September 27, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
During the plenary session of the Tokyo Prefecture Koganei City Council on September 25, the council members came to a decision via majority vote on the petition regarding the Henoko base issue.
Specifically, the petition calls for discussing, as a nation, the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma outside of the prefecture or country and to come to a decision after fair and democratic paperwork.
The...
September 30, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 13th Okinawa gubernatorial election was moved up to September 30 due to the death of former governor Takeshi Onaga.
Denny Tamaki, 58, a former House of Representatives member and independent rookie candidate supported by the Okinawa prefectural government’s...
September 8, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The group for consideration of the Futenma/Henoko problem (represented by Osaka City University Professor Emeritus Kenichi Miyamoto) comprised of various experts in Japan released a joint statement at a press conference at the Diet...
September 13, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The candidates for the 13th Okinawa gubernatorial election were announced September 13.
The election is happening ahead of schedule due to the untimely death of Governor Takeshi Onaga, who died while in office.
So far, four candidates...
September 8, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
On September 7, 133 scholars and informed persons from around the world including the US, Canada and Australia signed and issued a statement in support of the Okinawa Prefectural Government’s revocation of the land reclamation...
September 6, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
The late Takeshi Onaga died on August 8 at the age of 67 while serving as governor of Okinawa.
On September 6 his widow, Mikiko, and their eldest son, Yuichiro, visited the Prefectural Office to make a return gift for all the...
September 7, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Mikiko Onaga, the wife of Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga who died suddenly on August 8 at the age of 67, had an interview of Ryukyu Shimpo at her home in Naha City on September 6. Mrs. Onaga said that right after Governor Onaga underwent...
August 30, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 13th Okinawa gubernatorial election, which will be officially announced September...
August 31, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Regarding the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Ginowan City to Henoko, Nago City, on the afternoon of August 31 the Okinawa prefectural government revoked the land reclamation approval given by Governor Takeshi Onaga’s...
August 27, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha reports from Minnesota
On August 25, the peace organization Veterans for Peace (VFP), comprised of former military personnel and supporters, held a plenary session of its 33rd annual convention...
August 11, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On August 10, Former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who was a leading figure in Cold War and received the Nobel Peace Prize, dedicated a eulogy to the late Governor Takeshi Onaga.
In the eulogy, Gorbachev says, “The...
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