March 6, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Washington Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha
The U.S. Congress established the Congressional Commission on U.S. Strategic Posture, chaired by former Secretary of Defense William Perry. This Commission was tasked with developing the former Obama administration’s Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), a road map for nuclear strategy policy. When the Commission held a discussion with Japan, a minister at the Embassy of Japan in Washington at the time, Takeo...
February 20, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The progressing militarization of the Ryukyu Islands is a dangerous plan. It should not even be worth considering.
The Japanese government is currently considering deploying a surface-to-ship missile defense unit on Honto, the main Okinawan island. They...
February 28, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Mikako Shimoji
“Kushiti,” cillantro that has been used and enjoyed in dishes on Yonaguni Island in Okinawa is becoming a center of campaign to promote the herb. The Yonaguni town signed an ordinance to mark second Sunday of December as “Kushiti...
March 1, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 28 it came to light that Morimasa Goya, the chairman of Kanehide Holdings, has stepped down from his post as a co-representative of the All-Okinawa Coalition. The Coalition is an organization established by those who aim to prevent construction of the...
February 28, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
A contest judging the awamori liquor that sleeps in Okinawan households kicked off at the Okinawa Regional Taxation Office in Naha February 27. The contest is evaluating 128 submissions collected through February 28 of awamori that has both been aging in a single...
March 1, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
Around 5:30 pm on February 28 at Ginowan City Funtenma Elementary School, a transport aircraft Osprey was photographed flying. A student’s family member spotted and videotaped the Osprey. The video footage shows the bottom of the aircraft. In response...
February 25, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Shimizu Yuri
Eighty-three-year-old Sumi Uza of the Yuntanza-hanaui Industry Cooperative has woven four Yuntanza-hanaui long-sleeved kimono for her four granddaughters to celebrate their coming-of-age, starting with the eldest 15 years ago. In January,...
February 25, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
By Washington Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha
On February 24 Okinawa Peace Appeal, a group comprised of Okinawan people who live in the United States, held a demonstration in New York supporting Chairman Hiroji...
February 22, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 21, the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly unanimously adopted a written statement and protest resolution requesting the immediate closure of Futenma Air Station.
These were adopted in response to a Futenma Air Station...
February 21, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga held a conference to exchange ideas with Japan’s...
February 21, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 3, a preliminary round of the “International Public Speaking Competition 2018” sponsored by the English-Speaking Union was held in Tokyo. Marino Uezu from Urasoe City (a freshman at Ochanomizu...
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