January 4, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Shinji Sano
On December 17, the East Asian Community Institute held a town meeting in Miyakojima City titled “Contemplating Miyako Island missile deployment and how the current situation in Miyako Island and the Nansei Islands might be affected by a Taiwan emergency.” About 50 city residents participated in the meeting and exchanged views about the impacts that missile deployment and a “Taiwan emergency” would have on the island.
Chairman...
January 7, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Manabu Saito and Shoehi Tsukazaki
Tokyo – Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoshimasa Hayashi spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on the phone January 6, where he requested that the U.S. military thoroughly strengthen measures...
January 5, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
Cherry blossoms are blooming at Nago Castle Park, a famous cherry blossom spot, and nearly in full bloom at one home in Agarie, Nago City.
The residence has previously won the Sakura Suubu, Agarie’s annual community contest...
January 4, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Erina Ishii
On January 3, the Shorin Ryu Kyudokan Meihokai Kids Karate School located in Nagata in Ginowan, Okinawa, held their first practice of the new year at Tropical Beach. Approximately 80 students, from four-year-old children to adults,...
January 4, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa governor Denny Tamaki delivered year-opening remarks to employees at the Okinawa Prefectural Office on January 4, and said regarding the 50th anniversary of Okinawa being reverted to Japanese control, “We will take into consideration the...
December 30, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Masaaki Umeda
The Kudakajima Yuimaru-no-kai (chaired by Yoshihisa Nishime), which aims to conserve Kudaka Island’s tradition, met with Governor Denny Tamaki at the Okinawa Prefectural Government Office on December 28 and gifted a...
December 31, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By John Matsumoto
Disrupted by the coronavirus and damaged by pumice created by an undersea volcanic explosion, Okinawa finally looks to end a tumultuous 2021.
2022 will mark the 50th anniversary of Okinawa being reverted...
December 29, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Takeshi Kishimoto
Okinawa – On December 10, a street piano was installed in the Plaza House Shopping Center in Okinawa City. This is the first street piano in the central part of Okinawa Island.
The piano was donated...
December 29, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Erina Ishii
The fourth Kadena noise lawsuit has now become the largest-scale domestic class-action lawsuit with over 35,000 plaintiffs involved. One in two of the 7,752 Kadena Town residents have become plaintiffs in this lawsuit. This is an increase...
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