September 13, 2011 Ryukyu Shimpo
On August 15 in the old lunar calendar or September 12 in the modern calendar, harvest festivals to pray for a good year were held throughout the prefecture. In the Itoman district of Itoman City, Itoman Ozunahiki, one of the three grand tugs-of-war in the prefecture, in which the participants prayed for a good harvest was held in style.
From the morning, National Highway No. 331, where the tug-of-war was held, was closed to traffic. According...
August 31, 2011 Ryukyu Shimpo
According to population estimates published by the Statistics Division of the Okinawa Prefectural Government on August 31, as of August 1, Okinawa’s population had reached 1400171 people. This figure is based on a survey of the increases and decreases in...
August 29, 2011 Hisao Miyagi of Ryukyu Shimpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
The Brazil Okinawa Kenjin-Kai celebrated the 85th anniversary of its founding with about 700 people of Okinawan origin attending at the Kenjin-Kai Hall in Sao Paulo City, Brazil, on August 27 local time. The...
August 27, 2011 Hisao Miyagi of Ryukyu Shimpo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
On August 25 local time, at the Kenjin-Kai Hall, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 250 people of Okinawan origin attended the Argentina Okinawa Kenjin-Kai’s celebration of the 60th anniversary of its foundation....
August 18, 2011 Yukihito Kinjo, correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo
Sales of Ie-rum Santa Maria made from sugar cane grown on Iejima that started in July are going well.
Very little stock remains in the shop and the factory and for Internet orders.
Many shoppers who visited the Ie Bussan...
August 14, 2011 Ryukyu Shimpo
A former member of the U.S. military, a 61 year-old veteran who was stationed on Okinawa and now lives in United States, has said that in 1969 the U.S. military buried several dozen 55-gallon (208-liter) drums containing dioxin defoliant along the sea of Chatan...
August 12, 2011 Tsuyoshi Arakaki of Ryukyu Shimpo
Ahead of the 5th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival to be held in October, the Next-Generation Project team, which is working on organizing a network for young people, has recently launched the “The World Youth Uchinanchu Network,”...
August 7, 2011 Ryota Shimabukuro of Ryukyu Shimpo
More than 100 veterans who were stationed on the United States military bases in Okinawa during the 1960s and 1970s have claimed compensation from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for damage to their health caused by exposure...
August 5, 2011 Ryukyu Shimpo
The staff of the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum held a press conference at the excavation site in Sakitari Cave, Tamagusuku, Nanjo City, on August 4, announcing that they have unearthed three fragments of quartz and one piece of human bone (tooth).
August 4, 2011 Yoshiya Hokama of Ryukyu Shimpo
At around 9:00pm on July 28, between 20 and 30 loggerhead turtles were identified as having hatched near the seashore at Ogimi Village. Turtle eggs had been deposited in the grassy area near the shore, and because many of the hatched baby turtles...
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