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 Base is very old. It goes back to World War II. And if you look at pictures, Futenma when it was built was … there were no people living within several kilometers. Now the cities around Futenma...
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...
April 25, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
April 25 marked one year since embankment work commenced for the new base in Henoko, Nago City.
The Helicopter Base Objection Association held a sit-in on the water in Oura Bay.
A little after 9:00 a.m., 150 people called to action assembled...
April 27, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
As of April 28, it has been two years since it occurred that a U.S. military contractor sexually assaulted and murdered a woman in the central part of Okinawa Island.
On the 26th an attorney who represents the family of the deceased released...
Many people visited sunny beaches on March 18, which is March 3 on the old lunar calendar, to hold an event called Hama-ori. Many children enjoyed clam digging on the beaches.
About 40 children, aged four to five, from Gajimaru nursery school in Mekaru, Naha City,...
April 17, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Around 3:30 p.m. on April 16 in Matsuda, Ginoza Village, 10 or more U.S. military amphibious vehicles crossed National Route 329 while traveling from the ocean toward the mountains. Regular traffic was stopped for over 10 minutes as the amphibious vehicles passed....
April 13, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The University of the Ryukyus has teamed up with the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership (MSBP), an international conservation project that collects and stores seeds from all over the world to ensure the Earth’s biodiversity for the future.
Researchers...
April 13, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Masanao Chinen
On April 1, Okinawa Prefecture opened a “Be.Okinawa Inbound Medical Interpretation Contact Center” to provide interpretation by phone at medical sites where communication with foreign tourists is an issue.
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