May 18, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Chie Tome
“Dear Okinawan mom in heaven, thank you for making me your daughter.
” Crystal Joy Kinjyo (English name Teesa Houston), age 30, is a vocalist, singer, and songwriter of KOLAJ, a band that is based in Los Angeles.
She had grown up in the United States not knowing that she had been adopted twice in Okinawa.
Now that she has a career as a professional musician, Crystal decided to spend time...
May 5, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
An Iriomote cat, one of Japan’s protected species, was found dead on prefectural route 215 in Taketomi town on Iriomote Island around 6:00 AM on May 4. The cause of death is thought to be by traffic accident, and it is the third case its...
May 14, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
In the afternoon on May 13 at Ginowan Seaside Park’s Outdoor Theater, the 5/15 Peace March Action Committee and the Okinawa Peace Movement Center held a prefectural citizens’ rally to protect peace and life.
In commemoration...
May 15, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Hiroshi Massaki
A woman began searching for her estranged father, an ex-U.S. Marine, 30 years after she was separated from him shortly after birth in 1969, just before the reversion of Okinawa to Japan.
Her name is Michiko...
May 4, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
In the early morning on May 4 in Japan, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), an advisory body to the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), deferred the Japanese government’s...
May 4, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa International School in Sobe, Naha City, began offering Shimakutuba classes this academic year.
The class is available to all 132 students of the elementary and junior high school.
School Director Masato...
May 4, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Washington Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha reporting
On May 2 the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps (CMC) General Robert B. Neller spoke about Futenma Air Station, located in Ginowan City, Okinawa. He said, “Futenma Air...
May 8, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Chie Tome
On the shores of Okinawa’s Yaeyama archipelago, Miyako Island, and Yonaguni Island, waste that contains hazardous materials such as vacuum tubes that contains substances like mercury and polyethylene waste containers...
May 4, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The “2018 Constitution Lecture Series” was held May 3, the anniversary of the enactment of the Japanese constitution, at Ginowan Community Center (hosted by The Okinawa Constitutional Association, the Okinawa Human Rights Association,...
May 2, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
A sea turtle was found swimming in the ocean around Camp Schwab in Henoko, Nago City where a new military base is under construction.
Crushed stones continued to be poured in the ocean at the K4 site where bank protection...
April 29, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
April 28 marked 66 years since the day in 1952 that the San Francisco Peace Treaty came into effect and separated Okinawa from Japanese sovereignty, known to Okinawans as a day of humiliation.
A group pledging to never forget this...
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