November 21, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Ginoza – Ventriloquist and Okinawa Native Ikkokudou gave a guest lecture at Ginoza Junior High School November 13. He also performed some ventriloquy, and talked about how he became a ventriloquist, and how important it was to have a goal to work towards.
Ikkokudou said that his first time seeing a ventriloquist was on TV when he was a junior high school student, while watching a female police officer talk about traffic safety using ventriloquy....
November 6, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 20, Junji Kinjo will depart the Port of Yokosuka headed to Antarctica. Kinjo is a staff member at the University of the Ryukyus and was chosen to join the winter group of the 62nd Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE). The expedition will...
October 16, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Newspaper Week began on October 15. A Ryukyu Shimpo article, “Yanbaru Kuina Hocho Kunigami Kotsu Jiko de Chiryo Kaifuku” (Okinawa Rail Released in Kunigami, Treated and Recovered After Traffic Accident, July 5, 2017, Local News) is used in Hirogaru Kotoba...
September 4, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On August 21, second-year students of the Okinawa Prefectural Naha Nishi High School swim team donated blood at the Kumoji blood donation room in Kumoji, Naha City. While the novel coronavirus pandemic has kept her school from re-opening, Nirai Tamaki, 17, student...
July 17, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) in Onna Village collaborated with the T-shirt brand HabuBox to create a capsule collection of kariyushi wear. A photoshoot was held on campus on July 7. The exclusive designs are based on the...
May 25, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Kotaro Nagamine
In order to provide some energy for the children who are still stuck at home from school due to the coronavirus Naha’s Tomari Elementary School teacher Bunshiro Nagamine, 43, has been uploading “Radio Karate” videos to YouTube. In the...
May 22, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Peace Memorial Museum in Itoman City, Okinawa, reopened its doors on May 21. The museum has been temporarily closed on-and-off since mid March, due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. Group tours of the permanent exhibition will be unavailable at this time, to...
February 7, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Between January 28 and February 2, graduation projects by the 33 third-year students in the Shuri High School Department of Dyeing and Weaving Design were displayed in the 60th Dyeing and Weaving Exhibition at the Naha Shimin Gallery in Kumoji, Naha.
One...
January 17, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Takaya Kinra
Yamagata – In an exchange program between community organizations in Chubu, Okinawa and Mogami, Yamagata, 68 5th-graders from 9 communities in central Okinawa had a chance to play in the snow in Yamagata.
For most of the children,...
November 22, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 2, high-school sophomore student Po-Han Chang won first place in division 1 (non-bilingual division) of the 29th Kyushu Regional English Speech Contest held in Fukuoka. Dreaming of playing in Japan’s national high-school baseball championship known...
September 18, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Nine of Okinawa’s universities and specialized vocational schools held a press conference at the Okinawa Prefectural Government Press Club on September 17, and announced they have jointly filed a formal request with the Japanese and American governments to...
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