April 25, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
Tomohiro Yara (independent), who was newly elected to the Lower House Okinawa No. 3 district seat in the by-election on April 21, attended his first Diet session on the morning of April 25.
He said, “Problems in Okinawa are but a symptom of one of this country’s pathologies. I want to properly delve into the problems.”
Yara has entered the Lower House coalition the Democratic Party of Japan and Club of Independents,...
April 23, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 22 Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki submitted materials to the Committee for Settling National-Local Disputes, an entity belonging to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, requesting a third-party review of Land Minister’s decision to...
April 20, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Naoki Isa, New York
The Ryukyu Koten Afuso Ryu Ongaku Kenkyuu Choichi Kai USA (The Afuso School Style of Classical Ryukyu Music Association) and its president, Grant Sadami Murata, presented “TOBE! Uta Sanshin in NY” at the Carnegie Hall in New York...
April 23, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yoshinori Takada
There have been countless incidents of problems relating to relationships with and marriages to U.S. military personnel and base workers.
In 2018, 87 people consulted with Women’s Pride, an NPO that provides consultation relating...
April 20, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
A part of the ongoing dispute over new U.S. military base construction in the Henoko neighborhood of Nago, Okinawa, a group of 16 anti-base residents who live in the area where land reclamation work is ongoing just off the coast of Henoko have filed a lawsuit against...
April 21, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tomohiro Yara, 56, is a freelance journalist and a new independent candidate in the Lower House by-election in the Okinawa No. 3 district backed by the “All Okinawa” camp.
He won in the by-election held on April 21 after Denny Tamaki resigned...
April 17, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
The ruling for the appeal in the 2nd Futenma noise pollution lawsuit, in which the 3,415 residents who live in the area around MCAS Futenma filed suit seeking a substantive flight stoppage as well as compensation for both past and future damage, was handed down...
April 19, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG) has declared American Grammy-winning musical artist Skip Martin, 61, a goodwill ambassador for Okinawa.
At Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 16, Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki met Martin to present him with a certificate...
April 18, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 16 the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) publicized the results of its 2018 investigation of the dugong habitat.
According to the investigation, on August 22, 2018 two dugong specimens thought to be parent and child were seen from a helicopter at...
April 19, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yousuke Asato
“I’m proud to have connected with Okinawa.”
On April 9, Natalie Ann Yasumine, a second-generation Okinawan descendant from Georgia, arrived in Okinawa with the goal of meeting her relatives, which she accomplished.
She...
April 4, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Friends of the Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum hosted an educational 5K peace walk in Naha City on April 13. The course stretched from “Sugarloaf Hill”, which was the bloodiest battlefield during the Battle of Okinawa, to Shuri Park, where the former...
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