July 12, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases on U.S. military bases in Okinawa rose to 61 from July 7 to 11. July 11 saw 45 cases, nearly three times the number (16) the previous day. The Okinawa Prefectural Government assesses that clusters are occurring at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma and Camp Hansen.
The problem is that the U.S. military, which is responsible for the matter, has not revealed records of actions by and profiles of those infected...
July 7, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
(Henoko reporting team) On July 6, citizens gathered in front of the gate to the U.S. military’s Camp Schwab to protest the construction of a new base in Henoko, Nago, Okinawa as part of the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. The signboard showing...
July 2, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo—Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party spoke before a group of editorial writers from Kyodo News member newspapers on July 2. Ishiba commented on the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to Henoko, Nago...
June 12, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On June 12, the Okinawa Meteorological Observatory announced that the rainy season in Okinawa appears to be over. This is 11 days earlier than the end of rainy season in an average year (June 23) and 28 days earlier compared to last year, which was the latest end...
May 6, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Text and Photography by Hiroyuki Takatsuji
“People used to call these the fisherman’s bonus, but no one spares them a second glance in this day and age,” says Yoshikatsu Yamashiro showing the fish he caught. Katsu, as his friends call him, is a suntanned...
March 31, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Representatives from 12 economic organizations in Okinawa gathered at the Okinawa Harbor View Hotel in Naha March 31 for a Committee of Okinawan Economic Organizations meeting (Denichiro Ishimine, chair), where they asked Governor Denny Tamaki to enact emergency...
March 31, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
How should Henoko’s military base construction issue, stemming from the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, be addressed? An expert panel recently provided an answer to this question.
Okinawa prefecture previously formed the “Bankoku...
August 2, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Wakana Arakaki
On August 1, Okinawa Prefecture’s Nakagusuku Village Board of Education (BOE) held a Peace Education Workshop, which was intended for all faculty of public schools K-12 within the village.
While there are municipalities that hold workshops...
July 19, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
BASE Okinawa Baseball Club is forming Okinawa’s first professional baseball team, and intends to join the NPB, Nippon Professional Baseball Organization.
The club’s president, Taishi Kobayashi and Executive Advisor Yasushi Tao, held a press conference...
Satoko Oka Norimatsu, Editor, The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
“Here, our people demand that Japan and each nation of the world provide us an opportunity for self-determination. We hereby declare that if our demand is not met, we will attempt to achieve independence by taking free...
May 12, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Saki Yoshida
The Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) is advancing construction, such as building seawalls and depositing soil, to entrench the “outer moats” of the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF). Photographs taken from drones have become a precious...
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