May 20, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yoshiki Nagahama
Four people originally from Okinawa gathered in Portland parish in Jamaica and successfully carried out an educational class for disaster prevention via dance. Reggae dancer Ivan, originally from Ginowan, livened up more than 150 students and faculty at the parish’s Boundbrook Primary School through his choreographed “Disaster Prevention Dance.” Through dance, he deepened people’s knowledge about disasters.
The activity...
May 8, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture published an anthology on the city’s history titled “The U.S. Military Operations and Civilian Internment Districts 1945-1946 – Centered in Yambaru, Nago.” It contains translations of records by U.S. military officers and photographs...
February 15, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 14, Nakandakari Ward’s traditional event “Ueda Ugan” took place at Ukinjyu Hainjyu. Ukinjyu Hainjyu, located in Hyakuna of Tamagusuku Village in Nanjo City, Okinawa Prefecture, is said to be the birthplace...
OWAAMV’s Takazato explains WWII-era framework of sexual violence still exists in Okinawa
January 16, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 12, a civic public lecture organized by the Battle of Okinawa and Mental Health Research Association titled, “Another Battle of Okinawa—Facing Sexual...
December 11, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 11 the Yomitan Village Assembly (chaired by Atsushi Iha) unanimously passed a position statement and protest resolution relating to an incident in which a U.S. Air Force soldier in possession of a handgun deserted his base and went missing. The position...
November 1, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 20 during the Japan Cheese Award held in Tokyo, the “Marinated Yomitan tyrí” cheese sold at Greek restaurant Little GREEK Kitchen in Nagahama, Yomitan Village won silver for the Fresh Variety category.
A different...
October 13, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 9 repairs were started on the “Solidarity Dojo” in Maja, Ie Village, which the late Shoko Ahagon used as the base of land struggles in the resistance movement against the U.S. military. Because the repairs will cost about 10 million yen, the Wabiai...
July 18, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On July 2, a Taiwanese cultural plaza called Taiwan Hao Market opened at the Ichibangai in Chuo, Okinawa City.
The market is meant to promote the cultural exchange and revitalization of Okinawa City’s Ichibangai and Taiwan’s Dihua Street....
July 5, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Seventy-one-year-old Syunichi Okuhara from Furugen in Yomitan village found out that his hen had layed a capsule-looking egg.
The form is like a “gacha-gacha,” the capsules in which small toys are packed, with a straight line...
June 26, 2018 Ryukyu ShimpoThe harvest of the first crop of rice has started in Kin town, which is known as one of the foremost rice-producing areas in the prefecture.
Many farmers worked hard on harvesting golden rice swinging in the summer breeze under the strong sun in the...
June 16, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
In May, Ishigaki City conducted an “Ishigaki-jima residents’ ideas survey on tourism” and reported the result.
In regard to the number of tourists to the city, 47.4% responded that, “the number should be reduced slightly”...
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