March 14, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawans are critical of the Japanese government planning to hold a ceremony on April 28 to commemorate the anniversary of the restoration of Japanese sovereignty after the San Francisco Peace Treaty took effect in 1952. The people of Okinawa see this date as a day of humiliation because Okinawa, along with the Amami Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, was separated from Japan and placed under U.S. occupation on that day.
In a memorandum called the “Emperor...
March 10, 2013 Masaki Umeda of Ryukyu Shimpo
Recently, an 18 year-old woman who works at the seafood market Osakana Center in the Itoman Roadside Station in Itoman, has attracted praise for her skill at slicing up tuna. Wakana Nohara from Ozato, Nanjo, has been cutting up three or four tuna...
March 11, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
This year’s hijiki seaweed harvest began on the morning of March 10 along the coast at Itarashiki in Yonabaru. This brown seaweed found on rocky coastlines is a local specialty of Yonabaru. Members of the Fisheries Cooperative in Nishihara and Yonabaru...
March 11, 2013 Tamiko Suzuki Correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo
Through his website entitled REMEMBERING OKINAWA HISTORY, American veteran Donn Cuson, who currently resides in the suburbs of Tucson, Arizona, provides information on Okinawan history under the U.S. occupation from 1945 to 1972.
Cuson...
March 3, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 1, or January 20 in the old lunar calendar, at Tsuji in Naha, one of New Year’s traditional events called hachika sogachi was organized by the Tsuji Shinshikai Foundation and other groups. Women who are Okinawan shaman or kaminchu visited...
March 5, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 3, the Haebaru Municipal Office introduced publically accessible WiFi and, using what is called “augmented reality,” commenced a town guide app service for smart phones under the name Haebaru Sightseeing Navi. Following on from Nanjo, Haebaru is the...
March 8, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Tokyo-based Marine Journalists Conference has decided to present the 2013 MJC Marine Award (Cultural and Dissemination Section) to Itoman traditional sabani boat-builder Kiyoshi Oshiro. For many years, 63 year-old Oshiro has made fishing boats known...
March 7, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Superintendent of the Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education Hiroshi Oshiro commented on March 6 that the Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG) is to consider designating the former 32nd Army Headquarters Shelter as a cultural asset. Oshiro was replying to a question...
March 5, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 28, at a restaurant in Naha, the Okinawa Prefectural Government held a tasting event to promote local goat meat and cuisine. This is a part of the 2012 Okinawa Goat Raising and Consumption Promotion Project.
About 40 people involved in the restaurant...
March 9, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 8, the Ishigaki Municipal Government appointed Takashi Okamura, a Japanese comedian and one half of the duo Ninety-nine, as a promotional ambassador for New Ishigaki Airport. That same day, at the ceremony to mark his appointment, Okamura promised to market...
March 9, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Is this also part of the “Abe brand”? Starting this year, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to hold a ceremony on April 28 to commemorate the anniversary of the restoration of Japanese sovereignty after the San Francisco Peace Treaty took effect in 1952.
Abe...
