February 17, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Tamiko Suzuki
Yoshina Kishimoto, 39, a Naha City native, works at a Washington, D.C. patent law firm where she files patent applications for trademarks and designs.
Unlike Japan, the U.S. employs a unique patent agent system.
Owning design patents and trademarks are beneficial to companies conducting business in the world’s largest economy, and filing applications to the United States Patent and Trademark Office is essential to...
February 2, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Tamiko Suzuki
Virginia, U.S.A.—Minae Uehara, Japan Outreach Initiative (JOI) coordinator of the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, is working hard to get students and kids interested in Japan.
Uehara, a native of Oroku, Naha City,...
January 26, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Hanae Gushiken Higa
Waipahu, HAWAII—The Hawaii United Okinawa Association (HUOA) held its Uchinanchu of the Year Awards and Officers Installation Celebration on January 18 at the Hawaii Okinawa Center.
HUOA is comprised of 50 member clubs, each...
April 28, 2019 Rykyu Shimpo
By Tamiko Suzuki
The Okinawa Prefectural Government and the George Washington University Okinawa Collection held an awards ceremony at the university’s Gelman Library in D.C. on March 19 to recognize the Okinawa Essay Contest winners.
The contest...
July 6, 2015 Hanae Higa Gushiken, Correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo
On June 23, a memorial ceremony, by the Japanese title of “Irei no Hi,” was held in the garden of the Hawaii Okinawa Center in memory of all the lives lost in the Battle of Okinawa. The memorial was for all victims, regardless...
July 12, 2015 Shoichiro Yonamine of Ryukyu Shimpo
In the afternoon of July 11, the Hawaii United Okinawa Association (HUOA) and the Ryukyu Shimpo co-hosted a forum called “Connection Ichimadin (Forever): Future for Hawaii and Okinawa” at the Hawaii Okinawa Center. About 230 people...
July 12, 2015 Shoichiro Yonamine of Ryukyu Shimpo reports from Honolulu
Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga attended a dinner held at the Hawaii governor’s official residence to celebrate the 30th anniversary of sister-state relations in the evening of July 10.
Hawaii Governor David...
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