Okinawa Prefecture envisions becoming a cruise hub as “The Caribbean of the East”
March 31, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Prefecture announced “The Caribbean of the East Initiative,” March...
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OCVB to host committee aimed at adding Ryukyu cuisine and awamori to UNESCO’s list of intangible heritage list
April 14, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The “Committee to promote UNESCO intangible heritage list enrollment,” led by Masaki Yasuda, visited Okinawa Prefecture’s Department of Culture, Tourism, and Sports chief Takao Kadekaru at the...
Queen at Sea stops by at Naha port for the third year in a row
March 14, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Queen Elisabeth, an around-the-world cruise, anchored at the Wakasa port in Naha port the morning of March 13.
The cruise weighs 90,900 tons and accommodates 2,091 passengers. This is the third year in a row the cruise ship has visited the...
Japan and Taiwan agree to revised fishing regulations in area north of Yaeyama Islands for spring trial period
March 18, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Representatives from Japan and Taiwan met at a joint committee on fisheries March 15-16 in Taipei to discuss regulations for 2018 including fishing rights in the area near the Senkaku Islands as part of the Japan-Taiwan...
Contest judging the awamori liquor that sleeps in households kicks off
February 28, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
A contest judging the awamori liquor that sleeps in Okinawan households kicked off at the Okinawa Regional Taxation Office in Naha February 27. The contest is evaluating 128 submissions collected through February 28 of awamori that has both been aging in a single...
Ishigaki Island is rising global tourist hot spot
January 14, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, selected Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, number one on its “2018 Top Destinations on the Rise” list announced January 13.
User reviews highlighted coastal landscape that features “picturesque scenery” that...
The Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry expects to commercialize first-ever mineral extraction from the Okinawan seafloor
September 27, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo – Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) announced September 26 that for the first time ever, a large quantity of minerals, including valuable resources such as gold, were successfully extracted from an...
Okinawa plans to improve their Agu pig stock by freezing genetic material of select specimens
September 6, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Prefecture is moving forward with a plan to freeze the semen of select Agu pigs, the native pig breed in Okinawa.
As part of a plan to improve Okinawa Agu pork, pigs that grow quickly and produce the best meat will have their semen...
ANA International Logistics Hub to end Saturday shipping and suspend flights from Qingdao and Xiamen to improve profits
August 24, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
All Nippon Airways (ANA) announced on August 23 that it would be stopping 20 Saturday overnight flights which depart from their international logistics hub at Naha Airport as of October 29 due to insufficient cargo loads.
These...
Mangos from Okinawa get priced at 150000 yen in Tokyo
July 7, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Representatives from the prefectural government, JA Okinawa, and Tomigusuku City visited the Ota Market in Tokyo to promote Okinawan tropical fruits such as mangoes in the early morning of July 6. During the bidding, a one-kilogram box with two mangos from Okinawa...
1,000 Mangoes on one tree at Higa’s Farm in Nakijin!
July 3, 2017 by Takahiro Arashiro Ryukyu Shimpo
Nakijin – A single mango tree has yielded close to 1,000 mangoes at Mineo Higa’s (65) mango farm, “Orchard Higa” in Imadomari, Nakijin, creating a buzz throughout the region. The tree is around 29 years old. The branches of the mango...
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