November 9, 2017Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Defense Bureau executed a service agreement in 2015-2016 for on-sea security to support the construction of a new U.S. base in Henoko using a cost estimate by a private contractor that was roughly twice the “public works design labor unit price”...
November 9, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 8, the Ministry of Defense made an announcement regarding Osprey accident rates after receiving information from the U.S. As of end of September, the class A accident rate of the 100-thousand hours of fly time made by the...
November 7, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 6, the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) undertook construction of two new seawalls related to construction of a replacement facility for Futenma Air Station at the planned site in Henoko, Nago...
November 3, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Approximately twenty Hawaiians with Okinawan ancestry visited the Chibichirigama in Yomitan Village on November 1, where a group of young men had vandalized the natural cave. The group played Kwamucha-bushi and made offered up origami...
November 3, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Due to typhoons numbers 21 and 22, the ferry from the main island of Okinawa was unable to make its delivery to Minamidaito and Kitadaito Villages since October 15.
On November 2, for the first time in 18 days, the ferry arrived...
November 1, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Taiwan University will return the remains of Ryukyuan people that were found in Mumujana grave in Nakijin Village by anthropologists from the former Imperial Universities in the early Showa era and are being kept at the university.
The...
November 3, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
(Central Okinawa) On November 2, ten F-35As, one of the U.S. Air Force’s newest stealth fighters, arrived at Kadena Air Base. The F-35As are normally stationed at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. The 18th Wing of the U.S....
November 6, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yukiyo Zaha
Washington D.C. – The Washington Okinawa Kai (Itsuko Asato, president), formed by Okinawans and their descendants living in Washington D.C. and surrounding areas, celebrated the October 30 anniversary...
November 1, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
It came to light on October 31 that the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Self-Defense Forces (SDF) are considering Camp Hansen in Okinawa as a potential place to deploy the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB), a unit of the Ground...
October 27, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 28, Taizo Shibano, a 42-year-old executive of La Vous, a gelato shop in Ginowan City that uses locally-sourced Okinawan ingredients, was awarded first place in the Gelato World Cup held in Italy. Now that Taizo is the first...
November 2, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Participant registration for the 1st Okinawa Karate International Tournament, which will be held starting August 1, 2018, began on November 1.
Including both the competitions and seminars, the tournament is aiming for between...
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