August 19, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
The final rounds of the National High School Tanka Competition were held in Morioka city, Iwate prefecture—hometown of the poet, Takuboku Ishikawa. Tanka is a Japanese thirty-one-syllable poem, written in a single unbroken line. The Yukari Kojima Special Jury Prize, reserved for the best submission in the competition, was awarded to Reina Kuniyoshi, 17, a sophomore student at Syowa Pharmaceutical University High School. The school also placed second place...
April 12, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 29, the Okinawa Shogaku Junior High School was awarded the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Minister Prize (junior high school division) as the entity with the largest number of people nationwide who passed the Eiken...
April 2, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 1, Meio University President Katsunori Yamazato announced that the university would start an editing and publishing project for the “Compendium of Ryukyu Literature,” which is to have notes and explanations in combination with the original text.
It...
March 6, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 5, columnist of “The View from 100 cm,” Natsuko Izena held a talk titled “What Does It Mean to Help One Another?” at Haebaru High School.
The column is serialized in Ryukyu Shimpo’s Lifestyle section.
She spoke of her own daily life...
March 1, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 28, the “Lobbying Journal” which covers the activities of late Shoko Ahagon, who took part in the land dispute in Ie Island under U.S. military rule, was published.
The journal details the lobby activities by residents of Ie Village, Okinawa...
August 24, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 50th Japanese National Student Association (JNSA) All-Japan English Speech Contest was recently won by Okinawan-born Marino Uezu, a second year student at Ochanomizu University.
Uezu took the top spot this year after coming close the previous...
June 8, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
At the “Ryudai 21st Century Forum” held recently at the University of the Ryukyus in Nishihara Town as a place of interaction between academia and society attended by students and employees of various companies, Emi Tamaki, Associate...
February 21, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 3, a preliminary round of the “International Public Speaking Competition 2018” sponsored by the English-Speaking Union was held in Tokyo. Marino Uezu from Urasoe City (a freshman at Ochanomizu...
February 25, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Onna – The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University...
February 16, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 15, Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education Superintendent Shojin Heshiki met with Ministry of Defense Okinawa Defense Bureau (OBD) Director Kouichiro Nakajima. Superintendent Heshiki verbally requested for...
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