July 14, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Ryota Nakamura
In the month since its release on YouTube, the music video “Yonaguni,” titled after Japan’s westernmost island, as gained over 200 million views (as of July 13 in Japan). The song is the new release of the Puerto Rican reggaeton and Latin trap rapper Bad Bunny. However, he is not well known in Okinawa, and representatives from Yonaguni City Hall have given comments like, “I don’t know much more about it than I’ve...
July 15, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On July 12, an endangered hawksbill sea turtle was seen laying her eggs on the coast of Itoman. Koki Tokumura, a resident known by locals and on the radio as a lover of turtles discovered the nest and took a video. “It’s the first time in my life...
July 13, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
The final regular meeting of the June session of the Okinawa prefectural assembly was held on July 12. In June there was an outflow accident on the U.S. Army Oil Storage Facility in Uruma City involving contaminated water containing organic fluorine...
July 4, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Mitsue Chinen
(Ie) With the aim of teaching about the tragedy of battle on Iejima and instilling a wish for peace, Ie Elementary School (principal: Kyoko Kohatsu) has established a curriculum for first-grade to sixth-grade students, adapted...
July 13 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Urasoe – A special project to raise sea urchins on land using leaves from the shimaguwa, an island mulberry tree specially raised in the city, is underway at Makiminato Fishing Port in Urasoe. On July 5, some of these were opened as a test, and there...
July 8, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
July 7 was Tanabata, or the Star Festival. This year, a high-pressure system hung over the Okinawa region, allowing observers to see the Milky Way spread out in the evening sky like a sparkling ribbon.
According to a myth cherished...
July 7, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On July 6 the Third Petty Bench of the Supreme Court (Presiding Judge Michiharu Hayashi) dismissed the final appeal of the Henoko coral lawsuit filed by the Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG). The lawsuit was in response to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry...
July 8, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On July 7, the Naha District Court announced their decision in the case brought by 12 Japanese staff working on U.S. military bases who claimed they had received undue punishment, including suspension, without factual basis. The plaintiffs sought confirmation...
July 9, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
At around 1:00 p.m. on July 8, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) alerted Naha city that “Unexploded ordinance has been found” at a construction site next to a residential building in Hantagawa. The ordinance was a five-inch-long U.S....
July 6, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yuki Nakamura
In 2021, Okinawa again saw a trend of schools postponing or changing the destination of their school trips.
According to the Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau (OCVB), the number of schools planning to travel to Okinawa...
July 2, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On July 2, the Okinawa Meteorological Agency announced that rainy season is ending in Okinawa. The end this year comes 11 days later than an average year (June 21), and 20 days later than last year (June 12). The start of rainy season was May 5 this...
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