October 20, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Hawaiian luxury resort hotel “Halekulani” announced that it will open a resort hotel in Nakama, Onna Village where Mitsui Fudosan is carrying out hotel construction.
Halekulani is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsui Fudosan, and it will be its first foray into Japan. The hotel is scheduled to open in the summer of 2019.
The name of the hotel is “Halekulani Okinawa.
” It will be a massive...
October 23, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 48th Lower House elections were held on October 22, and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) were able to independently win more than the 233 seats needed for a majority in the 465-seat Parliamentary house, and decided to continue...
October 24, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 8th annual Futaro Yamada literary award ceremony was held on October 23 at a hotel in Tokyo.
Historia (Kadokawa), written by 47-year old novelist Eiichi Ikegami from Naha City, was selected as the winner.
It...
October 19, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Operations of CH-53E heavy-lift transport helicopters at Futenma Air Station were suspended following the recent incident of a U.S. military helicopter catching fire in Takae, Higashi Village.
On October 18, the U.S. Marine Corps resumed flights...
October 18, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 17, the fourth edition of the 87th Shimpo Women’s Salon talk was held at the Crowne Plaza ANA Okinawa Harborview in Naha City, where actor and TV personality Giry Vincent gave a talk. Giry, who is from France, said, “Okinawan...
October 15, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Chie Tome
Many years of large amounts of trash washing in from the ocean and accumulating in the mangrove swamps of Iriomote Island in Taketomi, a potential World Heritage Site, was having a clear effect on the mangrove and...
October 17, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 16, the Okinawa Defense Bureau revealed to the Ryukyu Shimpo that earlier this month, it was decided that the Bureau will pay damages to the village of Ginoza in relation to costs incurred by the village after a U.S. military...
October 5, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 27, foster parents of the “Miracle Hydrangea” had a get-together in Kitanakagusuku Village in Okinawa.
The “Miracle Hygrangea” was found at the bottom of the Fujinuma Lake in Naganuma, Sukagawa City in Fukushima...
October 12, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 11, Mitsubishi Estate, a leading Japanese real estate developer, held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Shimojijima Airport in Miyakojima City.
The organizers wished for a safe construction and for...
October 2, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 29th Tobinsu Haninsu Kachaashi festival was held on October 1 at the Ginowan seaside park.
Thirty five individuals and 25 groups entertained the audiences with unique costumes and dances.
The event reached a climax...
October 17, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Chie Tome
In order to study the impacts of replacement facility construction in Henoko, Nago City for Futenma Air Station (currently located in Ginowan City), the Ministry of Defense’s Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) is conducting...
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