June 25, 2013 Naoki Isa of the Ryukyu Shimpo
American documentary filmmaker John Junkerman, 60, will make a documentary movie about the U.S. military base issue in Okinawa. The tentative title for the film is “Okinawa 1944-2014.” Currently living in Tokyo, Junkerman has been creating the movies such as “Nihonkoku kenpo the movie.”
Junkerman has been thinking of telling the base issue to U.S. citizens since 1975, when he lived in Okinawa.
Junkerman has taken...
June 22, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The monument featuring an Okinawa folk song Kanpo nu Kwe-nukusaa (Leftovers of the Warship) has been completed in Sobe in Yomitan. This well-known Okinawan folk song, written by Koubin Higa describes the feelings of people who survived the war.
The...
June 20, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On June 19, a graduation ceremony was held at Kitanakagusuku Elementary School for graduates who were unable to receive their certificates due to the war. Seventeen people who were due to graduate in March 1945 are now at least 80 years old. They were happy to be...
June 19, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Psychiatrists and other specialists in Okinawa have looked into post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) issues among Battle of Okinawa survivors. They have found that about 40 percent of elderly Okinawa residents who experienced the Battle of Okinawa are likely to...
June 14, 2013 Masaaki Umeda of Ryukyu Shimpo
Every June, the Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum in Mabuni, Itoman, holds the “New Artifacts Exhibition” to display items that individuals and groups have recently donated. However, because the museum has not received as many...
June 13, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On June 12, Katsue Shingaki Garner, a 75-year-old resident of Georgia, United States, who is originally from Nishihara Cho, added her name to the list of plaintiffs in the lawsuit called Nuchidu-Takara. The group seeks an apology from the central government...
June 14, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Meteorological Observatory announced on June 14 that the rainy season in Okinawa has ended.
The rainy season in the region usually continues until around on June 23, so it has ended nine day earlier than usual.
This year, the Okinawa region’s...
June 7, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
A song that 86-year-old Naha resident Teruko Omine wrote as a memorial to her friends who died during the Battle of Okinawa as Himeyuri nurse-aides is arousing people’s sympathy. Omine attended the former Okinawa Daiichi Women’s High School, which...
June 3, 2013 Sadao Tome Correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo
Seventy-nine-year-old Eijiro Gibo, a recognized authority on Okinawan traditional arts and former head of the Okinawa Prefectural Museum, and 94-year-old Seiyu (subsequently: Frank) Agarie have met for the first time in 68 years.
Gibo...
June 2, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On June 1, at Jubilance in Ginowan, the AmerAsian School in Okinawa celebrated the 15th anniversary of its establishment. Amerasian refers to people born in Asia to a U.S. military father and an Asian mother.
About 200 people – current students, parents,...
May 31, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On June 22, the “Clean-Pic” national convention will be held at the Yonashiro Comprehensive Park in Uruma. Clean-Pic is a new activity designed to help clean up beaches, and is something that people can participate in casually. On May 30, the Planning Committee...
