October 15, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Chie Tome
Many years of large amounts of trash washing in from the ocean and accumulating in the mangrove swamps of Iriomote Island in Taketomi, a potential World Heritage Site, was having a clear effect on the mangrove and the surrounding environment.
This was made clear in a recent survey conducted by National Defense Academy Professor Emeritus Haruyuki Yamaguchi, who chairs the Okinawa Committee to Promote Policies...
October 17, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 16, the Okinawa Defense Bureau revealed to the Ryukyu Shimpo that earlier this month, it was decided that the Bureau will pay damages to the village of Ginoza in relation to costs incurred by the village after a U.S. military...
October 5, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 27, foster parents of the “Miracle Hydrangea” had a get-together in Kitanakagusuku Village in Okinawa.
The “Miracle Hygrangea” was found at the bottom of the Fujinuma Lake in Naganuma, Sukagawa City in Fukushima...
October 12, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 11, Mitsubishi Estate, a leading Japanese real estate developer, held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Shimojijima Airport in Miyakojima City.
The organizers wished for a safe construction and for...
October 2, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 29th Tobinsu Haninsu Kachaashi festival was held on October 1 at the Ginowan seaside park.
Thirty five individuals and 25 groups entertained the audiences with unique costumes and dances.
The event reached a climax...
October 17, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Chie Tome
In order to study the impacts of replacement facility construction in Henoko, Nago City for Futenma Air Station (currently located in Ginowan City), the Ministry of Defense’s Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) is conducting...
October 16, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
In the wake of the crash landing and fire of...
October 12, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
A CH-53 transport helicopter belonging to U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma made an unplanned landing and then burst into flames on civilian land along route 70 in Higashi Village.
The nearest civilian homes were a mere 200...
October 12, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
As of 7:00 a.m. on October 12, the charred remains of a U.S. Marine CH-53E heavy-lift transport helicopter belonging to the U.S. Marine Corp Futenma Air Station cast a miserable sight the night after it burst into flames due to a forced landing on pasture in Takae,...
October 8, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
On October 8, the 47th annual Naha Giant Tug-of-War Festival featuring the world’s largest festival rope took place at Kumoji intersection on National Route 58 in Naha City.
According to organizers about 270,000...
October 13, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
In the wake of the recent U.S. military helicopter fire, Governor...
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