September 27, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Asian Art Award 2017, an award given to upcoming young global artists, was announced on September 27.
Chikako Yamashiro, art director and artist, from Naha City was given the grand prize.
Yamashiro has been working on the theme of Okinawa in her visual arts and photos.
She published “The Beginning of Creation” in 2015 and “Mud man” in 2016.
Yamashiro will be given...
September 30, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
At around 2 p.m. on September 29, two MV-22 Osprey aircraft belonging to the U.S. military’s Futenma air base made an emergency landing at Ishigaki Airport.
According to the Okinawa Defense Bureau, the cockpit indicator in one of the two...
September 27, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo – Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) announced September 26 that for the first time ever, a large quantity of minerals, including valuable resources such as gold, were successfully extracted from an...
September 22, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 21 the Okinawa Department of Culture, Tourism and Sports announced that the number of tourists who came to Okinawa in August increased by 8.2 percent (or 75,600 people) from August last year to 1,002,500 people this year.
This...
September 25, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 24, representative Takamatsu Gushiken of the Gamafuya, a volunteer group dedicated to the recovery of Battle of Okinawa remains, held a lecture at Asato Catholic Church in Asato, Naha City. About 60 people attended the...
September 21, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Retired Pro soccer player José Edmílson Gomes de Moraes, who represented the Brazilian national team at the FIFA World Cup hosted by Japan and South Korea in 2002, landed at Naha Airport the evening of September 20, to teach at...
September 22, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 21, the Okinawa Prefectural Department of Public Health and...
September 22, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 19, Global Education Harvard Medical School Executive Director Robin J.
Wheatley and nonprofit corporation Okinawa Asia Clinical Investigation Synergy (OACIS) Vice President Kenji Murata met with Governor Takeshi...
September 24, 2017 by Ryukyu Shimpo
Kunigami – The Unjami festival, one of Japan’s Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties, was held in Yona, Kunigami (Tadanobu Miyagi, Mayor), where there were prayers for bountiful harvest and good health. The...
September 22, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
On the morning of September 22, the Kadena Town Council held a session at which they unanimously adopted a resolution and statement of protest against the parachute drop training carried out on the 21st at the U.S....
September 14, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
An LCC airline company, Vanilla Air, will start training pilots at the Shimojijima Airport in Mijakojima city, Okinawa, from October 11.
The training is planned to be held twice a year, and each training will...
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