May 27, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Shugo Asato, Wakana Aragaki
High levels of PFAS (organofluorine compounds), which are known to be harmful to the human body, were found in tap water at the Chatan water treatment plant in Okinawa Prefecture. In response, a coordinating committee devised to protect citizens from PFAS will independently investigate the blood PFAS levels among locals starting in late June, in collaboration with Kyoto University. The target population size...
May 27, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Manato Akira
A rally called “construction of a new base in Henoko is not permitted and Okinawa and Japan are covered by the constitution, in Tokyo”, opposing the construction of the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) in Henoko,...
May 20, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Shohei Tsukazaki
On May 19, the Okinawa prefectural government’s Covid-19 task force gathered and announced that the Covid alert issued on Okinawa’s main island and Miyako Island will remain in effect through May 26.
Following...
May 20, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Shugo Asato
Since the beginning of 2022, the occurrences of vehicles running over Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat (Diplothrix legata) has rapidly increased. The Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat is a nationally designated natural monument and an endangered...
May 6, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Ayaka Kanamori
On May 5, as Golden Week came to a close, Naha Airport was busy with tourists returning home. For the first time in three years, a state of emergency was not in effect. The rainy season started on May 4, but crowds of tourists...
April 29, 2022, Ryukyu Shimpo
By Kenta Masuda
On April 28, locals of Yorontou island, Kagoshima Prefecture, commemorated the 50th anniversary of the reversion of Okinawa to Japan with a large bonfire and sent their thoughts across the ocean to Kunigami Village, Okinawa....
April 28, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
April 28 marked six years since the incident in 2016 in which a woman out walking in the central region of Okinawa Island was murdered by a civilian man in U.S. military employ who formerly belonged to the Marine Corps. People have come to mourn the...
April 21, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 21, the Kyoto District Court handed down their decision to reject a lawsuit seeking the return of Ryukyuan remains in the possession of Kyoto University. The suit was brought by a group including Professor Yasukatsu Matsushima...
April 15, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Kenta Masuda
The Seventh Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival will be held this fall, after a one-year postponement related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival’s executive committee secretariat which comprised five staff members until March...
April 13, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
According to the Okinawa Meteorological Observatory, on April 12 the Okinawa region was covered by the Pacific Anticyclone, causing places throughout the region to experience what felt like a hot summer day. At 1:00 p.m. that day, a temperature of...
April 12, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Wakana Arakaki and Shugo Asato
Ginowan – We cannot allow our children and grandchildren to drink water that contains harmful substances, argues the “Take back our clean water! Protect life from pollution of polyfluoroalkyl substances...
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