November 12, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Hideki Matsudo
Nago – The Carolina Cup, part of the Association of Paddlesurf Professionals (APP) 2021 world tour, took place November 6 and 7 in North Carolina. At the competition, 15-year-old Shuri Araki, a ninth-grader at Ryokufu Gakuen in Nago, ended the competition ranked third overall, the youngest ever to do so. The event features races and technical competitions in standup paddleboarding (SUP). Only the top 35 athletes in...
November 12, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany led 42 researchers from various countries such as South Korea, China, the United States, Japan including Okinawa, concluding before November 11 that...
November 11, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 9, the Kin Town Council (chaired by Yoshimitsu Kakazu) opened an extraordinary session and unanimously passed a written opinion requesting an investigation into the cause and countermeasures pertaining to the problem of the levels of...
November 8, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Uruma Board of Education (BoE) announced November 8 that human remains dating back as far as 9,000-10,000 years was discovered at the Yabuchi Caves archeological site in Uruma. The remains appear to be skull fragments, are would be the oldest...
November 5, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Mariko Nakamura
On November 4, the Personal Support Center for work and livelihood support in Naha announced that they had received approximately 8000 consultations over the course of the 2020 fiscal year, 8 times the number received in...
November 3, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
In Kunigami Village and Higashi Village, in and around the Northern Training Area (NTA), near-threatened species of rare butterflies Ypthima riukiuana and Pithecops corvus ryukyuensis (a type of forest Quaker) spiritedly flutter...
November 4, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Motobu – Along the coast in Shinzato, Motobu, as of November 3 the buildup of floating pumice has become so severe that you can no longer see the original coastline. Pumice could be seen floating ashore on the beach as early as October 17. Since...
November 2, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 2, Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki visited the Minister of Okinawa Affairs Kosaburo Nishime and other cabinet members in Tokyo to request systematic and financial support in restoring the local beaches and ports damaged by pumice drifting...
November 1, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Public opinion surrounding the new base construction in Henoko, Nago – part of the relocation of MCAS Futenma – is wavering. The winning candidates in the 1st and 2nd Okinawa districts for the lower house are from the “All Okinawa” party,...
October 28, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Ryota Nakamura
Visitors now have another way of enjoying the ancient yet new Shuri Castle. The Shuri Castle area houses several Utaki and other places of worship that recently debuted goshuin seals (a keepsake seal traditionally...
October 28, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki held a press conference on the afternoon of October 28 at the Prefectural Office in Naha City. He announced plans to rescind, at the end of October as scheduled, the prefecture-specific measures to prevent the spread...
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