May 12, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
In the early morning on May 12, the atmosphere became extremely unstable as a result of the onset of the rainy season, and torrential rain fell primarily around the Yaeyama region. As of 7:00 a.m., record-breaking rainfall of 125 mm/hr was observed in Tonoshiro, Ishigaki.
The Ishigaki Local Meteorological Observatory issued a heavy rain and flood warning for Ishigaki City and Taketomi Town, which was reduced to...
May 12, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
An incident in which two Chinese coast guard ships entered the waters near the Senkaku Islands to approach a Japanese fishing boat belonging to the Yonaguni Fishing Cooperative operating about 12 kilometers west-southwest from Uotsuri Island was reported...
May 5, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On May 4, in light of the national government’s decision to extend Japan’s state of emergency regarding the coronavirus, a committee of experts formed by the Okinawa prefectural government held a meeting at the Okinawa Prefectural Medical Association hall in Haebaru...
April 30, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Around 2 a.m. on April 29, a U.S.-made 250-kilogram bomb, presumed to be a World War II relic, was found at Naha Airport’s Runway 1 construction site. Due to this, Runway 1 will be closed from April 29, leaving only Runway 2 operational. According to Naha Airport,...
April 23, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 22, hospital workers at Okinawa Prefectural Nanbu Medical Center & Children’s Medical Center posted a sign in the fourth-floor windows of the east wing that read, “Thank you for your support.” The facility, which treats COVID-19 patients,...
April 23, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Northern Okinawa – In Nago, there are many cases of Anderson’s crocodile newts becoming roadkill. The Anderson’s crocodile newt (family Salimandriae) is nicknamed “the living fossil,” and is a natural monument designated by Okinawa prefecture. The Nago...
April 17, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yuki Muramatsu
Yonaguni – At dawn on March 20, an eagerly-awaited male foal was born to Auri and Meri, Yonaguni horses at Rakujyu-en, a public park in Mishima, Shizuoka. On March 26, Toshio Sakimoto, chair of the Yonaguni Tourism Association received...
April 15, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
On April 14 the “All-Okinawa Coalition” (All-Okinawa Kaigi), which is made up of political parties and citizens’ groups that oppose relocation of Futenma Air Station to Henoko, Nago City, announced that it is temporarily suspending...
April 1, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
(Tokyo) On March 31, the Ministry of the Environment compiled its results from FY 2019 surveys of the state of habitation of the dugong, which is a Natural Monument of Japan, and revealed that it found new marks thought to be dugong feeding trails near Hateruma Island...
April 2, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 1 it came to light that mistakes were found in 20 portions of the explanatory documents from the Ministry of Defense’s “technical investigative commission” panel of experts. This technical investigative commission was established to address...
April 2, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 1, the tree nymph was established as the Prefectural Butterfly of Okinawa, the prefecture’s newest symbol. Previously, there were six established Prefectural Symbols, including the Prefectural Emblem, the Prefectural Flower (deigo flower), and the Prefectural...
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