May 27, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Hideaki Yoneda
Coral spawning was observed on the night of May 26 at Aharen Beach in Tokashiki Village. Takashi Matsuda, 49, of the local diving shop Relax Island Tokashiki caught photographs of the spawning. There was a total lunar eclipse that day, and the super moon appeared very large on that evening in particular.
May 4, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 30, the prefectural government’s Culture, Tourism, and Sports Department announced the 2020 survey results on the familiarity of shimakutuba (the Okinawan language) among locals. Approximately 80% of respondents said they feel close to or have...
April 15, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Hamauri, which is the third day of the third month in the traditional lunar calendar and landed on April 14 this year, families all over Okinawa could be seen enjoying themselves down at the beach digging for shellfish at low tide. Around the mid-sea...
February 6, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 4, the food ordering and delivery platform Uber Eats announced it will expand its service to parts of Okinawa City and Uruma City beginning February 18.
The platform has partnered with approximately 45 restaurants in the two cities....
February 3, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
According to a visual inspection conducted by the Okinawa Defense Bureau starting in April 2017, the number of takeoffs/landings performed by aircraft at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futenma for the year of 2020 was 17,500, the highest number...
January 20, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on 20 January and delivered first remarks.
President inauguration speech is posted below.
◆President Joe Biden’s inauguration speech
Chief Justice Roberts,...
January 5, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 4, the Okinawa Regional Headquarters of the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) announced that the hikanzakura cherry trees in Naha started blooming on that day and that the plum trees had started blooming on December 31, 2020. The hikanzakura...
November 29, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 28, Takaaki Kajita, director of the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research at the University of Tokyo who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2015, gave a speech at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University...
December 3, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Dave Roberts, manager of the 2020 World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers, a second-generation Okinawan born in Okinawa, has sent a message to Okinawa Prefecture stating, “Being an Okinawan is something I consider important.” The message was...
December 2, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 1, Professor Yasukatsu Matsushima of Ryukoku University presented a statement before the United Nations. In the statement, he sought the repatriation of ancestral remains removed from Okinawa in 1928-1929 by researchers at the former...
October 23, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Takahiro Kina
Motobu – The Nakasone Store, which has been operating for over 50 years in the Toguchi neighborhood of Motobu near the Motobu Town Market, will be undergoing a rebuild due to deterioration. The shop familiar to many with a history in...
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