January 19, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
In response to consecutive emergency landings of U.S. Marine Corps helicopters, the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly held an extraordinary plenary session on the morning of January 19 and unanimously passed a protest resolution and opinion statement calling for suspension of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma’s operations by the end of February in 2019.
This is the first time that the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly has stated the...
January 21, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Hiroko Sato, Style Editor
A shining cloud racing through the sky like a phoenix.
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched their small-engine Epsilon-3 rocket January 18.
A fantasy-like video of the launch...
January 18, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Japanese Ministry of Defense announced on the afternoon of January 18 that three U.S. military helicopters flew over Futenma Daini Elementary School in Ginowan City earlier that day.
It was the same elementary school where,...
January 17, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Visitors are thronging to Genka, Nago in Okinawa Prefecture to see the charming white plum blossoms in full bloom along the road in the Ohshittai wetlands area.
The plum trees were planted by local residents. Spectators...
January 22, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Ayako Sakaguchi
It came to Ryukyu Shimpo’s attention on January 21 that toxic substances such as the carcinogen benzene are present on the site where a CH-53E U.S. military helicopter went up in flames and came to the ground...
January 19, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 18 the residents’ liaison association to oppose militarization of Ishigaki held a citizens’ rally at Ishigaki Citizen Hall to ask that the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) not be deployed to Ishigaki Island.
According to the organizers...
January 19, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 18, the Futenma Daini Elementary School conducted an evacuation drill assuming a situation in which a U.S. military aircraft approaches the airspace over the school.
With evaluators stationed by the Okinawa Defense...
January 13, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Shanghai Hai Hua Shipping Company (HASCO), a Chinese maritime transport company, has begun operating international container ships on a route between Naha Port and Ho Chi Minh Port in Vietnam through Keelung Port in Taiwan. On January 18 the first ship to take...
January 12, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Marine Leisure Safety Bureau (OMSB) will institute its system to certify the excellence of diving companies and guides on April 1. On January 11, OMSB signed a comprehensive business alliance with the Okinawa Tourism Convention Bureau (OCVB) to launch...
January 11, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 91st Kinema Jumpo top ten ranking for movies released in 2017 was announced January 10. “Target Island Kaji kataka,” the movie that deals with issues of military bases and the deployment of self defence forces on neighboring islands such as Miyako and...
January 14, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, selected Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, number one on its “2018 Top Destinations on the Rise” list announced January 13.
User reviews highlighted coastal landscape that features “picturesque scenery” that...
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