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Movie about Mr. and Mrs. Penguin, the couple that triggered the boom in chunky hot sesame oil condiment

Movie about Mr. and Mrs. Penguin, the couple that triggered the boom in chunky hot sesame oil condiment

August 12, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo

On August 10, at the Okinawa Prefectural Office, a press conference for a movie entitled Penguin Fufu was held with the actual couple and members of the cast present. The movie tells the story of their bond as a married couple and depicts many interesting episodes from their life together. When Airi, who hails from Tokyo, married her husband Gyoko, who is from China, she assumed his surname, “Penguin,” (actually “Pengin”) and they...

 

Senior Research Fellow of U.S. think tank recommends that national security imperatives should trump what suits Okinawa

August 15, 2012 Hideki Matsudo of Ryukyu Shimpo reports from Washington D.C.

On the topic of the Futenma relocation issue, in his report published in June 2011, Bruce Klingner, a senior research fellow for Northeast Asia in the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation, suggested that...

Three young people from South America eager to learn about Okinawan culture

Three young people from South America eager to learn about Okinawan culture

August 7, 2010 Ryukyu Shimpo

On August 1, the opening ceremony for the 27th South America Youth Internship was held at Ginoza Village International Exchange Center. Its goal was to welcome three young people from Argentina, Brazil, and Peru who are descendants of migrants from Ginoza Village.

This...

Italian solar-car race team presents model car to Team Okinawa

Italian solar-car race team presents model car to Team Okinawa

August 6, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo

An engineer team from Modena in Italy that participated in the World Solar Challenge race held in October 2011 in Australia presented a model car to Team Okinawa, the first Okinawan team to take part in the world’s largest solar-powered car race. The model car...

Kyu-bon curry will go on sale to promote the eisa town

<em>Kyu-bon</em> curry will go on sale to promote the <em>eisa</em> town

August 3, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo

From August 13, the Okinawa City Tourism Association and Otsuka Foods, a company producing the Japanese well-known retort-pouched goods Bon-curry, will sell a jointly planned product called Kyu-bon curry.

The Bon-curry is sold in Okinawa as a limited...

Worldwide Youth Uchinanchu Festival in Brazil leads to new movement

Worldwide Youth U<em>chinanchu</em> Festival in Brazil leads to new movement

August 6, 2012 Akiko Yasuhara, Correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo

The 1st Worldwide Youth Uchinanchu Festival Brazil 2011, started in Sao Paulo on July 25 with about 150 people from seven countries participating in the five-day long event. The participants were mainly young Uchina...

Maruichi Meat expands exports of agu pork to Hong Kong

Maruichi Meat expands exports of <em>agu</em> pork to Hong Kong

August 4, 2012 Maki Nagamine of Ryukyu Shimpo

Meat distributor Maruichi Meat is about to commence regular supply of agu pork, a traditional breed of Ryukyuan pig, to the Sogo Department Store in Hong Kong. Maruichi Meat has exported agu pork to Hong Kong in the past, and this...

Worldwide Youth Uchinanchu Festival closes with local festival in Sao Paulo

Worldwide Youth <em>Uchinanchu</em> Festival closes with local festival in Sao Paulo

July 31, 2012 Akiko Yasuhara Correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo

On July 29, at the Brazil Okinawa Cultural Center in Sao Paulo, a local festival was held bringing the 1st Worldwide Youth Uchinanchu Festival 2012 to an end. A total of 150 young people from seven different countries celebrated...

North America Kin Chojinkai Club celebrates 90th anniversary

North America Kin Chojinkai Club celebrates 90th anniversary

July 23, 2012 Sadao Tome Correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo

“Go out and make the five continents into our home.” In 1898, Kyuzo Toyama, “the father-figure of Okinawan immigrants,” and 26 migrant workers from Kin Town arrived in Hawaii. In 1902, Kyuzo’s younger brother, Matasuke, landed...

Worldwide Youth Uchinanchu Festival in Brazil adopts a declaration to create a sustainable network

Worldwide Youth <em>Uchinanchu</em> Festival in Brazil adopts a declaration to create a sustainable network

July 30, 2012 Akiko Yasuhara Correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo in Brazil

On July 28, the closing ceremony of the 1st Worldwide Youth Uchinanchu Festival was held at the Okinawa Kenjin-Kaikan in Sao Paulo, Brazil. About 150 people participated in the festival from seven countries, discussing...

Miyara and local children clean and repaint 730 monument

Miyara and local children clean and repaint 730 monument

August 4, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo

On July 27, Eiju Miyara from Miyara, Ishigaki and four pupils from Miyara Elementary School repainted the 730 (representing July 30) monument and cleaned the surrounding area to commemorate the anniversary of July 30, 1978, when the road rules switched from people...