September 21, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Yo Kakazu
(Nanjo) Clothed in a wedding dress, Tomi said, “at last.” On August 30, Tomi, 87, and Yukichi, 86, finally celebrated their matrimony as bride and groom after 69 years of marriage. At the time of their marriage, they were unable to celebrate for family reasons, but their wedding celebration was finally realized as part of Okinawa Watabe Wedding’s community service activities. The two gazed happily into each other’s eyes in their fine...
September 21, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
JTA (Japan Transocean Air) President Noriyuki Aoki announced that one round-trip flight between Naha and Ho Chi Minh will be available for charter in December and again in February 2020. JTA has had success with its Seoul, Taiwan and Hong Kong routes; the charter...
September 13, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo – Japan’s Cabinet Office opened an investigative commission to discuss future challenges for the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate School September 12.
In June, the Ministry of Finance released an expenditure review,...
September 15, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Shurijo Castle Park’s annual celebration of the fall equinox, “Mid-Autumn Celebration” (Chushu no Utage) kicked off on September 14, on the special stage set up in the Seiden, or main hall area, of Shurijo Castle.
The event includes a reenactment...
September 18, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Nine of Okinawa’s universities and specialized vocational schools held a press conference at the Okinawa Prefectural Government Press Club on September 17, and announced they have jointly filed a formal request with the Japanese and American governments to...
September 19, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
The first round of oral arguments was held at the Fukuoka High Court Naha Branch (Judge Masamichi Okubo, presiding) September 18 in the “Voiding of involvement lawsuit,” which was filed by Okinawa against Japan after the Minister of Land, Infrastructure,...
September 18, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 17 the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa, planned to use one U.S. military Open Water Safety Boat for the purpose of training at Motobu Port in Motobu Town.
Although the boat was transported to the port, due to a protest by citizens and longshoremen,...
September 17, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
(Nago) As of September 16, it was confirmed that a landslide occurred near the U.S. military’s Henoko Ordnance Ammunition Depot facing Oura Bay in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture.
The landslide occurred right next to the fence demarcating the base land, and...
September 13, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Interviewed by Tsuyoshi Matsumoto (Editor-in-Chief, The Ryukyu Shimpo)
Okinawa’s goal to create “a caring, uniquely Okinawan society, in which no one is left behind,” is also the core philosophy of the prefectural administration, as it advances its...
September 12, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
It is hard to call it a ruling that addressed the suffering of the residents who are forced to live next to the U.S. military base.
During the third round of appeals to a lawsuit, the Fukuoka High Court Naha Branch rejected the request to suspend flights...
September 10, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
At about 5:30 p.m. on August 8, an armored vehicle apparently belonging to the 15th brigade of the Ground Self-Defense Forces (GSDF) was observed driving on Japan National Route 58 in Nakanishi, Urasoe City bound for Naha, with its machine gun pointed in its...
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