May 27, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Shugo Asato, Wakana Aragaki
High levels of PFAS (organofluorine compounds), which are known to be harmful to the human body, were found in tap water at the Chatan water treatment plant in Okinawa Prefecture. In response, a coordinating committee devised to protect citizens from PFAS will independently investigate the blood PFAS levels among locals starting in late June, in collaboration with Kyoto University. The target population size...
May 27, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yosuke Anri
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on May 26 that Naha Airport’s international travel routes, which have been suspended in full since March of 2020, would reopen sometime in mid-June. As part of the easing of border control...
May 27, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Manato Akira
A rally called “construction of a new base in Henoko is not permitted and Okinawa and Japan are covered by the constitution, in Tokyo”, opposing the construction of the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) in Henoko,...
May 23, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Ryota Shimabukuro
Okinawa City – The Okinawa Multicultural Society Promotion Association (run by Okinawa City) restarted their walking tours through the history of Koza on May 2 after a three-year hiatus. The tours had been paused for that time due to...
May 20, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Shohei Tsukazaki
On May 19, the Okinawa prefectural government’s Covid-19 task force gathered and announced that the Covid alert issued on Okinawa’s main island and Miyako Island will remain in effect through May 26.
Following...
May 20, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Kenta Masuda
Nakijin – The “Miracle Hydrangeas” planted at Nakijin Castle Ruins, which were distributed throughout Japan as a symbol of recovery from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, bloomed for the first time at the end of April....
May 20, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Shugo Asato
Since the beginning of 2022, the occurrences of vehicles running over Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat (Diplothrix legata) has rapidly increased. The Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat is a nationally designated natural monument and an endangered...
May 16, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Teppei Ikeda
On May 15, which marks the 50th anniversary of when Okinawa was reverted to Japanese control in 1972, Okinawa Prefecture and the central Japanese government co-hosted the “50th Anniversary of the Okinawa Reversion Ceremony,”...
May 10, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Masakazu Umeda
On May 9, Governor Denny Tamaki gave a joint media interview at the Okinawa Prefectural Office to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion to Japan. He remarked that while Okinawa accounts for 0.6%...
May 13, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
On the morning of May 13, the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly held a special session and unanimously approved a proposed written opinion and resolution related to the 50th anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion to Japan. The written opinion coincides with...
May 11, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Eriko Tamaki
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Okinawa reverting to Japanese control, Okinawa Coca Cola Bottling (Urasoe, Yoshihiko Koyama, CEO), the company announced the re-release of a 50-year-old label for a special retro-design can....
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