September 8, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Ginowan – At the September meeting of the Ginowan City Council on September 8, the council unanimously adopted a resolution and written opinion opposing the U.S. Military’s disposal of polluted water containing PFAS (organofluorine compounds) from MCAS Futenma in the public sewage system after treating the water. In July, the council had issued a request that the military not dispose of the polluted water in the sewage system, but the U.S....
September 8, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
LaSalle Parsons, Catholic priest and president of a local group to deliberate life, death and aging (Sei to Shi to Oi wo Mitsumeru Kai) died of old age at 6:43 p.m. on September 4 at a monastery in Oroku, Naha City, at the age of 90. He...
September 2, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Sugok Shin and other plaintiffs were interviewed in Tokyo on September 1 regarding the Tokyo District Court’s decision in their defamation lawsuit concerning the television program News Girls (Nyūsu Joshi), which picked up the topic of protest...
August 27, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
In response to an incident in which water contaminated with polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that had been stored on Futenma Air Station was treated and released into the sewers by the U.S. Marine Corps, on August 26 Ginowan citizens rallied in front...
August 20, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On August 19, seven parties, including the prefectural government and the University of the Ryukyus, entered a partnership agreement to preserve and manage the World Natural Heritage sites of northern Okinawa and Iriomote Island. The partnership will...
August 15, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo – On August 15, Memorial Day for the End of the War, Takamatsu Gushiken continued his hunger strike in front of the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda. He began the hunger strike on August 14. Gushiken is a representative of the Gamafuya, a group of...
August 13, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On August 12, torch bearers located in six towns and cities of Okinawa prayed for peace as they ignited torches for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, which will open on August 24. The six locations included the Fire of Peace monument at the Peace Memorial...
August 4, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On August 3 the first security division of the Okinawa Prefectural Police filed documents with the Naha District Public Prosecutor’s Office concerning butterfly researcher Akino Miyagi being charged with forcible obstruction of business, a traffic...
July 22, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On July 21, the Okinawa Prefectural Epidemiological Statistics and Analysis Committee on the Novel Coronavirus announced its analysis of the infection status last week (July 12-18). In view of the current situation in which the number of infected persons among persons...
July 14, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Ryota Nakamura
In the month since its release on YouTube, the music video “Yonaguni,” titled after Japan’s westernmost island, as gained over 200 million views (as of July 13 in Japan). The song is the new release of the Puerto Rican...
July 8, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
July 7 was Tanabata, or the Star Festival. This year, a high-pressure system hung over the Okinawa region, allowing observers to see the Milky Way spread out in the evening sky like a sparkling ribbon.
According to a myth cherished...
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