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 100,343 signatures. People supporting the purpose of the petition used social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, to call out to others to sign the petition, which rapidly spread beyond the U.S....
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...
December 16, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 15 as part of construction of the Futenma replacement facility in Henoko, Nago City, soil deposits into the planned land reclamation area at Cape Henoko on Camp Schwab continued. Work temporarily stopped when the soil hauled in on December 14 was...
December 11, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 11 the Yomitan Village Assembly (chaired by Atsushi Iha) unanimously passed a position statement and protest resolution relating to an incident in which a U.S. Air Force soldier in possession of a handgun deserted his base and went missing. The position...
December 14, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
In reaction to the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) starting land reclamation in the water off the coast of Henoko, Nago as part of new U.S. military base construction December 14, Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki gave remarks to reporters at the Okinawa...
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