March 23, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Prefecture has filed a lawsuit against Japan March 22 at the Fukuoka High Court Naha Branch naming as defendant Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism (MLIT) Keiichi Ishii, demanding he overturn his injunction ending the efficacy of Okinawa’s revocation of Japan’s permission to for land reclamation work, part of the new base construction for the relocation of MCAS Futenma.
The prefectural government announced the comments...
March 26, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Shinya Yamanaka, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and director of Kyoto University’s Center for IPS Cell Research and Application, gave a talk at the Ryukyu Shimpo Hall in Naha city on March 25.
Yamanaka used simple words to...
March 21, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
The remains of 63 Okinawans taken from the island by an Imperial University anthropologist in the early Showa era, were finally returned to Okinawa March 20 from the National Taiwan University, where they were being held.
According to the Okinawa Board of...
March 19, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
In April 2016 the Akutagawa Prize-winning author Shun Medoruma was captured by the United States military during his participation in protest activities against construction of the new base in Henoko, Nago City.
Medoruma was subjected to violations...
March 17, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 16, the All Okinawa Coalition to Prevent Construction of a New Base in Henoko held a rally called “No soil dumping! 3/16 Okinawan people’s rally to protect the dugong and coral and demand a stop to the Henoko new base construction” at the Naha Shintoshin...
March 19, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Hiroe Nakagawa
“I want to say my thanks to the people of Okinawa who saved my life.
Not a day goes by where I forget what you did for me.” Masakazu Minami (50, Vietnamese name: John Tai Tuan Vin), who runs a Vietnamese restaurant in Tokyo,...
March 11, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
ACSILs, The Association of Comprehensive Studies for Independence of the Lew Chewans, held its 21st open symposium on March 10 at the Ginowan City Community Hall, titled: “Investigating the 140 Years Since Yamato State’s Annexation of the Ryukyu Kingdom (Known...
March 12, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 11, an unveiling ceremony was held at the Bankoku Shinryokan facility in Kise, Nago for lion statues given to Okinawa Prefecture by China’s Fujian Province, which is a sister province of Okinawa.
The two statues are made of crocidolite from southern...
March 10, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Manato Akira and Sumire Shimaoka
Facts demonstrating that the issue of soft ground in Oura Bay will lengthen the construction period of the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) in Henoko, Nago City, have been coming...
March 2, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
(Tokyo) On March 1, a demonstration named “#0301 Don’t Bury Okinawa: Tokyo Mass Protest” was held in front of the Prime Minister’s office in Tokyo.
The demonstration was held in the wake of a prefectural referendum in Okinawa, for which voting commenced...
February 28, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 27 the constitutional scholar and professor emeritus at Keio University, Setsu Kobayashi, spoke with the Ryukyu Shimpo about the results of the prefectural referendum on February 24 which asked Okinawans to vote “yes,” “no,”...
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