March 15, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Three Okinawan members of the All Japan National Team, Ryo Kiyuna (Konan High School, Okinawa International University, Ryueiryu Ryuhokai), Arata Kinjo (Mirai Engineering High School, Okinawa International University, Ryueiryu Ryuhokai), and Takuya Uemura (Konan High School, Okinawa International University, Ryueiryu Ryuhokai), joined with two female competitors, Kiyou Shimizu and Emiri Iwamoto, to train at the Okinawa Prefectural Budokan in Naha.
The...
March 14, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 13 the Naha Airport Building Co. Ltd. (NABCO), which manages the terminal buildings of Naha Airport, held a ceremony celebrating the completion of the new terminal building linking the international and domestic terminal buildings.
The new building...
March 11, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
ACSILs, The Association of Comprehensive Studies for Independence of the Lew Chewans, held its 21st open symposium on March 10 at the Ginowan City Community Hall, titled: “Investigating the 140 Years Since Yamato State’s Annexation of the Ryukyu Kingdom (Known...
March 12, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 11, an unveiling ceremony was held at the Bankoku Shinryokan facility in Kise, Nago for lion statues given to Okinawa Prefecture by China’s Fujian Province, which is a sister province of Okinawa.
The two statues are made of crocidolite from southern...
March 10, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Manato Akira and Sumire Shimaoka
Facts demonstrating that the issue of soft ground in Oura Bay will lengthen the construction period of the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) in Henoko, Nago City, have been coming...
March 11, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Kyoko Ishii
After opening up a large early lead at ten under, Mamiko Higa flirted with disaster over the next five holes dropping six strokes with two double-bogeys and three bogeys with only a single birdie mixed in.
With...
March 6, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo – The Japanese government passed a revision to a drone regulation law by executive order March 5, creating a no-fly zone for small-bodied drones in the airspace above Japanese Self Defense Force and U.S. military bases.
The...
March 6, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 5, columnist of “The View from 100 cm,” Natsuko Izena held a talk titled “What Does It Mean to Help One Another?” at Haebaru High School.
The column is serialized in Ryukyu Shimpo’s Lifestyle section.
She spoke of her own daily life...
March 2, 2019 The Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki met with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and reported the outcome of the prefectural referendum, in which more than 70% opposed reclaiming land to construct a new base in Henoko.
The prime minister rejected the public consensus, stating:...
March 6, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 5 the fourth-generation Okinawan-American Robert Kajiwara, who started the White House petition calling for signatures to request a halt to Futenma replacement facility construction in Henoko until after the prefectural referendum, paid a visit to Okinawa...
March 5, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Manato Akira
On March 4 the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB), which is pushing forward construction of the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) in Henoko, began building the K8 seawall.
The ODB also aims to start depositing soil into the new land reclamation...
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