March 2, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
An exhibition about Okinawan overseas emigration began at Japanese Overseas Migration Museum in Yokohama on March 1. The display is showing until May 11. With 118 items, it tells the story of the Okinawan people who emigrated to South American countries and Hawaii and worked hard there while keeping their relationship with home.
This is the first time the museum has held an exhibition focusing on emigration from one of the Japanese prefectures.
The...
February 28, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
Commemorating this week’s designation of Kerama Islands as a national park, a symposium was held at Ryukyu Shimpo Hall in Izumizaki district of Naha on February 27. A keynote lecture and panel discussion focused on co-ordinating the effort to promote Kerama...
February 28, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa has had the highest rate of fatal accidents involving drunk drivers in Japan for 24 consecutive years.
The Okinawa Prefectural Police announced the statistics on February 27.
The figures showed Okinawa has the highest number of drunk drivers...
March 2, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
At around 12:30 p.m. March 2, white smoke rose from the right engine of an MV-22 Osprey aircraft after it landed at Kadena Air Base. This vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft belongs to U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station. A witness speculated that...
February 22, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
The “lunch break peace march” commemorated 30 years on February 21. This has been held by a citizen group every Friday to call for the abolition of nuclear weapons and the promotion of peace. On this day, they marched around the Okinawa Prefectural Office...
February 22, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 21, Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine sent a letter to 29 international intellectuals who released a statement that opposes moving U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to the Henoko district in Nago. These intellectuals include filmmaker Oliver Stone.
Inamine...
February 12, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 11, a gathering, “Listen and tell Okinawa’s voices and thoughts, Ambassador Kennedy” was held in the public square in front of the Okinawa Prefectural Government Office. About 60 young people performed a flash mob with up-tempo music to send...
February 16, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum announced on February 15 that archaeologists have unearthed 39 items of shell tools, accessories and human bones in the Sakitari Cave in Nanjo City.
Carbon dating of charcoal from the same formation suggests...
February 6, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
In January 25, youth and child-raising people who oppose the plan to move Futenma Air Station to Henoko in Nago, set up a new group called “New Wave to Hope.” Centered around youth who feel angry about the approval of the Henoko landfill by Okinawa...
February 3, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 2, Okinawa Shogaku High School held a bus tour to retrace the route taken by the Shiraume-tai, a group of Japanese schoolgirls assigned by the Imperial Japanese Army to serve as nurse-aides during the Battle of Okinawa. The students acted as guides.
This...
January 29, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
Ryoichi Komiya, a member of the Friends of Nago Museum, successfully filmed a mirage in which light rays produce an image of a distant object. A mirage was observed on January 6. An image of a big ship cut across in front of the setting sun at the Nago Bay. Komiya,...
