December 17, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
An open lecture titled, “Exploring the emotional wounds of the Battle of Okinawa” was held on December 13 in Nishihara Town. A woman who experienced the Battle of Okinawa and has suffered Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms for many years told of her agony and hardships. Two psychiatrists advised that allowing patients to share their pain would relieve them.
Tsuruko Uchihara, 84, who experienced the Battle of Okinawa at the...
December 20, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 19, the Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG) announced the number of tourist visitations to Okinawa from January to November 2014. The number was 6,507,000, a new yearly record, exceeding 6,413,700 in the calendar year of 2013(from January to December...
December 21, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 21, the Okinawa Police Station arrested a military police officer stationed at the U.S. Kadena Air Base on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol (violation of traffic law in Japan). According to police, the suspect has admitted to the...
December 18, 2014 Haruko Tabuki of Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) will build a “maritime experiment facility (tentative name),” for research and observation of marine life, at the site of Seragaki Fishing Port in Onna Village.
It will...
December 10, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
Paralympian athlete Hirokazu Ueyonabaru, 43, was awarded the grand prize in the 19th Okinawa Colony Award on December 9. The award ceremony was held at the Naha Terrace Hotel in Naha. The award is given to physically disabled people and groups of people, who...
December 16, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 16, the Okinawa City Council unanimously adopted a protest resolution and opinion letter over a hit-and -run incident involving a U.S. military officer. The incident occurred at Misato, Okinawa City, on December 4, and a U.S Marine Major is under...
December 16, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 16, Seiken Akamine, Kantoku Teruya, Denny Tamaki and Toshinobu Nakazato, who were elected in single-seat constituencies in Okinawa’s House of Representatives poll, visited the sit-in protest site at U.S. Marine Camp Schwab. About 70 citizens cheered...
December 15, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On the morning of December 15 overnight after a national House of Representatives election, underwater research activities by the Okinawa Defense Bureau were confirmed off the coast of Camp Schwab in the Henoko district of Nago. The U.S. and Japanese governments...
December 15, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
Yaese Town and 26 students belonging to a Chinese course in Koyo High School have co-created a promotional video about the town in Chinese.
On November 28, they screened the movie at the school.
The students worked in 8 groups to create the video,...
December 10, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 9, U.S. forces in Japan eased its ‘liberty policy’, the code of conduct for the U.S. service members and civilian employees in Okinawa. The new regulation allows them to stay out and drink somewhat freely during off-duty hours. The U.S. military...
December 11, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
75-year-old Tsuneko Machida from Uechi Style Ageda Women’s Karate School in Adaniya, Kitanakagusuku Village passed a level four test. Tsuneko joined the Karate School when she was 63 years old. For 12 years, she regularly attended practices on Wednesdays...
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