine by the end of August, and to have 70% of people with at least one dose by the end of...
August 13, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On August 12, torch bearers located in six towns and cities of Okinawa prayed for peace as they ignited torches for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, which will open on August 24. The six locations included the Fire of Peace monument at the Peace Memorial...
August 10, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo – The Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced August 6 that they were adding three Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) installations and seven U.S. military installations such as the U.S. Naha Military Port and JSDF Camp Naha to the list of locations that restricts...
August 6, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Karate Men’s Karate Kata event was held for the first time in the Olympics at the Nippon Budokan on August 6, the 15th day of the Tokyo Olympics, and its first champion was Okinawan-native Ryo Kiyuna (31 – Konan High School, Okinawa International...
August 4, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Shohei Yabiku, 26, gave a press conference in Tokyo on the morning of August 4, a day after winning third place in the men’s 77kg Greco-Roman wrestling final at the 2020 Summer Tokyo Olympics. Yabiku is an alum of Urasoe Technical High School, Nippon...
August 4, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On August 3 the first security division of the Okinawa Prefectural Police filed documents with the Naha District Public Prosecutor’s Office concerning butterfly researcher Akino Miyagi being charged with forcible obstruction of business, a traffic...
August 6, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Kumiko Yoshihara in Wakayama – On August 5, the Traditional Arts Club of Haebaru High School won the grand prize, the Minister of Education’s award for excellence, in the Traditional Arts Category of the 45th All-Japan High School Culture Festival...
August 2, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki, who is grappling with the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Okinawa, held a meeting at the Okinawa Prefectural Office August 1 with representatives from the medical and business communities as well as Okinawa’s municipalities,...
July 29, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On July 29, students at Okinawa Technical High School won the 2021 Photography Koshien, a national high school photography competition. Every year, high school students from all over Japan compete to show off their techniques and eye for photography....
July 30, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Hokubu – With the rapid spread of COVID-19, the Northern Municipalities Council and the Northern Region Medical Association stated July 29 that since the middle of July hospital beds are almost entirely full with coronavirus patients, and that, “the...
July 29, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
There have been multiple traffic accidents in Yambaru (northern part of the main island) involving Yambaru kuina (Okinawa rails), a species of bird that is registered as a Natural Monument of Japan. As of July 28, 24 such accidents had been confirmed...
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