April 7, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Sanenori Kinjo
During a regular press conference held on April 6, Naha City Mayor Mikiko Shiroma spoke on the incident in which a U.S. soldier pointed a gun at a Ryukyu Shimpo reporter positioned outside the base’s fence line at the Naha Port Facility during a drill. The mayor stated, “It is an infuriating act that should never have happened.”
The U.S. Army on Okinawa denies the soldier intentionally...
April 1, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
On the evening of March 31, the U.S. Army stationed in Okinawa conducted guard and protect training at the U.S. military’s Naha Port Facility (Naha Military Port). Armed soldiers carrying guns and guarding a warehouse at the port were observed...
April 3, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yosuke Anri
Tokyo – Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Kosaburo Nishime announced the results of the 2021 Kariyushi wear design contest at a press conference following a cabinet meeting on March 29. From 398 submissions,...
March 27, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Shohei Tsukazaki
Okinawa Prefecture hosted a symposium titled “Think with Governor Denny – working towards peace with Asia and Okinawa,” March 26, held online over video conference. Okinawa governor Denny Tamaki plans to start the “U.S....
March 30, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yo Kakazu and Yosuke Anri
On March 29, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) announced its approved list of high school textbooks for the 2023 academic year. The publisher Shimizu Shoin’s...
March 13, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Tsuyoshi Arakaki
The Gorbachev Foundation, led by the 91-year-old former Soviet Union president Mikhail Gorbachev, issued a statement concerning the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 26: “We affirm the need for an early...
March 3, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yosuke Anri
Tokyo and Okinawa Prefecture are co-hosting the 50th-anniversary ceremony of the Reversion of Okinawa to Japan. During an interview conducted before March 2, an official revealed some details of the May 15 celebration, including...
February 25, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Chie Tome
The fifth meeting of the painting and engraving working group within the national technical exploratory committee for reconstruction of Shuri Castle was held on February 24 in Naha. The working group reported that they have found...
February 15, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
Regarding the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa carrying out training involving aircraft taking off from and landing at the Naha Port Facility (Naha Military Port), the Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG) invited Director Isao Ono of the Okinawa Defense...
February 18, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Chie Tome
Okinawa Prefecture announced February 17 that the cost of the damage caused by the large incursion of floating pumice stone caused by an undersea earthquake near the Ogasawara islands, based on the cost to collect and transport...
January 7, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Manabu Saito and Shoehi Tsukazaki
Tokyo – Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoshimasa Hayashi spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on the phone January 6, where he requested that the U.S. military thoroughly strengthen measures...
Webcam(Kokusai Street)