November 9, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 9, members of Greenpeace, the international environmental protection organization, visited Mayor Susumu Inamine at Nago City Hall. The Greenpeace campaign ship Rainbow Warrior’s crew expressed their wish to moor at Nago Fishing Port overnight and depart on November 10. Mayor Inamine welcomed the crew to the port.
Rainbow Warrior crewmember and oceans campaigner at Greenpeace New Zealand Karli Thomas made a statement in reference to her...
November 5, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
Naha City selected Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell to be international goodwill honorary citizen on November 4.
Honolulu City in Hawaii, the United States, has a sister-city relationship with Naha City. At an award ceremony held at the City Council Main Meeting...
November 4, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
An old procession from the days of Ryukyu dynasty was held in and around the Shuri-jo Castle Park on January 3, the last day of the 2015 Shuri Castle Festival.
About 250 people dressed in old traditional costumes, with two people playing the roles of king...
October 23, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On July 27, Okinawa city’s population reached 140,000 people. A ceremony to celebrate the milestone was held at Okinawa city municipal office on July 23. About 100 people, including residents, members of the city councils, City staff officers of and parents...
October 25, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 24, in Ishigaki Citizen Hall, the Association of Comprehensive Studies for Independence of the Lew Chewans (ACSILs) opened a symposium to address peace and Ryukyuan independence. A panel of officials from the Yaeyama Islands and Guam exchanged views...
October 26, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 25, in commemoration of Karate Day, which highlights that Okinawa is the birthplace of...
October 23, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
Five F-16 fighters belonging to the 125th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron located at Tulsa Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma landed at Kadena U.S. Air Base on October 22. According to the U.S. Air Force, 12 F-16 fighters will be deployed temporarily to Kadena...
October 7, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
Two typhoon experts, 44-year-old associate professor Hiroyuki Yamada and 33-year-old assistant professor Kosuke Ito have formed a rare partnership in their research into mesoscale meteorology and numerical weather prediction systems in the Geoscience Section at...
October 15, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 15, President Arturo Yara of Peru Okinawa Kenjinkai and board members visited Governor Takeshi Onaga at the Okinawa Prefectural Government to ask for his attendance at the 110th Peru immigration anniversary celebration ceremony next August. Governor...
October 3, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
A nationwide liaison council, Opposition to Henoko Soil Hauling, which is comprised of local organizations of the regions where the Okinawa Defense Bureau is collecting soil for the purpose of landfilling in Henoko, opened its second general meeting on the morning...
October 5, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
Around 10 a.m. on October 4, at a construction site for an accommodation facility in Yogi, Naha, Ground Self-Defense Force personnel disposed of an unexploded WWII five-inch shell (44 centimeters long and 12.7 centimeters in diameter). The unexploded ordnance was...
Webcam(Kokusai Street)