October 23, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The prefecture of Okinawa recently passed a decision to add a supplemental plaque next to the Cenotaph for All Student Corps (Zen Gakutotai no Hi) located in Mabuji, Itoman City.
The plaque will bear the total number of student casualties of the war, who were enrolled in either teacher-training colleges or all-boys’ middle schools.
The Association for Former Gakutotai Student Corps...
October 22, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
In response to Kyoto University retaining human remains removed by anthropologists from Okinawa in the early Showa era, several organizations including the Nara-Okinawa Solidarity Commission have established a group called the Nara Prefectural Council Requesting...
October 15, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The town of Kin celebrated the 150th birthday of Kyuzo Toyama (1868–1910), the “forefather of emigration,” on October 14, attracting many residents and out-of-town visitors. In Toyama’s day, Kin’s resilient town spirit had successfully delivered an emigration...
October 5, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
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September 26, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Washington Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha
On September 24 the plaintiffs in the dugong lawsuit, who requested a stop to construction of the Futenma Replacement Facility in Henoko, Nago City, appealed to the Federal High...
September 20, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 7 around 10:30 p.m. in Yomitan Village, Okinawa, a U.S. soldier committed a home invasion.
It came to light on September 19 that at the time of invasion, only the daughters of the man who owns the house were home,...
September 16, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 15, the Ryukyu Shimpo presented the Ikemiyagushiku Shui Award to the group that gathered signatures of 103 international scholars and activists onto an international statement in opposition to the Futenma replacement...
September 20, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
In the case of the 20-year-old woman who was killed in April...
September 24, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
September 20, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Experts who investigated the Nagashima caves located off Cape Henoko, Nago City found something they are tentatively calling a “consolidated stone tower.”
These studies found that calcareous sediment congealed to form a...
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