December 8, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Erina Ishii
On December 7, four years after parts from a U.S. military aircraft fell on Midorigaoka daycare center in Nodake, Ginowan City, a group of parents visited the Okinawa Defense Bureau in Kadena and the Okinawa Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Naha City. The group, named Team Midorigaoka 1207, continued its plea for the U.S. military to stop flying aircraft over the daycare center. Isao Ono, Director General of...
December 8, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
During a general interpellation at the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly on December 7, in response to an inquiry about the deployment of the Japan Self-Defense Force to Okinawa, Governor Denny Tamaki expressed the understanding that diplomatic efforts...
December 9, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Kitadaito – The Kitadaito town council (Masami Uema, chairman) deliberated a “written opinion on inviting the Japanese Self-Defense Force (JSDF)” to the island, and unanimously adopted the document at their December 9 regular session.
The...
December 9, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Wakana Arakaki
An enormous northern Chinese softshell turtle (suppon) was found at the Okinawa Ham General Foods (Okiham) aquaculture farm in Yomitan. The turtle’s shell is 40 centimeters long, and she weighs 7.96 kilograms....
December 7, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yosuke Anri
Prime minister Fumio Kishida gave a general policy speech on December 6, his first since the formation of his second cabinet. In the speech he clarified his position on proceeding with the relocation of MCAS Futenma to new base...
December 2, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Sakae Toiyama
The Japanese public broadcaster NHK’s newest asadora (morning drama) series Chimudondon (Okinawan for ‘racing heart’) will air next spring. In response, the municipality of Tsurumi Ward in Yokohama...
December 2, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Manato Akira
December 2 marked 25 years since the Japan-U.S. Special Action Committee on Okinawa (SACO) issued its 1996 final report, which established plans such as the return of approximately 5,000 hectares of U.S. military base land...
December 1, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Takahiro Shinjo
Nakijin – The sixth graders at Nakijin Kaneshi Elementary School went on a class trip on October 21 and 22. Usually, the pupils go to Naha for a trip that involves an overnight stay, but due to the coronavirus, this year...
December 2, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Shinji Sano
Miyakojima – The Miyakojima Fishery Cooperative disclosed December 1 that around 1.4 million kuruma shrimp being raised in an aquaculture farm in the Miyakojima fishing port were almost entirely wiped out by penaeid acute...
November 29, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Takeshi Kishimoto
Okinawa – Masayuki Yogi, 47, who creates “Ryukyu Illustrations” depicting images of southern Japan using a computer, is approaching his fifth year at the Soranoe art gallery and workshop on Palmyra Street in Okinawa...
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