May 4, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On May 3, Ryukyu Shimpo interviewed former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.
Hatoyama has been traveling Okinawa and the world even after he retired from the Diet and has been sharing his ideas on realizing peace.
Regarding the Okinawa issues in central politics, he said, “The opposition party is weak.
They should clearly say ‘No’ to Henoko and convey a message that supports Okinawa, which fights at the forefront.”
Meanwhile,...
May 2, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
A sea turtle was found swimming in the ocean around Camp Schwab in Henoko, Nago City where a new military base is under construction.
Crushed stones continued to be poured in the ocean at the K4 site where bank protection...
April 29, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
April 28 marked 66 years since the day in 1952 that the San Francisco Peace Treaty came into effect and separated Okinawa from Japanese sovereignty, known to Okinawans as a day of humiliation.
A group pledging to never forget this...
April 30, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Special Corresponded Tamiko Suzuki
Washington D.C. – It has been 35 years since Jesse Shokan Shima gathered 27 people at his home, and started the Okinawa Kai of Washington D.C. Since then, the Okinawa Kai has...
April 26, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 25, the Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG) announced that compared to fiscal year (FY) 2016, FY 2017 saw a 9.2% increase in incoming tourists, or 809,800 more people, for a record high of 9,579,000.
There were several...
April 25, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo – It was learned on April 24 that the security contractor awarded the...
Yaese Lion Dance group, which consists of traditional-arts performers in Yaese town, visited Hue City in Vietnam to participate Hue Festival 2018, which opened on April 27.
The group, led by Takeshi Kamiya, visited the Hue Central Hospital to hold a workshop with Thai Nghi Duong Lion dance...
April 25, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
April 25 marked one year since embankment work commenced for the new base in Henoko, Nago City.
The Helicopter Base Objection Association held a sit-in on the water in Oura Bay.
A little after 9:00 a.m., 150 people called to action assembled...
April 27, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
As of April 28, it has been two years since it occurred that a U.S. military contractor sexually assaulted and murdered a woman in the central part of Okinawa Island.
On the 26th an attorney who represents the family of the deceased released...
Many people visited sunny beaches on March 18, which is March 3 on the old lunar calendar, to hold an event called Hama-ori. Many children enjoyed clam digging on the beaches.
About 40 children, aged four to five, from Gajimaru nursery school in Mekaru, Naha City,...
April 17, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Around 3:30 p.m. on April 16 in Matsuda, Ginoza Village, 10 or more U.S. military amphibious vehicles crossed National Route 329 while traveling from the ocean toward the mountains. Regular traffic was stopped for over 10 minutes as the amphibious vehicles passed....
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