February 2, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
As part of its 30th anniversary project, the Himeyuri Peace Museum released a promotional video on its website and on YouTube.
The museum’s annual visitation had declined by nearly one-half, from its peak of one million visitors in 1999, to 580,000 in 2017.
The promotional video aspires to publicize the museum and increase visitors.
The Himeyuri Peace Museum hosted a private viewing on Feb. 1, and the museum director gave the opening...
February 1, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Masaaki Umeda and Ami Chibana
A specific type of scam called “international romance fraud” has been on the rise in and outside of Okinawa. This scam involves perpetrators pretending to be foreign servicemen on social networking services (SNS) and...
February 2, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
A group of U.S. and Japanese environmentalists, which is the plaintiff group in the dugong lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and demands a halt to construction in Henoko, Nago City, held a press conference on February 1 at the...
January 30, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 29, 16 Nago residents living in the vicinity of the landfill area resorted to legal action at the Naha district court to seek cancellation of the state’s decision to suspend revocation of the landfill permit.
Japan’s Minister...
January 30, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Nago – Andres Higa ,43, a second generation Okinawan-Argentinian who has established the “World Uchinanchu Day” and “ International Day of Nikkei,” married Cynthia...
January 29, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 28, fifteen U.S. military amphibious vehicles entered U.S. military Camp Hansen by crossing over prefectural highway 329 from the Katabaru seashore in Matsuda, Ginoza, Okinawa. When the vehicles crossed, U.S. military personnel...
January 24, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 24 a group of constitutional scholars including former professor Masaki Ina of the International Christian University gathered at the House of Representatives in Tokyo and presented a researchers’ statement opposing the...
January 27, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 26, a group opposing construction of the Henoko base held a kickoff rally in front of a gate to Camp Schwab.
This rally was held to address the prefectural referendum that will ask citizens for a “yes”...
January 24, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Nakagusuku...
January 24, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki held his first meeting with the U.S. military’s top commander in Okinawa, Okinawa Area Coordinator Lieutenant General Eric Smith.
At the meeting, the governor told the OAC that regarding the over-burdening...
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