Ukrainian Balokhin wins the Miyakojima triathlon for the first time
April 16, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 15, the 28th All Japan Triath about us lon Miyakojima (co-hosted...
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Passersby rescue stray loggerhead turtle on road
May 22, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
After 5:00am on May 21, on the road at Hentona in Kunigami, a driver on Route 58 found a loggerhead turtle, which is designated as an endangered species. In the brisk hours of the early morning, passersby and police officers cooperated to get the turtle back to the beach.
May to July is the laying season for loggerhead sea turtles, and it seems that this turtle also came ashore to lay eggs, but she wandered onto the road in the process of searching for...
Residents of Henza Island pray to the ocean for prosperity at Sangwacha
March 26, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On Henza Island in Yonashiro, Uruma for three days from March 24, or March 3 on the lunar calendar, the traditional ceremony sangwacha was held. On nakanuhi, or the middle day of March 25, a tudanuiyu ceremony was held to pray for a good...
Hamauri held at beaches – people purify themselves
March 24, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 24, which is May 3 in the lunar calendar, a ceremony called hamauri was held at beaches around Okinawa. Every year, Okinawan people go to the beaches where they soak their hands and feet in seawater to cleanse themselves as they pray for their...
Okinawa International Movie Festival Opens – 350 movie stars and artists walk on the red carpet
March 25, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 24, the 4th Okinawa International Movie Festival commenced at Ginowan and other places around Okinawa. About 350 movie stars and artists, including a comedy duo from Okinawa and popular comedians from the main islands of Japan, walked on the 300-meter long...
Black-faced spoonbill flies into the sky over Tomigusuku after having treatment
March 15, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 14, a black-faced spoonbill that had been entangled in fishing line recovered from its troubled situation flew into the sky over the Toyosaki mudflats, Tomigusuku. Two staff members of the Nature Conservation Section of the Okinawa Prefectural Government...
Bearded mudskippers enjoy the spring weather
March 7, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 7 courtship displays by rare bearded mudskippers (tokagehaze or Scartelaos histophorus) were seen on the tidal flats in Fusozaki, Nanjo. Because the temperature was relatively high, the mudskippers stand up to attract each other before cuddling...
Black-faced Spoonbills enjoy sunbathing at Tomigusuku.
February 15, 2012 Photograph by Hiroaki Yamashiro
A high-pressure zone over the Okinawa region on February 14 brought blue skies and a summer-like day. A temperature of 26.5 degrees was recorded at Hateruma and on the Iriomote Islands, and in Naha it was 25 degrees, the sort of temperatures...
Defense Minister denies that Futenma Air Station will become a permanent fixture
February 19, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
In the afternoon of February 18, Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka visited the Second Futenma Elementary School, which is located adjacent to U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. In response to principal Harumi Chinen’s request that something be done to remove...
Okinawan governor submits opinion on the Futenma relocation plan, calling it “impossible”
February 21, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
In the afternoon of February 20, in keeping with the regulations governing the environmental impact assessment report (EIA) submitted by the Okinawa Defense Bureau to the Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG) last December on the plan to construct an alternative...
U.S. military personnel seen training with rifles in Camp Kinser close to Route 58
February 14, 2012. Photograph by Yasuhide Matayoshi of the Ryukyu Shimpo
U.S. military personnel were seen training with firearms at around 3:30pm on February 13 at a location near the Camp Kinser perimeter fence beside Route 58 in Nakanishi, Urasoe.
Passersby looking through the fence...
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