April 27, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Mitsuo Kochi
The Iriomote orchid, or Iriomote-ran, a treasured orchid species said to be extinct in the wild, successfully bloomed under the care of an orchid hobbyist in Nago City. The grower has carefully tended to the plant since purchasing it from a retailer 40 years ago.
Iriomote orchids belong to the orchid family. In the wild, they grow on large trees and its stems tend to shoot upward. Because the bulbs emerge at the base of...
April 24, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Takaya Kinra
On April 10, in relation to the incident of organic fluorine compounds (PFAS) such as PFOS, which are suspected to be carcinogenic, being discharged from Futenma Air Station, the Ryukyu Shimpo requested that Associate Professor Koji Harada...
April 23, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 22, hospital workers at Okinawa Prefectural Nanbu Medical Center & Children’s Medical Center posted a sign in the fourth-floor windows of the east wing that read, “Thank you for your support.” The facility, which treats COVID-19 patients,...
April 23, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Northern Okinawa – In Nago, there are many cases of Anderson’s crocodile newts becoming roadkill. The Anderson’s crocodile newt (family Salimandriae) is nicknamed “the living fossil,” and is a natural monument designated by Okinawa prefecture. The Nago...
April 23, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Eriko Tamaki
Orion Breweries, Ltd., (Keiju Hayase, Representative Director andPresident), announced April 22 that they would cease production of the high-alcohol version of their chuhai beverage, “Watta Strong.”
The high alcohol content in the...
April 21, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Special Correspondent Yukito Kinjo
Iejima – In Ie village, where wheat production in Okinawa thrives, the color of gold has spread throughout the wheat fields, and farmers begun harvesting their crop, starting at the end of March onwards. On sunny days,...
April 20, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
At a sea lettuce farm in Yaga, Nago City, the asa sea lettuce—a popular spring food, is in peak harvest. The blooming asa has covered the coast in a beautiful green carpet.
On the morning of April 19, sea lettuce farmers went out to the beach during low...
April 17, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yuki Muramatsu
Yonaguni – At dawn on March 20, an eagerly-awaited male foal was born to Auri and Meri, Yonaguni horses at Rakujyu-en, a public park in Mishima, Shizuoka. On March 26, Toshio Sakimoto, chair of the Yonaguni Tourism Association received...
April 16, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 16, Satoru Nakasone, chairman of the Special Committee on Affairs of U.S. Military Bases, presented a letter of protest at the prefectural assembly. The letter was written in response to the accident in which a firefighting foam containing the harmful...
April 15, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
On April 14 the “All-Okinawa Coalition” (All-Okinawa Kaigi), which is made up of political parties and citizens’ groups that oppose relocation of Futenma Air Station to Henoko, Nago City, announced that it is temporarily suspending...
April 15, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Ururma Police arrested a 22-year-old unemployed man with no fixed address for fraud and traffic violations (driving without a license) after the man used “Uchikabi,” imitation paper money placed at tombs and shrines for ancestors to use in the afterlife, resembling...
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