July 6, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Peace Movement Center held a protest march on July 5 against the deployment of more Osprey to Okinawa, and has demanded the removal of the aircraft from the prefecture. About 60 people marched from Nodake Gate of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan to Ishihira Gate of Camp Foster in Kitanakagusuku.
The U.S. military plans to place 12 more MV-22 Osprey aircraft to Futenma Air Station at the beginning of August. Shouting, “Do...
July 7, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
People in Kubura on Yonaguni Island saw the Milky Way in the southeastern sky the day before the Star Festival on July 7.
To the naked eye, the Milky Way looked like a white, blurry cloud extending from the southeastern to the eastern sky, but a camera using...
July 4, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On July 3, Air China restarted its Naha-Beijing service that had been suspended from October 10, 2012 because of the Senkaku Islands dispute between Japan and China. At 7:00 p.m. that evening 136 people arrived at Naha Airport from Beijing and 59 people went to Beijing...
June 29, 2013
A species of terrestrial crab known as okagani came from inland on Ikema Island in Miyako to the coast to spawn on the night on June 23. That night the full moon, known as the “Super Moon,” looked much bigger and brighter than usual. With their eggs stuck on their...
July 8, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On July 8, which is June 1 in the lunar calendar, there was a good catch of suku fish on Ojima Island, Nanjo. Called suku in Okinawa, they are young rabbitfish, which are normally eaten salted. In the past people used to catch these fish over just a few days between...
July 2, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
An Uchinaguchi educational CD entitled “Uchinaguchi Learning Beginning Level” became available on July 5 from made-in-okinawa.com. Okinawan actor Masao Hachiki appears in the CD and does the instruction. Similar to English language educational...
June 30, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
At 8:00 p.m. on June 29, the Ryukyu Shimpo received information from many readers that “An orange light is flashing in the sky.” People seemed worried as they looked at the light in the sky above U.S. military bases.
However, at 9:00 p.m., the...
July 3, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
In an event that celebrates the 120th anniversary of the establishment of the Ryukyu Shimpo, the newspaper will invite two-time Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone to Okinawa. The event will feature a lecture by Stone with a panel discussion. Stone will observe...
July 7, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Tonan Shokubutsu Rakuen (Botanical Garden) resumed operation on July 6 after being temporarily closed for renovations. Many people, including tourists and families from within and outside the prefecture, visited the park and enjoyed the more than 1,333 species...
July 2, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Ryukyu Shimpo, Okinawa Television Broadcasting and Radio Okinawa held a kick-off event for a dieting project on a stage set up in the open space in front of Palette-Kumoji Shopping Centre in Naha on July 1.
The companies named the project Ichikiro Herasu (Lose...
July 2, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Ministry of Defense announced on July 1 that the U.S. Marine Corps will send 12 additional MV-22 Osprey aircraft to U.S. Iwakuni Air Station, Yamaguchi, from July 28 to 31. The vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft will be deployed to U.S. Marine Corps...
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