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New brand Kariyushi Style for ladies

New brand <em>Kariyushi</em> Style for ladies

July 14, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo

On July 13 at the Ryubo Department Store in Naha, the Prefectural Clothing and Garment Manufacturing Industrial Cooperative released three styles of women’s clothing under the new brand “Kariyushi Style” and held a small sale. The Cooperative also announced that this April they obtained a trademark for Kariyushi in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Hereafter the Cooperative will search for ways to develop the market.

While Kariyushi-style...

 

Large catch of suku on Ojima

Large catch of <em>suku</em> on Ojima

July 20, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo

On July 19, which is June 1 in the old lunar calendar, at Ojima in Nanjo, baby rabbitfish, called suku, were caught. Fishermen managed a good catch with about 360 kilograms being hauled in this day. Suku are about three to four centimeters long...

Executive committee established to organize protest rally against Osprey deployment

July 19, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo

On July 18, in the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly building, an executive committee was established to organize a protest rally against the deployment of the MV-22 Osprey vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft to MCAS Futenma. The committee plans to hold the...

Okinawa Prefectural Government produces new Okinawan mangoes

Okinawa Prefectural Government produces new Okinawan mangoes

July 13, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo

On July 12, the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Department (AFFD) of the Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG) announced two new varieties of Okinawan mango called natsukobeni and tilala. They are the first mangoes to be brought from the United...

Fireworks in Summer Festival at Ocean Expo Park

Fireworks in Summer Festival at Ocean Expo Park

July 15, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo

On July 14, the Summer Festival 2012 was held at the Ocean Expo Park in Motobu. About 48300 people enjoyed an exciting fireworks show.

The highlight of the event was the Niagara in which the fireworks ran about 300 meters along a wire suspended in the air....

Tokyo University students teach on a summer intensive course on Iheya Island

Tokyo University students teach on a summer intensive course on Iheya Island

July 16, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo

From August 11 to 18, Iheya Village is scheduled to hold a summer intensive course entitled “Tokyo University Cram School on Iheya,” in which University of Tokyo students are invited to teach junior high school students on Iheya Island. The project aims...

First resort facility in Japan for children from Fukushima opens in Kumejima

First resort facility in Japan for children from Fukushima opens in Kumejima

July 10, 2012 Yoko Morinaga, Correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo

On July 8, at the Kumejima Gushikawa Farmer’s Environment Improvement Center, an opening ceremony was held for the Okinawa Kumi no Sato, the first resort facility in Japan to receive children from Fukushima who experienced the...

In 2007 three U.S. military officers suggested that the Osprey is not the most appropriate aircraft for the Marine Corps

In 2007 three U.S. military officers suggested that the Osprey is not the most appropriate aircraft for the Marine Corps

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

Objections have arisen within the U.S. military with regard to the introduction of MV-22 Osprey vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft. In 2007, officers enrolled at the Naval Postgraduate School in California...

Pupils of Futenma No. 2 Elementary School express their anxiety about U.S. military bases in an essay collection, Sotetsu

Pupils of Futenma No. 2 Elementary School express their anxiety about U.S. military bases in an essay collection, <em>Sotetsu</em>

July 13, 2012 Yoshiya Hokama of Ryukyu Shimpo

The U.S. Marine Corps’ plan for the deployment of the MV-22 Osprey vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft to Futenma Air Station in August has caused anxiety among pupils who go to the Futenma No. 2 Elementary School which is adjacent...

Wansaka Oura Park runs metamorphic rock-viewing tour

Wansaka Oura Park runs metamorphic rock-viewing tour

July 11, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo

To mark the Kayo Fold (metamorphic rock) being designated as a national natural treasure, on July 5, at Teniya in Nago, on a trial basis the Wansaka Oura Park held a metamorphic rocks-viewing tour. A total of 21 people including municipal office officials, local...

Nosoko Sakae Community Group compiles stories in a book

Nosoko Sakae Community Group compiles stories in a book

July 12, 2012

To mark the 50th anniversary of the settlement of Nosoko Sakae, Ishigaki City from the main island of Okinawa, histories and experiences of pioneers who moved into the area as immigrants sent by the Ryukyu Government, were compiled into a book called Kaitaku. On June...