June 22, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Shima Gurumi Association plans to arrange for Okinawa governor Takeshi Onaga to deliver a speech at the United Nations (UN) as part of the International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism（IMADR). The speech would be aimed at preventing the construction of a new U.S. base in Henoko, Nago, which is part of a relocation of U.S. Marine Corp Air Station Futenma, now in Ginowan. According to Jun Shimabukuro of the Shima Gurumi Association,...
June 16, 2015 Yoko Tabuki of Ryukyu Shimpo
An anchor-like stone found inside Camp Schwab near the site of a planned relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is likely to be from the Ryukyu Kingdom era, according to an expert.
The city of Nago has been preparing for archaeological...
June 19, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On June 18, the Okinawa Association of Tokyo passed a resolution requesting cancellation of the plan to relocate U.S. Marine Corp Air Station Futenma to Henoko, Nago. The association consists of approximately 360 members. President of the association Takeo Nakamatsu...
June 21, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On the morning of June 20, Nobel-prize winning author Kenzaburo Oe, visited the Henoko district of Nago, where the governments of Japan and the United States are advancing the construction of a new U.S. base in order to relocate U.S. Marine Corp Air Station Futenma...
June 13, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On June 12, the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly ruling party submitted to the prefectural assembly office a regulation proposal that would regulate the introduction of foreign species when landfill materials such as dirt, sand and gravel are brought in from outside...
June 10, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On June 9, former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama and former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono talked about the 70 th anniversary of the end of the war. The talk was sponsored by the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo.
Murayama criticized the Abe administration...
June 6, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
At Nago Civic Hall on the afternoon of June 6, the East Asian Community Institute/World YUAI Forum held a symposium to discuss conservation of the natural environment in the Yambaru, Northern Okinawa. The symposium also declared opposition to the plan to move U.S....
June ４, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo Ryota Shimabukuro reports from Washington D.C.
A collection of books showcasing Okinawan history, culture, politics and arts, called the “Okinawa Collection”, was released at the George Washington University library in Washington City on June 2. The collection...
June 3, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo Ryota Shimabukuro reports from Washington D.C.
On June 1, Okinawans living in the U.S. gathered in front of the White House and showed their objection to new military base construction in Henoko. The demonstration was timed to coincide with Governor Onaga’s visit...
June 5, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo Sakae Toiyama reports from Washington D.C.
On June 3, Governor Takeshi Onaga, wound up his campaign in Washington, D.C, where he has been petitioning leaders to cancel the plan to build a new military base in Henoko, Nago City and immediately close and return Futenma...
June 3, 2015 Sakae Toiyama of Ryukyu Shimpo reports from Washington D.C.
On June 2, Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga met with members of the U.S. Senate and House of representatives to ask for a review of the plan to build a new U.S. base in Henoko, Nago, to replace Marine Corps Air Station...
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