January 7, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
(Uruma, Ikei Island) A UH-1 U.S. military helicopter from MCAS Futenma made an emergency landing on a beach on the eastern side of Ikei Island in Uruma at around 4:00 p.m. on January 6. According to Okinawan police and the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB), no one was injured including...
January 4, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga made his New Year’s resolution...
January 3, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
An event called Shinshun no Utage or New Year’s Banquet was held at Shuri Castle in Naha on January 1.
Three scenes from the Chouhaiokishiki or Imperial Court New Year’s morning ceremony from the Ryukyu Kingdom...
December 29, 2017
By Hirokazu Otsubo, Correspondent for the Ryukyu Shimpo
(Zamami) This season’s whale watching tours started in Zamami Village on December 27.
On that day, a warden from the village’s Whale Watching Association spotted one humpback...
December 24, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
The traditional Okinawan ceremony, known as the, “Nubi offering ceremony,” where the year’s first water drawn from Hedo in Kunigami is presented as an offering, was held in the afternoon of December 24...
December 21, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
In response to the accident in which a window of a U.S. military...
December 24, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 23 at a meeting of Takae’s ward representatives, they unanimously decided to return the letter of gratitude that the U.S. military delivered in regard to the U.S. helicopter that made an emergency landing and burst into...
December 16, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The opening of the Kinoshita circus was held as part of the launch event for the Ryukyu Shimpo main building on December 15 at the Toyosaki Special Venue in Tomigusuku city.
It has been five years since the circus was last held...
December 15, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Two Asian elelphants, Buntoon and Tonsai, were debuted on December 14 at the Okinawa Zoo & Museum. The two elephants are visiting Okinawa from the Tohoku Safari Park to stay through the winter.
The elephants...
December 21, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The public trial for Okinawa Peace Movement Center Chairman Hiroji Yamashiro and two others was held at Naha District Court on December 20 (Judge Toshihiro Shibata presiding).
The accused are facing charges including forcible...
December 19, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
Following the accident in which a window from an U.S. military heavy-lift cargo helicopter Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion fell into the Futenma Daini Elementary School, the same model aircraft resumed its operations...
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