June 13, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Nago – For the first time since taking office, Mayor Taketoyo Toguchi acknowledged that base construction in Henoko was progressing on June 12, commenting, “I believe that it is progressing with attention being paid to the environment, and I definitely would like it to continue as such,” after being notified by Okinawa Prefecture about land-filling in Oura Bay.
Furthermore, he stressed that the facility construction at...
June 4, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
Three U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey transport aircraft stationed at Yokota Air Base landed one after the other at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa in the afternoon June 4. This is the first time that the CV-22 has come to Okinawa.
The first CV-22 landed...
May 31, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo –In a policy paper submitted by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to the necessary ministries in hopes of the policy suggestions being reflected in the “Big-Boned Policy,” a set of policy guidelines to determine economic and fiscal management, it was...
May 23, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On May 23, Governor Takeshi Onaga gave the Okinawa Prefectural People’s Honor Award to 40-year-old Namie Amuro, a singer from Okinawa who plans to retire in September.
At the award ceremony at the Okinawa Prefectural Office, Governor...
May 15, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
On May 15 at 1:30 p.m., Governor Takeshi Onaga held a press conference at the Prefectural Office, where he released information about his surgery and physical health.
That morning he was discharged from a hospital...
May 10, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Looking to solidify the plan to stimulate the Okinawa economy starting 2022 onwards, Okinawa vice governor Moritake Tomikawa delivered a progress report on the new Okinawa development strategy May 9 at the Prefectural Office.
Vice-governor Tomikawa said that...
May 4, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On May 3, Ryukyu Shimpo interviewed former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.
Hatoyama has been traveling Okinawa and the world even after he retired from the Diet and has been sharing his ideas on realizing peace.
Regarding the...
April 25, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo – It was learned on April 24 that the security contractor awarded the...
April 20, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Washington Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha reporting
At the UN Headquarters in New York, the Seventeenth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) opened on April 16 to discuss expanding protections for indigenous people’s rights....
April 17, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 16, Governor of Okinawa Takeshi Onaga came to work at the Prefectural Office for the first time in 12 days, after he had been told to rest following the discovery of a tumor in his pancreas. As for attending the first policy...
April 13, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
If construction of the replacement facility for Futenma Air Station in Henoko, Nago City is completed, some structures in Toyohara Ward and the Henoko Ordnance Ammunition Depot in Camp Schwab will surpass the height restrictions set by...
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