Satoko Oka Norimatsu
As we approach the 75th anniversary year of the end of World War II and the Asia-Pacific War, I would like to write about the war experience of two Canadian men who died this year.
One is Marius van Dijk van Nooten, who died on August 23 at age 88 in White Rock, BC.
I met him at an annual peace education symposium for high school students, about a decade ago.
Marius was born in 1930 in the Netherlands and spent his early years in Bandung, in...
January 4, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On the afternoon of January 3, world-renowned musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, 67, visited the sea area where a new military base is being constructed off the coast of Henoko, Nago.
“There is no justification for destroying this beautiful natural environment...
January 5, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo – The Ministry of Defense (MoD) has decided to postpone two projects appropriated for 2019 related to the new base construction in Henoko, Nago City, such as the redirection of a waterway that runs through Camp Schwab.
This was done in order to...
January 1, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
It is now 2020. We hope this year becomes one in which Okinawans demonstrate their autonomy and rebuild the extremely shaky foundations of democracy.
In the House of Representatives, the ruling party holds an absolute majority. It feels as though the National...
January 1, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Shuri Castle Park’s annual New Year’s Banquet (Shinshun no Utage), a three-day festivity, held during the first three days of each New Year, opened again this year on park grounds on January 1, in Naha City, Okinawa.
It is the first New Year’s Banquet...
January 1, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Shun Furukawa
With currently no true rival in the world, Karateka Ryo Kiyuna is considered the Japanese athlete with the best chance of taking home a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
While most only the world champion’s face makes its way...
December 27, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Ministry of Defense announced that new base construction at Henoko in Nago city would have an estimated total construction cost of around 930 billion yen, and would take approximately 12 years to complete. Due to soft ground conditions in Oura Bay spreading,...
December 26, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yuki Nakamura
In the new year, Co-Op Okinawa (Urasoe City, Okinawa) will begin importing the Lao traditional alcohol Lao-Lao into Okinawa to support industrialization in Laos. Currently, Lao-Lao is produced and sold in Laos and a portion of profits is...
December 26, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
The play Gungwachi Kungwachi (Okinawan for May and September) by the Ryukyu Art Embassy was awarded Grand Prize in the Popular Entertainment category of the 2019 74th annual ACA National Arts Festival, organized by the Japanese government Agency for...
December 20, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 19, Fan Chen-Kuo, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative to Japan in Naha, visited the Okinawan prefectural government office to present Governor Denny Tamaki with a donation to rebuild Shuri Castle, which had burned down in a recent fire....
December 17, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Motobu – The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium has for the first time in the world put the exceedingly rare deep-sea oni armored searobin on display.
As the name suggests, armored searobins are characterized by scales that look like a suit of armor, however...
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