June 28, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On June 27, a female Yambaru kuina (Okinawan rail) rescued from a road accident was released in Yona, Kunigami. As of June 27, 20 road accidents this year have involved Yambaru kuina. This is the second highest figure after last year.
A local resident found the injured bird lying on a road in the early morning of June 18. According to the Yambaru Wildlife Conservation Center, this bird had injured its leg and was exhausted. The NPO Animal Hospital Okinawa...
June 23, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
In June 2013, rocks falls inside the Tanabaru Shelter in Nishihara highlight the urgent need to carry out preservation work.
The local education board and a volunteer group for recovering war remains are searching inside the shelter, which the Imperial Japanese...
June 18, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On June 13, the Okinawa Zento Eisa Festival Executive Committee held a ceremony to commemorate the completion of the “Eisa Dance Monument” in Koza Athletic Park, Okinawa City. This day marks six years since the Okinawa City declared...
June 16, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On June 15, the Kume-soseikai held an inauguration ceremony for the New Kume Confucian Temple in the Kume district of Naha. They carried out a parade to move the mortuary tablet of Confucius from the temple at Wakasa to the new temple.
The Kume-soseikai is...
June 12, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On June 8, an event entitled “Waku Waku Zoo Night” was held at the Okinawa Zoo & Museum. About 30 parents and children took part in the night event. The children became excited when they saw hippos, crocodiles, bats and other nocturnal animals.
The...
June 17, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On his way to the school on May 31, eleven-year-old pupil of Ginoza Elementary School Kuruto Aniya picked up a Ryukyu leaf turtle (Ryukyu yama-game) without knowing that it is designated as a natural treasure.
Kuruto brought the turtle to school...
June 4, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On June 1, a spotted dolphin in the large main aquarium Kuroshio Sea has been open for public viewing at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Motobu.
This is the time for the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium to put a dolphin in this tank. It provides a valuable insight into...
June 5, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
“We hope students from neighboring islands will eat well,” said Kenji Naka, 37, the manager of the Itoman direct sales shop of the Agricultural Production Cooperation Group Ie Gyu. This shop, which opened in April in Nishizaki, Itoman, offers support for high...
June 2, 2013 Shuko Oshiro of Ryukyu Shimpo
On 26 May, the final day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament held in Tokyo, wrestler Chiyoo narrowly posted a losing record with seven wins and eight losses. Chiyoo, whose real name is Miyohito Motoi, has become the first juryo level (second of six...
June 1, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Former high school teacher Masaru Majikina, a 63-year-old resident of Urasoe, is making a solar power system for homes of Yonaguni residents. Every year locals are inconvenienced when typhoons cause power outages. Majikina, who is also a natural energy...
May 30, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
A compilation of newspaper articles, press reports and testimonies about the crash of a U.S. military aircraft onto Miyamori Elementary School in 1959 has been published. The title is, “We do not want to die, call for life, we want to forget, we do not want...
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