December 23, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Washington Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha
On December 19 former U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, who worked as the chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell during George W. Bush’s administration, had an interview with the Ryukyu Shimpo. In the early 1990s when Wilkerson served in leadership roles at the Marine Corps War College in Virginia, he analyzed investigations and research concerning the realignment and closure...
December 21, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 20 the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly (chaired by Yonekichi Shinzato) held the final meeting of its November plenary session. At this meeting, the Assembly adopted a position statement through a majority vote, carried by the prefectural ruling coalition....
December 21, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
December 21 marked one week since soil deposits began at the planned land reclamation area in Oura Bay as part of the construction of the Futenma replacement facility in Henoko, Nago City. So, how do local Henoko citizens feel? Masao Nishikawa, 74 years old,...
December 18, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
At a little past 3:00 p.m. on December 18, the online petition to halt the new base construction in Henoko, Nago City in association with the relocation of the U.S. military Futenma Air Station surpassed its goal of 100,000 signatures and reached...
December 24, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yuri Shimizu
On December 25, it will have been once year since the reversion of the U.S. military’s Northern Training Area (NTA) land to landowners.
I took a walk through this land, led by Akino Miyagi, who researches insects...
December 20, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
Nago – Having received confirmation that the stray bullet discovered in...
December 18, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Urban Monorail suspended its service temporarily while an unexploded ordnance was diffused in Uebaru, Naha City during the morning hours on Dec.
16th. At each station, signs were posted near the turnstiles to notify passengers of...
December 15, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
“What can be said about a country that is able to show such contempt toward public opinion? The very nature of the country of Japan is being called into question.”
On December 14, Mikiko Onaga, 63, wife of former governor Takeshi Onaga,...
December 16, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Shimojishima Airport Management Co., Ltd. (SAMCO, Kentaro Tomono, Representative Director) in Miyakojima, which is set to open a passenger terminal at Shimojishima Airport on March 30, 2019, is working with around ten airlines to establish new...
December 5, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 29, Jetstar Asia Airways CEO Barathan Pasupathi visited Governor Denny Tamaki at the prefectural office.
Pasupathi expressed his gratitude for service between Naha and Singapore doing well.
This service route has entered...
December 13, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Special correspondent Yukiyo Zaha reports from Washington DC
On December 8, a petition website was created to halt the new base construction in Henoko, Nago City in association with the relocation of the U.S. military Futenma Air Station. The petition...
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