August 21, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha reporting
On August 19 the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) held the general session of its 25th Anniversary Convention in Anaheim, California. There, APALA adopted a resolution opposing the plans for new base construction in Henoko, Nago City, and Takae, Higashi Village in Okinawa.
This is the second time that APALA has adopted a resolution claiming solidarity...
August 17, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Hiroshi Uema
Motobu – Ryukyu-ai (Ryukyu indigo) is a plant that has been cultivated in Okinawa as the base material for unbeatable indigo dyes since ancient times.
The Higa Ryukyu-ai Factory (Yoshimatsu...
August 23, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On August 21 (local time), the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed the lower court’s decision in the Okinawa dugong lawsuit in which Okinawan community members and American and Japanese conservation groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department...
August 20, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
It may be obvious, but the relationship between Japan and the U.S. is not equal; the imbalanced power relationship continues.
This once again became clear at the joint presentation and press conference for the “2-plus-2” ministerial...
August 20 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Karate Information Center has started a website in multiple languages.
The center was set up in the Okinawa Karate Hall in Tomigusuku City to make it known both at home and abroad that Okinawa is the birthplace of Karate, and to...
August 14, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 37th Pola Traditional Culture Award has chosen prize winners among individuals and groups contributing to the succession and promotion of traditional culture.
The Ryukyu Kasuri Business Cooperative, which has contributed to the preservation...
August 16, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
June 24 saw the release of the film “Hacksaw Ridge,” which takes place at the Maeda escarpment in Urasoe, Okinawa, which was the site of ferocious fighting during the Battle of Okinawa.
Since the film’s release, tourists have flocked...
August 18, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
On August 18 at an extraordinary session of the Ginowan City Council, the council unanimously voted to adopt a protest resolution and written argument demanding a speedy investigation and announcement regarding the cause of the recent...
August 17, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
On August 17, 10 students who take part in international exchange for their integrated studies course at Konan Junior High School interacted with an Okinawan Prefecture Association in Argentina via Skype, an Internet-based video teleconferencing...
August 14, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
August 13 marked thirteen years since the U.S. military helicopter crash on Okinawa International University’s campus in Ginowan City.
The university held a gathering to demand the closure of Futenma Air Station and to transmit the value...
August 10, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
(Okinawa) On the afternoon of August 10, a funeral for former Okinawa Development Bureau director Kosuke Uehara, who died at 84, was held at the Sunray Central Okinawa Shiunkaku in Okinawa City.
Uehara’s friends and associates...
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