March 23, 2022 by Masanao Chinen
The “Uchina-guchi Kai,” an organization working to spread the Okinawan language led by Chosei Genga, visited Okinawan vice-governor Yoshimi Teruya at the Okinawa Prefectural Office on March 22, where they outlined the regulations in their request to make Uchina-guchi the “second official language” of Okinawa. This is the first time someone has submitted a written request for a second official language in Okinawa.
The...
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...
November 11, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 10, the winner of the 2021 Japan Booksellers’ Award for Nonfiction, which is organized jointly by Yahoo News and Hontai, was announced. Bookstore clerks throughout Japan vote on the winner, and this year, chose University of the Ryukyus...
July 16, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On July 16, the Japanese government’s Council for Cultural Affairs, chaired by Makoto Sato, provided Koichi Hagiuda, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) with its selection for the next national living treasures....
May 28, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Himeyuri Peace Hall, located in the Himeyuri Alumnae Building in Asato, Naha has reopened after closing due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Okinawa Arts and Culture Promotion Association, a non-profit organization, is taking over operations, with...
May 24, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Natsuko Yamakawa
(Tokyo) Journalist and former Ryukyu Shimpo reporter Katsu Moriguchi, age 83, of Chiba Prefecture, is holding a photography exhibit titled “Okinawa Under U.S. Rule: Memories of America-yu” at the Washita Shop in Ginza,...
April 26, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 25, holders of the Important Intangible Cultural Property certification in Ryukyu buyo (dance) put on a show titled Ichiyo Raifuku: Pre-celebratory Dance–Bonds of Golden Fortune at the Ryukyu Shimpo Hall in Naha City....
April 23, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Bashofu Orimono Kobou in Ogimi Village, Okinawa, an artisan textile studio specialized in the traditional Okinawan bashofu fabric, was awarded the 14th Kurashiki Mingeikan Award. The Kurashiki Mingeikan, a folk art museum located in Kurashiki City,...
March 16, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo – The Japan Cultural Expo Imperial Garden Special Dance Performance “Inori no kachi” (hosted by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Ministry of the Environment, and the Japan Arts Council) was held March 14 on a specially constructed...
September 17, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 16, Fusako Kumagai, director of Kumagai Wa Ryusai Kimono Vocational School in Naha, donated four reproductions of official attire from the Ryukyu Kingdom to the Naha City Museum of History. The four reproductions are based on articles in the museum’s...
August 30, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
An illustration of Shuri Castle created by a 6th grader in Nishinomiya, Hyogo has been eliciting great responses on social networking sites. The artist, Chihiro Yagyu, drew the piece hoping for the reconstruction of Shuri Castle, which burned down on October 31,...
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