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The summer heat carries into November all over Okinawa with Hateruma recording a 29.3 degree temperature

The summer heat carries into November all over Okinawa with Hateruma recording a 29.3 degree temperature

November 20, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo

The Okinawan archipelago experienced a high-pressure system November 19 that brought with it blue sunny skies. Naha Port recorded a temperature of 28.6 degrees Celsius, and other areas saw similarly summery temperatures such as Iriomote Island in Taketomi hitting 29.2 degrees and Hateruma Island reaching 29.3 degrees.
Noriko Kinjo, 60, who was visiting Senaga Island in Tomigusuku with her grandson Yuma, 5, said smiling, “The weather was great and...

 

Miyako’s Sashiba migration survey reports 2,333 fewer birds than last year during “kanro”

Miyako’s Sashiba migration survey reports 2,333 fewer birds than last year during “kanro”

November 16, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

The Okinawa Prefectural Government’s Nature Conservation Division and Miyako Island’s birding society, Miyako Yacho no Kai, led by Kunihiro Nakachi, reported the results of its annual sashiba (grey-faced buzzard) migratory bird survey. The survey...

Video – Bank of the Ryukyus to open main office, built during U.S. control of Okinawa, to the public prior to reconstruction

November 16, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

As part of the reconstruction of their headquarters in Kumoji, Naha, the Bank of the Ryukyus will be temporarily moving their main office and headquarters to the Naha Port Building in Higashimachi in December. The headquarters, which is scheduled...

“Okinawa’s struggle on the edge of non-violence” discussed at Naha symposium 50 years after Koza riot, links to the present explored

“Okinawa’s struggle on the edge of non-violence” discussed at Naha symposium 50 years after Koza riot, links to the present explored

November 9, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo

In light of the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Koza riot on December 20, the editors of the quarterly journal “Nuchi Du Takara” held a symposium at the “Mizu Praça” in Naha titled “The Koza Riot and BLM: Underground Water Veins of Public Uprisings.”...

With a fighting shout accompanied with Music, Bunshiro Nagamine leads “Radio Karate” at Yaesekotoshien School

With a fighting shout accompanied with Music, Bunshiro Nagamine leads “Radio Karate” at Yaesekotoshien School

November 13 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo

Yaese – Yaesekotoshien School spent their physical education class on November 4 learning “Radio Karate,” karate done set to accompanying music. The class was led by Bunshiro Nagamine, 43, a teacher at Tomari Elementary School in Naha.
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Jon Kabira’s Program Wins the Grand Prix at the 2020 JBA Awards Understanding His Father’s Post-War History

Jon Kabira’s Program Wins the Grand Prix at the 2020 JBA Awards Understanding His Father’s Post-War History

November 10, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo

On November 10, the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association (JBA) held the awards ceremony for the 2020 JBA Awards to honor programming that has contributed to the elevation of broadcast culture. The J-WAVE program, J-WAVE SELECTION GENERATION TO GENERATION~STORIES...

Higashi mayor urges peace marchers to keep “speaking out” against military flights over residential areas

Higashi mayor urges peace marchers to keep “speaking out” against military flights over residential areas

November 12, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo

On November 11, at an interview held at the Highashi Village Office with participants in the Okinawa Peace March including Takao Takeda of the Buddhist sect Nipponzan Myohoji, 68, Mayor Masanobu Toyama of Higashi Village said, “I want us to continue speaking...

POLA ranks Okinawan skin most resilient to stress, thanks to pork and bitter melon

POLA ranks Okinawan skin most resilient to stress, thanks to pork and bitter melon

November 13, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo

On Good Skin Day, which falls on Nov 12, the Tokyo-based cosmetics giant POLA announced the results of the 2020 POLA Apex Nippon Bihada-ken Grand Prix, a ranking of Japan’s 47 prefectures based on the skin survey it carries out on women across the country....

Silver grass rustles in the gentle autumn breeze throughout Okinawa

Silver grass rustles in the gentle autumn breeze throughout Okinawa

November 11, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo

November 9 in Okinawa was an unusually chilly day, with a cool breeze that could be felt throughout the region. On Okinawa’s main island, the temperature dropped from 1-3 degrees Celsius below usual temperatures for this time of year, making the day feel more...

“Don’t give up hope” teen leukemia survivor wins essay contests sharing her battle

“Don’t give up hope” teen leukemia survivor wins essay contests sharing her battle

November 10, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Kumiko Yoshihara

“I wanted to share my story to encourage sick and hospitalized kids going through a difficult time”—17-year-old Kimika Katayama, a third-year student at Okinawa Shogaku High School, explained her motivation for writing about her...

1960 photograph by Tokyo photographer Tsukamoto showing indominable Akagi tree ravaged by war added to Shuri Castle signboard

1960 photograph by Tokyo photographer Tsukamoto showing indominable Akagi tree ravaged by war added to Shuri Castle signboard

November 3, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Ryota Shimabukuro

Recently, a photograph taken by photographer Fumio Tsukamoto, of Tokyo, in 1960 was added to the signboard in front of a large Akagi tree in Shuri Castle Park in Naha, the withered trunk of which remained even after being ravaged during...