May 8, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
For fiscal year 2018, JTB, the largest domestic travel agency in Japan, is training 300 of their salespersons from all over the country in Okinawa.
These salespersons sell tours at the front line.
The purpose of this training is to increase JTB’s selling power for Okinawa’s tourism by learning about Okinawa.
In April of this year, JTB integrated 15 of its branches across Japan, making this the first training...
May 10, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Looking to solidify the plan to stimulate the Okinawa economy starting 2022 onwards, Okinawa vice governor Moritake Tomikawa delivered a progress report on the new Okinawa development strategy May 9 at the Prefectural Office.
Vice-governor Tomikawa said that...
May 10, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The money raised by the Hawaii Okinawa Plaza Fund Raising Committee for the construction cost of “Hawaii Okinawa Plaza” in Waipahu, Hawaii has reached 91 million yen, which means as of May 9 it has surpassed 90 percent of its 100 million...
May 9, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On May 8 the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen was held in Oberhausen, Germany.
There, artist and filmmaker Chikako Yamashiro from Naha City, Okinawa was awarded the Zonta Prize for female filmmakers, for her film Mud Man (Tsuchi no Hito).
The...
May 4, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
In the early morning on May 4 in Japan, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), an advisory body to the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), deferred the Japanese government’s...
May 4, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa International School in Sobe, Naha City, began offering Shimakutuba classes this academic year.
The class is available to all 132 students of the elementary and junior high school.
School Director Masato...
May 4, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Washington Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha reporting
On May 2 the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps (CMC) General Robert B. Neller spoke about Futenma Air Station, located in Ginowan City, Okinawa. He said, “Futenma Air...
May 8, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Chie Tome
On the shores of Okinawa’s Yaeyama archipelago, Miyako Island, and Yonaguni Island, waste that contains hazardous materials such as vacuum tubes that contains substances like mercury and polyethylene waste containers...
May 4, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The “2018 Constitution Lecture Series” was held May 3, the anniversary of the enactment of the Japanese constitution, at Ginowan Community Center (hosted by The Okinawa Constitutional Association, the Okinawa Human Rights Association,...
May 4, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On May 3, Ryukyu Shimpo interviewed former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.
Hatoyama has been traveling Okinawa and the world even after he retired from the Diet and has been sharing his ideas on realizing peace.
Regarding the...
May 2, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
A sea turtle was found swimming in the ocean around Camp Schwab in Henoko, Nago City where a new military base is under construction.
Crushed stones continued to be poured in the ocean at the K4 site where bank protection...
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