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 of his human rights and of the Constitution, including being detained for eight hours by the U.S. military and arrested by the Nakagusuku Coast Guard.
On the morning of March 19 in the...
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,”...
February 25, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
[Henoko Base Problem News Crew]The Japanese government continues to force through new base construction at Henoko, part of the relocation of MCAS Futenma, just one day after a resolution vote was held in Okinawa in which over 43,000 people voted...
February 21, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
Around 5:18 p.m. on February 21 the U.S. military carried out parachute drop training at Kadena Air Base.
This is the second such training this year, following the training on January 23. Kadena Town and Chatan Town received notification...
February 25, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 24, a prefectural referendum was held asking Okinawan voters about their approval or disapproval of the land reclamation work as part of construction of the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) taking place on the shore portion of Camp Schwab.
According...
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