July 11, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Mariko Uezu
During the meeting on July 10, Uruma City Board of Education School Superintendent Hiromi Kadekaru announced the decision to designate the Uruma City’s bullfighting as one of the city’s Intangible Folk Cultural Properties.
The bullfighting parties concerned were happy to hear the news.
They were filled with deep emotion since they had hoped for many years that the bullfighting would be designated...
May 23, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo (originally published on January 4, 2014)
By Kenichi Yoshida
On May 23, the Okinawa Prefecture bestowed the Prefectural Honor Award to singer Namie Amuro.
Besides a certificate of commendation, Okinawan handcrafted jewelry...
January 11, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 91st Kinema Jumpo top ten ranking for movies released in 2017 was announced January 10. “Target Island Kaji kataka,” the movie that deals with issues of military bases and the deployment of self defence forces on neighboring islands such as Miyako and...
November 23, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Ryusou Bunka Sha and Arcone Co. Ltd. have made the 22nd of every month “Ryusou (Create Ryukyu) Day” in hopes of spreading Ryukyu culture, such as clothing and dance, to Okinawan citizens and transmitting it to the world.
The...
October 18, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 17, the fourth edition of the 87th Shimpo Women’s Salon talk was held at the Crowne Plaza ANA Okinawa Harborview in Naha City, where actor and TV personality Giry Vincent gave a talk. Giry, who is from France, said, “Okinawan...
September 21, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Forty-year old Okinawan singer, Namie Amuro, posted a comment on her official website in which she states she will retire from her career on September 16th next year.
Since her debut in 1992, she has been a prolific artist,...
April 17, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 16, Satoru Kuroshima, an associate professor of History from the Historiographical Institute, the University of Tokyo, visited a family in Ehime to examine a preserved letter that was sent from Yoshihisa Shimazu, a Satsuma warlord, to Sho Nei, king of the...
April 13, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 13, a letter sent from Yoshihisa Shimazu, a Satsuma warlord, to Sho Nei, king of the Ryukyu Kingdom was discovered in an old house in Iyo City, Ehime Prefecture , according to Kyodo News. The letter was a request to send envoys, celebrating Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s...
February 6, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
Rare photographs of Shuri Castle and other scenes in Okinawa, which, experts speculate, were taken soon after Haihan-chiken, the feudal domain system, was abolished and the prefectural system was introduced in Okinawa in 1879, were found among the possessions...
January 4, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo Tsuyoshi Arakaki reports
There are burial sites in Beijing for Ryukyuans (Okinawans) who sought for the Chinese Qing Dynasty to save the Ryukyu Kingdom and who died in exile before and after the “Ryukyu disposal”, when the Ryukyu Kingdom was annexed...
October 20, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
Singer and songwriter Kazufumi Miyazawa, a member of former Japanese rock band The Boom, will become a lecturer at the music department of Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts in April 2016. This was revealed at a lecture presented at the university on October...
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