Ishigaki Island will not hold triathlon events next year
November 7, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 6, the Ishigaki Triathlon 2013 organizing committee unanimously decided not to hold...
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24th Chubu Time Prediction Race held in Okinawa
November 18, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 24th Chubu Time Prediction Race was held at the Okinawa Comprehensive Athletic Park in Okinawa City on November 17.
About 3,800 people from among 4,232 applicants took part in the four categories of 20, 10, 5 and 3 kilometer races, with 3,756 people finishing. About 98 percent of the...
Seven karate masters receive service awards
October 24, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Ryukyu Shimpo newspaper held the 5th Service Awards Ceremony for Okinawan Karate and Traditional Martial Arts at Pacific Hotel Okinawa in Naha on October 23. Seven people who have contributed to passing on and developing karate received award certificates.
Choko...
Fukuzato wins silver medal in World Masters Athletics Championships
October 21, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The World Masters Athletics Championships 2013 have been held in Porto Alegre, Brazil. On October 19, Takeshi Fukuzato, originally from Kumejima, won a silver medal the men’s age 40-44 100-meter dash with a time of 11.12 seconds. Former Japanese decathlon champion...
Ishigaki Island Marathon to attract 700 runners from Taiwan
September 23, 2013 Ken Sasaki of Ryukyu Shimpo
Hisao Hirata, Okinawa representative of the Okinawa and Taiwan Exchange Promotion Association, announced on September 22 that the association will send 700 marathon runners with their supporters from Taiwan to the Ishigaki Island Marathon next...
Okinawan leads Japan national team at 23rd World Children’s Baseball Fair
June 27, 2013 Taichi Hirayasu of the Ryukyu Shimpo
The manager of the team, Rin Ono, said, “This will be a valuable experience for the children. I want them to grow through the event.”
Ono played baseball at Okinawa Fisheries High School. His team came second...
Legendary Okinawan boxing trainer closes gym
June 14, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
This year, Shinkichi Kinjo, manager of the Okinawa Shogaku High School boxing club, will close the Winner Boxing Gym, which he has been running for the last 30 years in Shuri, Naha. The gym has turned out many famous boxers and has had a significant impact on Okinawan...
Okinawan karate men win at East Asian Senior Championship
June 10, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
In the 3rd East Asian Senior Karate Championship, which began on June 8 in Wuhan, China, Japan won all the Kata divisions for individual men, women, and teams. Okinawan Ryo Kyuna (Ryueiryu) has now won two consecutive years in the men’s Kata Individual Division....
Doctor joins handball team to pursue his dream
June 6, 2013 Noriko Oshiro of Ryukyu Shimpo
A doctor has joined the ranks of Japan’s top handball players. Shogo Nakamura, 30, from Iwate Prefecture, has passed the tryout for Ryukyu Corazon, a team in the Japan Handball League. He came to Okinawa on June 4 and joined the other members...
Takara to take part in Deaflympics
June 5, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
From July 26 in Sofia, Bulgaria, the International Olympic Committee will hold the Summer Deaflympics, in which deaf athletes compete at an elite level. Miki Takara, from Tomigusuku and a senior at Shikoku Gakuin University, will represent Japan in volleyball.
This...
Ukrainian Balokhin wins Miyako-jima triathlon again
April 22, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 29th All Japan Triathlon Miyako-jima (co-hosted by Miyako-jima City and the Ryukyu Shimpo) was held on April 21 but had the swim part of the race canceled due to strong winds. As a result, it changed to a run-bike-run duathlon.
This is the first time...
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