October 1, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
It has been seven years since the MV-22 vertical-takeoff-and-landing-capable (VTOL) transport aircraft was deployed to MCAS Futenma in Ginowan. As part of measures taken to reduce noise pollution from aircraft (the noise pollution prevention agreement), flights are restricted from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. the following morning.
Since 2017, the proportion of Osprey takeoffs and landings in violation of this agreement among all such flights has been gradually...
Satoko Oka Norimatsu, Editor, The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
This summer, I went to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or in Japanese, Chosen Minshushugi Jinmin Kyowakoku (in short, “Chosen”), with three of my girlfriends.
Western media propagates this country...
September 26, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Saki Yoshida
Part of the work on Prefectural Route 24 Bypass, which is Okinawa is constructing to connect Chatan and Okinawa City, is being suspended as Okinawa has not received permission from the U.S. military for the work.
Part of the planned...
September 27, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 25 an exhibition of all 14 panels of the Pictures of the Battle of Okinawa (Okinawasen no Zu) by the husband and wife artists, the late Iri and Shun Maruki, opened at the Sakima Art Museum (Director Michio Sakima).
This exhibit commemorates...
September 19, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
The “2019 Asia Cruise Forum Jeju,” an annual forum meant to stimulate the Asian cruise market, took place from August 28-30 on Jeju Island, Korea, where Okinawa was selected as the top port of call in Asia.
The number of ports, Okinawa’s nature...
September 26, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Junko Uechi
Kitadaito—The Daito, a passenger-cargo ship connecting Kitadaito island to Naha, resumed operations on September 25.
Its operation was suspended on September 11, due to stormy conditions and a typhoon passing by.
Many flights...
Satoko Oka Norimatsu, Editor, The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
I am writing this in Hiroshima on August 6, on the 74th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city.
For the last 13 years, I have participated in an annual peace study tour for U.S. and Japanese university students...
September 21, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Yo Kakazu
(Nanjo) Clothed in a wedding dress, Tomi said, “at last.” On August 30, Tomi, 87, and Yukichi, 86, finally celebrated their matrimony as bride and groom after 69 years of marriage. At the time of their marriage, they were unable to celebrate...
September 21, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
JTA (Japan Transocean Air) President Noriyuki Aoki announced that one round-trip flight between Naha and Ho Chi Minh will be available for charter in December and again in February 2020. JTA has had success with its Seoul, Taiwan and Hong Kong routes; the charter...
September 13, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo – Japan’s Cabinet Office opened an investigative commission to discuss future challenges for the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate School September 12.
In June, the Ministry of Finance released an expenditure review,...
September 15, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Shurijo Castle Park’s annual celebration of the fall equinox, “Mid-Autumn Celebration” (Chushu no Utage) kicked off on September 14, on the special stage set up in the Seiden, or main hall area, of Shurijo Castle.
The event includes a reenactment...
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