December 20, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Mikako Shimoji
Okinawa – The air was thick with the smell of smoke, and the people were filled with anger.
On December 20, 1970, 49 years ago, in an angry response to a U.S. military member causing a traffic accident as well as the response to the military police’s handling of the accident, Okinawans in Koza (modern day Okinawa City) set fire to cars in what is known as the “Koza Riot.”
Eiichi Miyanaga, 68, the drummer for...
December 14, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Does the Japanese government consider Okinawans as Japanese? Their extreme arrogance fill us with these doubts.
December 14 marks one year since the government started reclaiming land along the coast of Henoko, with the goal of building new base facilities...
December 14, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
December 14 marks one year from the day that the government started dumping soil into the bay for the new base construction in Henoko, Nago.
In the past year, roughly 1% of the total soil required for the land reclamation project has been filled in. Going...
December 17, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 16, South Island Spice Co., Ltd. (Naha City,) owned by Spice Works Inc. (Tokyo, CEO: Wataru Shimotono) launched the “Okinawa Kokusai Noren-gai” food hall complex inside the former Okinawa Mitsukoshi building in Makishi, Naha City.
The...
December 12, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
Shurijo Castle Park Management Center announced on December 11 that areas of the park affected by the fire will partially reopen to the public on December 12; namely the Kankaimon, Kyukeimon and Kofukumon gates, the Iri-no Azana (west azana watchtower) and the...
December 12, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 10, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced that the dugong that inhabit the waters around the Nansei Islands are critically endangered.
The IUCN is the world’s largest nature conservation organization with more...
December 12, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
New species continue to be discovered in the ocean around Okinawa.
The sea anemone that has been raised for many years at Churaumi Aquarium was confirmed to be a new species.
A research team that includes members from the Okinawa Institute of Science...
December 10, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Kin – After an incident where three mortar flares were dropped on private property such as rice paddies in the Igei ward of Kin, Kin mayor Hajime Nakama and Igei Ward chief Hitoshi Yamazato visited Kazunori Tanaka, head of the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB),...
December 4, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Thirty-two intellectuals, journalists and the like from outside Okinawa have decided to issue a collective statement in opposition to the deployment of Ground Self-Defense Forces in Miyako Island, Ishigaki Island and other outlying islands, and are currently gathering...
December 6, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tetsu Nakamura, a physician and representative of Peshawar-kai in Afghanistan, was shot by an armed group and died. Peshawar-kai is a non-governmental organization working to aid Afghanistan’s recovery. Nakamura was a champion of nonviolence and worked endlessly...
December 4, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Haruko Tabuki
Japanese physician Tetsu Nakamura was recently shot and killed in Afghanistan.
The recipient of the inaugural Okinawa Peace Prize as the Peshawar-kai representative for Afghanistan, Nakamura had deep ties with Okinawa.
He...
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