April 5, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
During the Battle of Okinawa, immediately following the U.S. military landing on Okinawa Island, on April 2, 1945, 83 residents of the island were gathered for “collective self-determination” (compulsory group suicide) at the natural cave Chibichiri-gama in Namihira, Yomitan Village. On April 4 this year, the Bereaved Family Association held a memorial service at the cave. Twenty-five people including survivor Take Uechi, bereaved family members,...
April 8, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Nanjo – On April 7, due to the spread of novel coronavirus, representatives of Kudaka Island, Nanjo asked tourists to refrain from visiting the island. Nagayasu Hokama, head of Kudaka Ward, says that while the request is not intended to regulate entry...
March 26, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Regarding construction of the Futenma replacement facility in Henoko, Nago City as part of relocating MCAS Futenma, Okinawa’s lawsuit requesting cancellation of the Land Minister’s decision to cancel the Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG)’s revocation...
March 25, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 25 the Okinawa Peace Movement Center (Chairman Hiroji Yamashiro) held an action committee meeting, at which it was decided that the 43rd 5/15 Peace March would be cancelled.
This is the first time the peace march has been cancelled. The rally, which...
March 18, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 17 it came to light that townspeople had been successively lodging complaints concerning the national anthems of Japan and the United States being projected at 90 decibels or higher at around 8:00 a.m. from on the compound of MCAS Futenma in Ginowan City,...
March 12, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
It came to light on March 11 that through a water quality study conducted on the rivers and drainage channels in Kin Town, Okinawa Prefecture, high concentrations of organic fluorine compounds (PFOS/PFOA), the use of which is principally prohibited within Japan,...
March 9, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Henoko, Nago City—On March 9, the Okinawa Defense Bureau proceeded to fill the coast with sand and dirt as part of the land reclamation project to build a new U.S. military base for the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.
Workers...
March 9, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
“Please look at what’s happening in Okinawa.”
That is the message of a letter sent by around 40 students at Okinawa International University to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, who will be visiting Japan in August.
The Secretary-General...
February 28, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 27, in Shurijo Castle Park, Naha, Okinawa, basic repairs began on the Giant Dragon Pillars that were damaged in the Shuri Castle Fire. The fire destroyed parts of the castle, including the main hall, last October.
According to the...
February 27, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 26, the Okinawa General Bureau released surveillance footage of the Shuri Castle fire, captured on four security cameras positioned inside and outside the Seiden Main Hall.
According to the footage, the motion sensors detected smoke and alerted...
February 25, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
At about 1:10 p.m. on February 25, a steel object was dropped from a CH-53E transport helicopter, which is stationed at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, over the ocean 1.3 kilometers west of Torii Station in Yomitan Village.
The object was being...
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