May 1, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Is intolerance plaguing our society as we become engulfed in the crisis brought on by the novel coronavirus pandemic? The increasing downplaying of our freedom and rising social pressure is alarming.
Prefectures have requested businesses to shut down and urged citizens to stay home, which has led to locals posting notes on open storefronts demanding them to close, or bad-mouthing cars with out-of-prefecture plates. The situation is stifling; people are monitoring...
April 12, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Fire-extinguishing foam containing PFOS, a type of carcinogenic organic fluorine compound, was discovered to have escaped outside of MCAS Futenma and onto the streets of Ginowan, polluting the rivers and falling on the streets in residential neighborhoods. This...
March 27, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Reject all things that beget war.
The tragedy that took the precious lives and wealth of Okinawans must not be forgotten, but passed on. We must renew this promise, to ensure peace in Okinawa.
The Battle of Okinawa began at the end of March in 1945,...
January 27, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
How many accidents will it take before we see real “prevention of reoccurrence”?
On the afternoon of January 25, a U.S. military MH60 helicopter crashed in the sea roughly 174 kilometers to the east of Naha Airport.
This is the 51st crash since...
January 1, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
It is now 2020. We hope this year becomes one in which Okinawans demonstrate their autonomy and rebuild the extremely shaky foundations of democracy.
In the House of Representatives, the ruling party holds an absolute majority. It feels as though the National...
December 27, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Ministry of Defense announced that new base construction at Henoko in Nago city would have an estimated total construction cost of around 930 billion yen, and would take approximately 12 years to complete. Due to soft ground conditions in Oura Bay spreading,...
December 14, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Does the Japanese government consider Okinawans as Japanese? Their extreme arrogance fill us with these doubts.
December 14 marks one year since the government started reclaiming land along the coast of Henoko, with the goal of building new base facilities...
December 6, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tetsu Nakamura, a physician and representative of Peshawar-kai in Afghanistan, was shot by an armed group and died. Peshawar-kai is a non-governmental organization working to aid Afghanistan’s recovery. Nakamura was a champion of nonviolence and worked endlessly...
November 1, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Shuri Castle has burned down.
This treasure in the hearts of Okinawans which was rebuilt after its destruction in the Battle of Okinawa by the efforts of a large number of people committed to restoring the symbol of the Ryukyu Kingdom destroyed in the...
September 12, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
It is hard to call it a ruling that addressed the suffering of the residents who are forced to live next to the U.S. military base.
During the third round of appeals to a lawsuit, the Fukuoka High Court Naha Branch rejected the request to suspend flights...
August 7, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Even though it will be thought of as treating human rights carelessly, there is nothing to be done about it.
Already, courts all over Japan have thrown out the records of a majority of important post-war civil suits that debated constitutionality.
Of...
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