April 25, 2011 ,by Yuuna Fukuhara,staff writer of Ryukyu Shimpo
THE 27th ALL JAPAN TRIATHLON MIYAKOJIMA was held on Miyakojima Island on April 24 (co-hosted by Miyakojima City and Ryukyu Shimpo)
One thousand three hundred forty six competitors (1176 male and 170 female) took part in this very strenuous event, which consisted of a three-kilometer swim, a 155-kilometer bicycle ride followed by a 42.195-kilometer full marathon.
The lead in the men’s race changed from one moment...
April 17, 2011. by Masatoshi Inafuku, staff writer of Ryukyu Shimpo.
Taketomi Island – deigo tree flower viewing is at its best from early April on Taketomi, one of the Yaeyama Islands south-west of Okinawa. Deigo trees damaged by insects called Deigo-himekobachi, have been...
April 17, 2011 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 16, Hong Kong companies resumed tours to Japan after halting them after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Hong Kong tour company EGL Tours brought 63 tourists, including media people, to Okinawa from Hong Kong. All such companies in Hong Kong suspended...
April 16, 2011 Ryukyu Shimpo
The “A-Sign Story,” about the evolution of Okinawan rock music, was performed at Music Town Oto Ichiba in Okinawa City on the night of April 8.
The performance was delivered as an Ongakugeki, an alternative form of musical in which the singing...
April 15, 2011 Ryukyu Shimpo
“Nerpai,” a traditional Ryukyuan ritual in which people pray for a good harvest and set up charms against tsunami, was carried out in Miyakojima City on April 12.
The citizens of two villages, Sunagawa and Tomori, took part in the ritual. Local women...
April 13, 2011 Ryukyu Shimpo
Nagamine Automobile Maintenance Factory, headed by Akira Nagamine, succeeded in converting a gasoline-driven vehicle to one powered by electricity, which was then registered and given a number plate.
This is the first time in Okinawa that an automobile maintenance...
April 12, 2011. Ryukyu Shimpo.
Taketomi on Iriomote Island: “Yon,” a male Iriomote wildcat raised for about 14 years and eight months in the Iriomote Wildlife Conservation Center run by the Ministry of the Environment, died at 1:59pm on April 9. His estimated age of 15 years...
April 12, 2011. Ryukyu Shimpo
The 2011 Fishing Trade Show was held at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan City in Okinawa on April 9 and 10, with 72 companies related to fishing and boat manufacturing participating from Okinawa and further afield. Many fishing fans came to get a chance...
Fifteen years on since the Futenma agreement between US and Japan – “Level of risk to residents unchanged.”
April 12, 2011 by Teppei Ikeda, Ryukyu Shimpo.
Ginowan City – 15 years have passed since Japan and the United States agreed that the Marine Corps...
April 10, 2011 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 9, during the Seimei Festival, in which Okinawan people hold a memorial service for their ancestors, the fourth Cornerstone of Peace Memorial Seimei Festival for the souls of war dead whose names are engraved on the marble tablets at Mabuni was held at...
April 7, 2010 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa AMICUS International School (AMICUS) was opened in Enobi, Uruma-City, Okinawa on April 7.
AMICUS will accept children of researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), which is scheduled to open in the 2012 academic year....
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