October 10, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 9, Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima and Ginowan Mayor Atsushi Sakima met with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura at the Prime Minister’s Office. During their meeting, the governor and mayor handed over a written statement to the ministers requesting that the central government review the deployment of the MV-22 Osprey to Okinawa.
Noda indicated that the government does not intend to withdraw...
October 3, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
As part of an ongoing business model project, the Naha Port Authority will start a pilot program to export used cars to Africa. The project has been carried out previously with Taiwan in order to establish a logistics business model.
On October 2, 2012...
October 8, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 7, the 42nd Naha Ozunahiki (Naha Tug of War) was held at the intersection of Route 58 in Kumoji, Naha. According to the organizers, about 275000 people participated in the festival, enjoying the vibrant atmosphere of the event in which huge...
October 7, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 6, the U.S. Marine Corps moved the remaining three MV-22 Ospreys that had been at U.S. Iwakuni Air Station to U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. The Marines have now completed the deployment to Okinawa of all of the 12 aircraft that had been at Iwakuni...
September 26, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 25, the Urasoe Commercial High School (UCHS) baseball team that took part in the national Koshien Summer Championship presented some “sacred soil” from the Koshien Stadium and a practice ball to Yo Teruya, a third-year student of the Okinawa...
October 4, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
In the morning of October 4, 245 people arrived at Naha Airport from Bangkok on a charter flight operated by Thai Airways International, the largest airline in Thailand. The Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau held a welcome ceremony for them in the international...
October 4, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 3 a citizens’ rally protesting against the Osprey deployment was held in the courtyard of Nago Municipal Office. This was the first rally to be held at the level of a village, town or city since the Osprey were deployed in Okinawa and according to...
September 23, 2012, Masaaki Umeda of Ryukyu Shimpo
Yaese Town will start promoting the Minatogawa Fissure archaeological site in Nagamo as one of the main tourist sites in southern Okinawa. The plan to promote the site where they found the 18000 year-old remains of the Minatogawa Man includes...
September 28, 2012 Ryota Shimabukuro of Ryukyu Shimpo
In the night of September 22, a celebration was held for Kikue Akamine at her home in Yakena, Yonashiro, in Uruma, to mark her 88th birthday (as calculated in the East Asian age system), which is known as beiju. Her daughter Asae...
October 05, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
In the morning of October 4 when MV-22 Osprey training began at Futenma Air Station, a team led by Takeshi Tokashiki, an associate professor the University of the Ryukyus conducted a noise survey on the occurrence of low-frequency sound recorded at take-offs....
September 26, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 25, Nissin Holdings Co., Ltd. officially launched a renewable-energy project using feed-in tariffs. The company has been working on projects to sell solar generated electricity by leasing the roofs of residential housings, and will sell all of the...
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