March 8, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
A rainbow in the night sky, called a “moon rainbow (gekkou),” appeared at Okuma Beach in Kunigami Village, Okinawa. Akira Oyama, age 57, who serves as a nature guide in the village succeeded in capturing a photograph of the rainbow on March 1. According to the Okinawa Regional Headquarters of the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), it is extremely rare for a “moon rainbow” to be observed, and according to a representative of the...
March 3, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Actress Yuina Kuroshima, 23, who hails from Itoman City, Okinawa, was chosen to play the heroine in Chimu Don Don, the newest NHK morning TV drama series slated to air in spring 2022. The show commemorates the 50th anniversary of Okinawa’s...
March 1, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 28, the Association of Myanmarese in Okinawa held a memorial for those who died or were injured in protests against the military coup d’état in Myanmar. According to the association, around 300 people gathered at the Kenmin Hiroba plaza...
February 24, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 24, the Supreme Court ruled on the question of whether Naha City’s free provision of land in Matsuyama Park for the Kume Shiseibyo (Koshibyo), which is dedicated to Confucius, father of Confucianism, violates the principle of the separation...
February 18, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 17, the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) opened the 30th meeting of the Environmental Monitoring Committee (chaired by Yoshiyuki Nakamura, Professor at Yokohama National University Graduate School) at the Okinawa Defense Bureau in Kadena...
February 18. 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
February 18 falls on Usui, one of the 24 solar terms of the lunisolar calendar. It is known as the time of the year when warm weather begins to melt the snow away, and farmers prepare to work as plant life begins to bud. Nonetheless, cold...
February 16, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Takamatsu Gushiken, representing Gamafuya, a volunteer organization that collects the remains of those who died in the Battle of Okinawa, along with the “Association of Religious Leaders Calling for Peace,” held a press conference at the Okinawa...
February 16, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Hajime Sunagawa, an advisor for the Okinawa-Laos Cleft Lip and Palate Support Center, which helps provide treatment to cleft lip and palate patients in Laos, recently received the 22nd Nishi-Nippon International Foundation Asia Contribution Award....
February 12, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
This year, the first day of the Lunar Calendar falls on February 12. The day before, on tushinuyuru (Lunar New Year’s Eve), the Itomaru public market in Itoman City was bustling with customers purchasing pork, fish cakes, and cut flowers for the...
February 4, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo—On the evening of February 3, citizens opposed to the relocation of U.S. Air Station Futenma to Henoko, Nago City, protested in front of the Japanese Prime Minister’s official residence in Tokyo. The protest was precipitated by the...
February 2, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Takeshi Asato, 45, was at home in Miyagi, Chatan, on January 31 when he photographed a humpback whale jumping majestically out in the ocean.
That day, Asato noticed a tourist boat docked close to shore and watched on with curiosity....
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