May 10, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Ryota Nakamura
The Japanese government has announced that from 2016 onward it will end a portion of subsidies for air-conditioning maintenance in schools near U.S. military bases. The air-conditioning maintenance is part of a soundproofing program that the government implements at such schools. On May 9, it was discovered that 108 nursery schools, preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools in Okinawa will lose their air-conditioning maintenance...
May 10, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Hisao Tome in Honolulu, Hawaii
An Okinawan team promoting the 6th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival scheduled for October, headed by Governor Takeshi Onaga, is traveling to two countries and four cities in North America to encourage attendance for the festival....
May 5, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 29 at Go-ma House in Nakasonecho, Okinawa City, an “Attractive Town Seminar” was held at the Multicultural Living Cafe@LGBT to get people to think about the diversity of gender and sexuality. Ramu-chan, Ma-chan, and Ran-chan, who work as radio personalities...
May 5, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
Korean Air Lines, the largest airline in South Korea, began regular flights between Naha and Seoul on May 5. This is the first time the airline has operated regular flights to Okinawa on the Seoul-Naha route. On the first flight from Seoul’s Incheon International...
April 24, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
Fourteen international students who are currently studying in Okinawa under a project for international students of Okinawan descent, visited Vice Governor Mitsuo Ageda at the Okinawa Prefecture Office. They stated their goals for this year. Four students from the...
May 7, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
On the morning of May 7, former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama visited the sit-in-protest site in front of the gate of Camp Schwab at Henoko in Nago. He encouraged citizens staging a protest against the construction of a new U.S. base, which is part of plans to relocate...
May 5, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
On May 5, the last day of the 42nd Naha Dragon Boat Festival, Naha’s team won the official race for the first time in three years. Many spectators gathered at the festival and cheered for the racers.
Teams from Tomari, Kume and Naha competed in the official...
May 4, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
On May 3, at the Naha Civic Hall, the Okinawa Constitution Promotion Council, the Okinawa Human Rights Association, and the Okinawa branch of the Japan Scientists’ Association jointly held the 2016 Constitution Lecture Event in honor of Japan’s Constitution Day....
May 1, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
At 7:20 a.m. on April 30, the Okinawa Defense Bureau began the process of removing the floats and oil fence that had been put up to demarcate the off-limits zone in the bay off the coast of Henoko. The off-limits zone was established to facilitate the construction...
May 1, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Naoki Isa in Hue, Vietnam
On the evening of April 29, Hue festival 2016 opened in Hue, the ancient capital of Vietnam. The Okinawan traditional dance troupe led by performing artist Hisae Takamine appeared on the stage at the opening ceremony held in front...
April 30, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
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