October 28, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Ryota Nakamura
Visitors now have another way of enjoying the ancient yet new Shuri Castle. The Shuri Castle area houses several Utaki and other places of worship that recently debuted goshuin seals (a keepsake seal traditionally issued at shrines as proof of pilgrimage) which are slowly gaining popularity. These goshuin seals were adopted to educate visitors on the religious significance of the Ryukyu-Dynasty sites...
October 14, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Wakana Arakaki
Residents of the areas surrounding Kadena Air Base are pursuing a Kadena noise lawsuit through which they are addressing damage caused by noise from U.S. military aircraft and are requesting, among other things, a ban on...
October 13, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo – On October 11, Natsuko Izena and her collaborators held a press conference at the National Diet and announced the launch of their website for victims of online defamation, Online Safety for Sisters. Izena, a columnist who lives her life...
October 5, 2021, Ryukyu Shimpo
According to temperatures recorded in 47 prefectural capitals across Japan, Aomori, Sendai, and Naha were the only cities this summer to experience zero “extremely hot” days, defined as temperatures of 35 Celsius degrees or higher. Naha City’s...
October 8, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
In the 24 sekki, which are days that divide the year into 24 solar terms, October 8 is Kanro, marking a time of year when cold air comes in, and dewy mornings are evidence of the deepening autumn. In the fields of Nemurigusa Honpo,...
October 8, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 7 the Nagoya High Court, ruling on a taxpayers’ suit concerning the deployment of riot police accompanying helipad construction in the Northern Training Area (NTA), made a decision that found illegality in the procedure used when...
September 30, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 1, a shelter for protecting young single mothers will open in the central part of Okinawa Island. The shelter, called Oniwa, is represented jointly by Professors Yoko Uema and Makoto Motomura of the University of the Ryukyus. The two...
September 30, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 29 the All-Okinawa Coalition, which opposes the construction of the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) in Henoko, Nago City, announced that the suspension of the protest activities, such as those in front of a gate to Camp Schwab in Henoko, will...
September 23, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
During parachute drop training at Iejima Auxiliary Airfield in Okinawa, two U.S. Marines landed on private land outside of the zone provided. On September 22, residents of Ie Village spoke out about their concerns that such an occurrence could...
September 16, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 15, Senior Citizen’s Day (Roujin no Hi), Okinawa Prefecture announced 589 residents (83 men and 506 women) turned 100 years old this year as of September 1—an increase of 98 from the previous year, marking a record high. The total...
September 15, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
The coral reefs spread throughout Oura Bay in Nago City are abundant in diverse coral varieties including Acropora, Poritidae, and Heliopora coerulea. Due to construction of the Futenma Replacement Facility, coral within the zones...
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