December 3, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yuri Shimizu and Akira Manato
A dugong (specimen A) known to inhabit the waters off of Kayo near the construction site of the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) in Henoko, Nago City, has not been spotted in over two months. On November 28 the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) reported this at a meeting of the Environmental Oversight Committee. The ODB reported not noticing construction affecting the dugongs, due to traces of dugong grazing...
December 1, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Parents from Midorigoaka Preschool (Nodake, Ginowan), where last year an incident wherein a piece from a U.S. military helicopter fell and landed on the school occurred, have formed a group dubbed “Team Midorigaoka 1207” and released a statement...
November 28, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
In the afternoon of November 28, Governor Denny Tamaki met with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister’s official residence to discuss the new base construction in Henoko, Nago City in association with the relocation of...
November 18, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 17 at Urasoe City Tedako Hall a forum was held for a project promoting a barrier-free, livable society regardless of disability.
Columnist Natsuko Izena gave a lecture themed, “What does it mean to help each other?”
Izena...
November 29, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
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November 27, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
On November 27 at 3:30 p.m. at the Prefectural Office, Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki made an official announcement about the prefectural referendum that will ask Okinawans whether they support or oppose the Futenma replacement facility...
November 23, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 22 for the first time since taking office, Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki had an interview with former prime minister Yukio Hatoyama at the Prefectural Office.
In regard to construction of the Futenma Replacement...
Satoko Oka Norimatsu, Editor, The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
BTS (Bangtan Boys) is a seven-member hip-hop boys’ group that debuted in South Korea in 2013. Over the past two years, these top K-pop stars propelled themselves to worldwide stardom rapidly with their superb...
November 27, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Special correspondent Yukiyo Zaha reports from Washington DC
On November 26, the Ryukyu Shimpo learned that although the total number of U.S. military installations outside of the United States has decreased more than 30 percent from 761 installations...
November 26, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By correspondent Mitsuhiro Akamine
The Okinawa Association of Peru (AOP – Spanish: Asociación Okinawense del Perú) opened a children’s playground named “Ashibina Park” on the grounds of their community center in the suburbs of Lima on November...
November 21, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
A research team under Professor Shiro Maeda of the University of the Ryukyus Graduate School of Medicine made public that when compared genetically, people from Okinawa have a different genetic background than Japanese people from mainland Japan. Even within...
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