June 26, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The peace poem by Rinko Sagara, a 14-year-old student in her third year at Minatogawa Junior High School in Urasoe City, has received a lot of attention on the internet.
She read her poem at the “Irei no hi” Memorial Ceremony to Commemorate the Fallen on the Anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa in Itoman City on June 23.
Many politicians, artists, and other celebrities praised the contents and recitation of the poem...
June 13, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
An event to commemorate former governor of Okinawa and emeritus professor at the University of the Ryukyus, Masahide Ota, who passed away in June, 2017, was held in Naha the evening of June 12.
He died at the age of ninety-two.
The...
June 22, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
On June 21 at about 2:00 p.m., an object resembling a bullet was reported found at a small work cabin in an orchard in Sukuta, Nago City. No one was injured, but two panes of glass in the cabin were damaged.
According to the property...
June 25, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
A team of about 70 vibrantly colored citizens’ canoes face the Japan Coast Guard’s black inflatable boats, separated by an oil fence.
As a backdrop to the contrasting colors of the two sides, the “thuds” of the...
June 21, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On June 6 and 7, the Association of Nikkei and Japanese Abroad held their 59th Convention of Nikkei and Japanese Abroad in Hawaii.
Here, the association established June 20 as International Day of Nikkei.
June 20 was the...
June 12, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
In the early morning on June 11, a U.S. F-15 fighter aircraft from Kadena Air Base crashed in the ocean to the south of Okinawa Island.
Residents living in the vicinity of the base have been reminded again of the danger...
June 8, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Japanese government is making arrangements for land reclamation work in Henoko, as part of construction of the replacement facility for Futenma Air Station.
Although the government planned to start depositing soil into the ocean...
June 7, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
At Ie Jima Auxiliary Airfield in Ie Village, expansion work is proceeding on the “LHD deck” airstrip, which simulates the deck of an amphibious assault ship.
On June 6, the Ryukyu Shimpo used drone aerial photography to check in on this airstrip...
June 7, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
It was announced June 6 that Japan and the U.S. are discussing a proposal to solve an ongoing issue where the U.S. has refused to pay damages to the surviving family of the woman who was raped and murdered by a civilian contractor working on a U.S. military...
June 6, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On June 5, former Canadian diplomat who currently lives in Vancouver, Terry Greenberg, 72, and his wife Yoko Oikawa, 59, attended an at-sea protest for the first time.
The purpose of this protest was to prevent the new base construction that is...
June 5, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yuri Shimizu
On June 4, the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) began notification procedures as set forth in the Okinawa Prefecture Red Soil Prevention Ordinance, which is necessary to perform before depositing soil in the ocean. These soil deposits are part of...
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