Initial life sentence upheld and appeal dismissed for U.S. military base worked convicted of rape and murder in Okinawa
September 20, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
In the case of the 20-year-old woman who was killed in April...
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Group that disseminated Henoko statement worldwide receives Ikemiyagushiku Shui Award
September 16, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 15, the Ryukyu Shimpo presented the Ikemiyagushiku Shui Award to the group that gathered signatures of 103 international scholars and activists onto an international statement in opposition to the Futenma replacement facility being built in Henoko, Nago City.
About 300 people attended the presentation ceremony and symposium held at Ryukyu Shimpo Hall in Izumizaki, Naha City.
The president...
Shuri Castle selects new “King” and “Queen”: Hiroyuki Kamiyama and Iroha Nagamine
September 24, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Rare stalagmite found in Nagashima caves in Henoko
September 20, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Experts who investigated the Nagashima caves located off Cape Henoko, Nago City found something they are tentatively calling a “consolidated stone tower.”
These studies found that calcareous sediment congealed to form a...
Nationwide demonstrations simultaneously call for Japan to share Okinawa’s base burden
September 24, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 23, there were simultaneous actions throughout Japan as part of a movement calling for U.S. military bases to be withdrawn from Okinawa.
Members of the Okinawa Base Withdrawal Association’s Tokyo Network...
600 people celebrate Okinawa Plaza opening in Hawaii
September 5, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
A commercial facility called Okinawa Plaza opened in Waipahu, Hawaii, as a new base for Okinawa-related acctivities.
The opening ceremony was held on September 3.
The plaza is located next to the Hawaii Okinawa Center,...
Petition to hold referendum on Henoko construction submitted to Okinawan government with 92,848 signatures
September 6, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The “Henoko Okinawa Referendum Committee,” (Jinshiro Motoyama, representative), which...
JVC wins Okinawa Peace Award for providing agricultural and medical support in eleven countries
August 28, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On August 27, Okinawa Prefecture announced that the ninth Okinawa Peace Award will be awarded to Japan International Volunteer Center (JVC), an international NGO based in Tokyo and headed by Takaki Imai.
The Okinawa Peace Award is presented...
Jeju Island hosts summit with Okinawa and Hawaii to discuss environmental protection
August 28, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Yuri Shimizu reports from Jeju
On August 27 the governors of Okinawa, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province in South Korea, and Hawaii met together on Jeju Island for the first Global Green Island Summit (GGIS) forum...
UC Santa Cruz students interview woman from 1952 U.S.-occupied Okinawa photograph
August 22, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
“The young woman in the picture is me.” Some American university students were searching for a woman in a photograph published on the front page of the local news in Ryukyu Shimpo on August 15, which was from U.S. military-occupied Okinawa...
Hawaii POW letters written between 1945 and 1946 discovered
August 24, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Chie Tome and Tomoki Yasutomi
On August 23, 15 letters addressed to Okinawans and Okinawan descendants living in Hawaii sent from a prisoner of war (POW) camp between 1945 and 1946 were discovered.
The letters were written by people...
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