April 18, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Jeju Museum of Art on Jeju Island off the southern coast of South Korea began their “Post Trauma Exhibit” March 31 to mark the 70th anniversary of the “Jeju Uprising,” a revolt that resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of island residents at the hand of the South Korean military. The exhibit will run through June 24. The exhibit will display works from 10 artists both from South Korea and abroad with the themes of peace and human rights. The...
April 20, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
How did a person from the Paleolithic era 27,000 years ago look?
On April 20 at 9:30 a.m., the Okinawa Prefectural Buried Cultural Property Center announced that the work of restoring the face from a skull found at Shiraho Saonetabaru Cave Ruins has been completed....
April 20, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Washington Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha reporting
At the UN Headquarters in New York, the Seventeenth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) opened on April 16 to discuss expanding protections for indigenous people’s rights....
April 17, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 16, Governor of Okinawa Takeshi Onaga came to work at the Prefectural Office for the first time in 12 days, after he had been told to rest following the discovery of a tumor in his pancreas. As for attending the first policy...
April 13, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The University of the Ryukyus has teamed up with the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership (MSBP), an international conservation project that collects and stores seeds from all over the world to ensure the Earth’s biodiversity for the future.
Researchers...
April 13, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
If construction of the replacement facility for Futenma Air Station in Henoko, Nago City is completed, some structures in Toyohara Ward and the Henoko Ordnance Ammunition Depot in Camp Schwab will surpass the height restrictions set by...
April 14, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The...
April 13, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Kazuo Minato, a 59- year-old animal photographer from Nishihara town, found a blue Okinawa Ishikawagaeru (Odorrana ishikawae) which he managed to capture in a close-range photo.
It is said that the species is Japan’s most beautiful...
April 13, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Masanao Chinen
On April 1, Okinawa Prefecture opened a “Be.Okinawa Inbound Medical Interpretation Contact Center” to provide interpretation by phone at medical sites where communication with foreign tourists is an issue.
Travel...
April 10, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 9, the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) started work on N3 seawall in Henoko, part of construction for a replacement facility for Futenma Air Station.
N3 is the final section needed to enclose one area on the south side of...
April 6, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
In December last year a window from a large U.S. military helicopter fell on the sports field of Futenma Daini Elementary School in Ginowan City, Okinawa.
The sports field was reopened for use on February 13 and remained open until the end of...
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