November 25, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
As the U.S. and Japanese governments work on moving U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to the Henoko district in Nago, the “Peace Candle” gathering held on November 24 in protest against the building of a new base marked its tenth year. Every Saturday evening participants light candles in front of Camp Schwab to call for the preservation of the sea off Henoko. Land surveyor Takekiyo Toguchi and his wife Chikako started the gathering and continue to...
November 22, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
A representative of the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum announced on November 21 that the oldest piece of Okinawan earthenware discovered to date has been found in the Sakitari Cave in Nanjo City. Carbon dating has identified it as a piece with the...
November 18, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Sadao Tome, 72, was elected as the next executive director of the Japanese Prefectural Association of Southern California (Nanka Kenjinkai Kyogikai) by its board in October. The association is the unified body for the 40 kenjinkai (prefectural associations) from...
November 18, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
A ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the All Japan Abstinence...
November 12, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Agent Orange second-generation victim Heather Bowser gave a lecture at the Okinawa Prefectural...
November 8, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Masaru Nakamura of the Okinawa Chura Umi Foundation and other researchers succeeded in converting...
November 6, 2013 Yugo Okita of the Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa dugong plaintiffs are considering filing a new lawsuit in the United States...
November 3, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau held the Miss Okinawa Contest 2014 at the conference...
November 4, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 2, a couple who were among the first group of emigrants from Okinawa to Bolivia in 1954 came home after 11 years. Ninety-one-year-old Tetsu Nagayama and eighty-eight-year-old Tomiko came back to Okinawa in 1972 before going back to Bolivia in 2002.
Their...
October 28, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The number of the road accidents involving Ryukyu long-haired rats is increasing, claiming the lives of 13 animals so far this year.
Experts warn that this year’s figure could possibly reach 25, exceeding the highest number recorded in 2011 in which 24...
October 25, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 23, the Okinawa branch of Japan Post released postage stamps commemorating the 100th All Okinawa Bullfighting Tournament. The stamps depict bullfighting scenes mainly from the works of freelance photographer Yukie Kudaka, who is from Uruma City and...
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