November 7, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Mariko Nakamura
Nov. 7—It’s been one week since Shuri Castle’s seiden, or the main hall, was destroyed in a fire. A full investigation of the prefecture’s management will come, meanwhile, mapping out a path to reviving the castle is proving to be a challenge as well. Gov. Denny Tamaki visited Tokyo shortly after the fire and requested the Japanese government to rebuild the castle expeditiously. During the cabinet meeting on Nov. 6,...
October 28, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tsuyoshi Arakaki
Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev, 88, who received the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the Cold War, sat down with the Ryukyu Shimpo recently in Moscow for an exclusive interview.
When asked if he knew if...
October 21, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki returned to Okinawa October 20 from a trip to the United States, where he was requesting a halt to the relocation of MCAS Futenma to Henoko in Nago.
In a statement given on the day of arrival, Tamaki reported that his meetings...
October 16, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 15, the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly held September’s final session. The assembly unanimously agreed on a memorandum requesting drastic revisions to the U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement. This was in response to a U.S. Marine Corps vertical take-off...
October 7, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tsuyoshi Arakaki
Sergei Glazyev, a top economic advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin, gave an exclusive interview to the Ryukyu Shimpo October 6, in which he commented on issues and hopes for Russo-Japanese relations, as well as other topics such as...
October 3, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tsuyoshi Arakakai
After withdrawing from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) on August 2, the U.S. announced that it would be deploying a large quantity of intermediate-range ballistic missiles, which were banned under the treaty, to...
September 29, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
“Community Roundtable to Promote SDGs”, a platform to allow island-wide discussions on advancing SDGs (United Nations sustainable development goals), was held on September 28 at the Okinawa Prefectural Library in Naha City.
A group of 80 residents...
October 1, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
It has been seven years since the MV-22 vertical-takeoff-and-landing-capable (VTOL) transport aircraft was deployed to MCAS Futenma in Ginowan. As part of measures taken to reduce noise pollution from aircraft (the noise pollution prevention agreement), flights...
September 26, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Saki Yoshida
Part of the work on Prefectural Route 24 Bypass, which is Okinawa is constructing to connect Chatan and Okinawa City, is being suspended as Okinawa has not received permission from the U.S. military for the work.
Part of the planned...
September 13, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo – Japan’s Cabinet Office opened an investigative commission to discuss future challenges for the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate School September 12.
In June, the Ministry of Finance released an expenditure review,...
September 19, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
The first round of oral arguments was held at the Fukuoka High Court Naha Branch (Judge Masamichi Okubo, presiding) September 18 in the “Voiding of involvement lawsuit,” which was filed by Okinawa against Japan after the Minister of Land, Infrastructure,...
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