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November 13, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
A popular Asian elephant named Yumeka at the Ichihara Elephant Kingdom in Chiba Prefecture came to the Okinawa Zoo & Museum in Okinawa City to take part in a breeding program on November 12. The ten-year old female elephant will stay at the zoo until she falls pregnant.
Her mate is a fourteen-year old male elephant named Ryuto. He was chosen as the mate since he is known as the father of a two-year old...
November 6, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Worldwide Eisa Festival was held at the National Theatre Okinawa in Urasoe City on November 4 and 5.
Nineteen teams competed in the Grand Prix match, and CHURASA took the first prize. CHURASA.
JR also won the first...
November 17, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The first regular direct flight between Naha Airport in Okinawa and Changi International Airport in Singapore begins service on the 17th.
Singapore Ambassador to Japan Lui Tuck Yew who arrived in Okinawa on the 16th to attend...
November 17, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The first day of hearings in the trial of the 33-year-old ex-Marine accused of rape resulting in death and murder of an Okinawan woman while employed as a civilian base worker in April, 2016 began today at Naha District Court (Judge...
November 17, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The incident was a tragic one in which the life of a 20-year old woman with a bright future ahead of her was stolen away.
Although it is the right of the defendant, his exercise of the right to remain silent is difficult to...
November 17, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 16, the Okinawa Area Coordinator (OAC) Lawrence Nicholson announced that the Ministry of Defense (MOD) will establish the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB), with future deployment to a U.S. base in Okinawa in mind....
November 16, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The prefecture has labeled the environmental issue, involving dust and noise from dump trucks that come/go to the port, as a “new development.”
As a result, the prefecture announced on November 15 that it is considering...
November 13, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
Past 7:30 a.m. on November 13, a large boat for use transporting gravel and stones over the ocean was docked at Oku Port in Kunigami Village.
This boat is taking the materials to Henoko, Nago City, for use in constructing a...
November 10, 2017Ryukyu Shimpo
Following the temporary deployment of the U.S. Air Force’s newest stealth fighters F-35As from Hill Air Force Base in Utah to Kadena Air Base, the Kadena Town Council held a special session at which they unanimously adopted a protest...
November 14, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga met with United States Ambassador to Japan William F.
Haggerty at the prefectural office November 13.
This was Ambassador Haggerty’s first meeting with the Governor and his second visit...
November 10, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The British Museum in England, the world’s largest museum, has acquired two ceramic works created by Haruhiko Kaneko, 56, owner of the well-renowned Ishigaki-yaki Pottery Studio in Ishigaki. The two pieces are the “Yohen-taihi tenmoku tea bowl”...