By Minami Asato Tamamoto
At Pyeongtaek Mechanical and Technical High School, located in Pyeongtaek, around a 90-minute drive from Seoul, Korea, Uruma-native Mariko Yokota, 33, teaches students about Okinawan history and culture in her foreign cultures class. Yokota had been a teacher for a number of years. She worked at Kadena Air Base previously, but has been in Korea since 2017 when her husband, who is in the U.S. military, was transferred there. She is also the mother of...
October 18, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Akihide Celso Shiroma
São Paulo, Brazil—On July 20, law nº 17,395 went into effect, adding World Uchinanchu Day to the city’s Official Calendar of Events. The text of the measure states: “With the purpose of carrying on the legacy of Brazil’s...
August 3, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Hanae Gushiken Higa
The Hawaii United Okinawa Association (HUOA) set up a drive-thru for customers to pick up their pre-ordered sata-andagi, a traditional Okinawan treat, at the Hawaii Okinawa Center on July 19. The deep-fried Okinawan sweets are popular...
July 29, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
A panel of experts called the Universal Shinryo Council on Overseas Networks has been established to listen to the public opinion of Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki’s ongoing management of the Okinawa prefectural administration. The first meeting of this Council...
March 1, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Yoko Oshiro reports
Starting on January 17, Europe’s largest home décor fair, Maison et Objet, was held for five days at the Villepinte Exhibition Center in the suburbs of Paris. The wallpaper collection from Binryu, the original brand of Araya Planning,...
July 26, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On July 25, fourth-generation Okinawan descendant Emilie Thosei Miyasato, 17, met with her relatives Miyoko Uema, 78, and Sadako Majikina, 72, who live in Futenma, Ginowan. Emilie is visiting from New Caledonia to trace her roots.
Tears welled up in her eyes...
June 23, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Correspondent Celso Akihide Shiroma
On June 9, Brazil’s People of Okinawa Prefecture Association Youth Division and Urizun Okinawa Prefecture Foreign Exchange Student Trainee OB Association hosted a joint symposium at the People of Okinawa Prefecture headquarters....
June 16, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
New Caledonia Correspondent Yumiko Yamada of Ryukyu Shimpo
New Caledonia, which is known as the “closest island to paradise,” is also one of the world’s leading nickel producers. Due to the nature of open cast mining, some of the red soil of the nickel...
March 13, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
At Meio University in Nago City on March 12 Andres Higa, 43, a second generation Okinawan-Argentinian, and Andres Tadashi Isa, 28, a third generation Okinawan-Peruvian promoted the “International Day of Nikkei” 100 days in advance of the event.
The...
November 26, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By correspondent Mitsuhiro Akamine
The Okinawa Association of Peru (AOP – Spanish: Asociación Okinawense del Perú) opened a children’s playground named “Ashibina Park” on the grounds of their community center in the suburbs of Lima on November...
November 18, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Hanayo Oya reports for the Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 16 the International Conference Against U.S./NATO Military Bases commenced in Dublin, Ireland.
The conference is attended by around 230 people from roughly thirty countries and regions worldwide...
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