September 10, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
At about 5:30 p.m. on August 8, an armored vehicle apparently belonging to the 15th brigade of the Ground Self-Defense Forces (GSDF) was observed driving on Japan National Route 58 in Nakanishi, Urasoe City bound for Naha, with its machine gun pointed in its direction of travel.
According to a man who took a picture of the armored vehicle, there were two cars driving along as well.
He said, “It’s the first time I have seen [an...
September 8, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
A Taiwanese dialysis patient who was forced to spend the night in Okinawa after flights were grounded with Typhoon No. 13 approaching was able to avoid an emergency when doctors and pharmaceutical companies in Okinawa teamed up to secure his dialysis fluid. Guan-Ren...
September 7, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
KITANAKAGUSUKU-The area surrounding Okinawa Rycom AEON Mall has been officially named “Aza Rycom” as of September 7. The area was formerly addressed as “Kitanakagusuku Awase Rezoning Project Grounds.” The Awase Rezoning Association invited the public...
September 5, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
According to a representative of the Okinawa Meteorological Observatory, the extremely strong typhoon approaching Okinawa recorded a maximum instantaneous wind speed of 61.2 meters at Miyako Airport in Miyakojima on September 5 at 12:22 p.m.
This record...
September 3, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On August 31, the fishing boat Seisho-maru (0.8 tons), which was lost after being swept away in the tsunami following the 2011 East Japan earthquake, was discovered washed ashore in Kin, Kin, Okinawa by an employee of the Nakagusuku Regional Coast Guard Headquarters...
September 4, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Around 3:00 p.m. on September 4 a U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y helicopter was spotted taking off and landing on returned Northern Training Area (NTA) land in Ada, Kunigami Village.
The strip where it landed, called the LZ-FBJ helipad, was returned to Okinawa...
September 2, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
The Naha Fire Department announced September 2 that they would be presenting a thank you card to two Korean firefighters who, back in June, just happened to be passing through the Don Quijote store on Kokusai Dori in Naha when a Chinese tourist...
September 2, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Pink Dot Okinawa advocates a society in which everyone, including LGBTQ+ people, are able to live comfortably in their own skin. The 2019 Pink Dot Okinawa event was held on September 1, at the Ryukyu Shimpo public open space, located on the ground floor. The...
August 30, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
An article of clothing has been found that could possibly be summer wear known as “Umansa,” and was gifted to the Ryukyu Kingdom by ancient China, the likes of which are not known to currently exist in Okinawa.
Masahiro Shuzo Co. Ltd. CEO Masakuni Higa...
August 28, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Fumiaki Jahana
It has been 75 years since residents of the former South Pacific Mandate were involved in a land battle during the Pacific War in 1944.
On August 27 at the Okinawa Peace Tower in Saipan, the “50th Okinawa Peace Memorial” was held....
August 29, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
On August 29 it came to the Ryukyu Shimpo’s attention that around 5:30 p.m. on August 27 the plastic window of a CH-53 helicopter from Futenma Air Station fell from the craft about 8 kilometers above the East China Sea off Okinawa Island.
On...
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