January 29, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 28, fifteen U.S. military amphibious vehicles entered U.S. military Camp Hansen by crossing over prefectural highway 329 from the Katabaru seashore in Matsuda, Ginoza, Okinawa. When the vehicles crossed, U.S. military personnel temporarily stopped traffic by ordinary vehicles traveling along the highway. Local residents commented what a nuisance it was.
The amphibious vehicles departed...
January 24, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 24 a group of constitutional scholars including former professor Masaki Ina of the International Christian University gathered at the House of Representatives in Tokyo and presented a researchers’ statement opposing the...
January 27, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 26, a group opposing construction of the Henoko base held a kickoff rally in front of a gate to Camp Schwab.
This rally was held to address the prefectural referendum that will ask citizens for a “yes”...
January 24, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
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January 20, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
The village of Yomitan has been working on digitizing copious amounts of records as part of the “Okinawan Post-War Education History and Reversion Archive Project.”
The village hosted a briefing session on Jan. 19 to report on the progress...
January 20, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
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January 22, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
At a cabinet meeting on January 22 the Japanese government agreed to nominate a candidate site comprised of Amami Oshima, Tokuno Island, a northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island (hereafter referred to as...
January 17, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yuri Shimizu
On January 16, it came to the Ryukyu Shimpo’s attention that on March 1 the Ministry of Defense’s Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) plans to begin construction of a Ground Self-Defense Forces (GSDF) post in Ishigaki City, Okinawa, as part...
January 18, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo – The Japanese government held the liaison conference for the governing body for the Convention concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage on January 17, where the confirmed that they would once again nominate, “Amami Oshima, Tokunoshima,...
January 15, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Five...
January 14, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Last month in advance of municipal assemblies voting on the supplementary budget for holding a prefectural referendum lawyer and Lower House member Masahisa Miyazaki (LDP) held a study meeting for members of these assemblies.
The...
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