October 3, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 2 the Japan Institute of Design Promotion (Tokyo Prefecture) announced the results of the 2019 Good Design Award (1,420 entries selected).
The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST, Onna Village) and Misawa Homes Institute of Research and Development (MHIRD, Tokyo Prefecture), among others, conducted collaborative research on creating a stand-alone house that generates energy and water, and that coexists with...
September 19, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
The “2019 Asia Cruise Forum Jeju,” an annual forum meant to stimulate the Asian cruise market, took place from August 28-30 on Jeju Island, Korea, where Okinawa was selected as the top port of call in Asia. The number of ports, Okinawa’s nature and culture,...
October 1, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Urban Monorail, also known as Yui Rail, expanded its existing line 4.1km into Urasoe City. Service to the extended line began on September 29. Four new stations service the extended zone: Tedako-Uranishi, Urasoe-Maeda, Kyōzuka and Ishimine, which opened...
September 30, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
(Kunigami) On September 28, 342 unused U.S. military bullets and a large quantity of field ration packaging and other garbage were discovered near the location of the former LZ-1 helipad on returned land that used to be part of the U.S. military’s Northern...
October 1, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
It has been seven years since the MV-22 vertical-takeoff-and-landing-capable (VTOL) transport aircraft was deployed to MCAS Futenma in Ginowan. As part of measures taken to reduce noise pollution from aircraft (the noise pollution prevention agreement), flights...
Satoko Oka Norimatsu, Editor, The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
This summer, I went to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or in Japanese, Chosen Minshushugi Jinmin Kyowakoku (in short, “Chosen”), with three of my girlfriends.
Western media propagates this country...
September 26, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Saki Yoshida
Part of the work on Prefectural Route 24 Bypass, which is Okinawa is constructing to connect Chatan and Okinawa City, is being suspended as Okinawa has not received permission from the U.S. military for the work.
Part of the planned...
September 27, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 25 an exhibition of all 14 panels of the Pictures of the Battle of Okinawa (Okinawasen no Zu) by the husband and wife artists, the late Iri and Shun Maruki, opened at the Sakima Art Museum (Director Michio Sakima).
This exhibit commemorates...
September 19, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
The “2019 Asia Cruise Forum Jeju,” an annual forum meant to stimulate the Asian cruise market, took place from August 28-30 on Jeju Island, Korea, where Okinawa was selected as the top port of call in Asia.
The number of ports, Okinawa’s nature...
September 26, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Junko Uechi
Kitadaito—The Daito, a passenger-cargo ship connecting Kitadaito island to Naha, resumed operations on September 25.
Its operation was suspended on September 11, due to stormy conditions and a typhoon passing by.
Many flights...
Satoko Oka Norimatsu, Editor, The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
I am writing this in Hiroshima on August 6, on the 74th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city.
For the last 13 years, I have participated in an annual peace study tour for U.S. and Japanese university students...
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