October 16, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
In the wake of the crash landing and fire of a U.S. military CH53E helicopter in the Takae district of Higashi Village, the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly unanimously passed protest resolutions and official opinion statements in the final session...
October 12, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
A CH-53 transport helicopter belonging to U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma made an unplanned landing and then burst into flames on civilian land along route 70 in Higashi Village.
The nearest civilian homes were a mere 200...
October 12, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
As of 7:00 a.m. on October 12, the charred remains of a U.S. Marine CH-53E heavy-lift transport helicopter belonging to the U.S. Marine Corp Futenma Air Station cast a miserable sight the night after it burst into flames due to a forced landing on pasture in Takae,...
October 8, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
On October 8, the 47th annual Naha Giant Tug-of-War Festival featuring the world’s largest festival rope took place at Kumoji intersection on National Route 58 in Naha City.
According to organizers about 270,000...
October 13, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
In the wake of the recent U.S. military helicopter fire, Governor...
October 3, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
(Nago) At a regular press conference on the morning of October 3, Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine called on the Okinawa Defense Bureau to heed the Okinawa prefectural government’s administrative guidance instructing the Defense...
October 12, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
At around 5:20 p.m. on October 11, a U.S. Marine CH-53E heavy-lift transport helicopter belonging to the U.S. Marine Corp Futenma Air Station was forced to land on pasture in Takae near the U.S. military Northern Training Area, Higashi...
October 13, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 12 the prefectural citizens’ organization opposing the relocation of U.S. bases within Okinawa and those involved in the Futenma noise lawsuits held an emergency gathering in Kitanakagusuku Village in front of the Ishihira...
October 3, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
A scarce type of coral has been discovered in the ocean area on the south side of Cape Henoko, where the Japanese government plans to do land reclamation for the construction of a new base in Henoko, Nago City.
The Okinawa Defense...
October 6, 2017 by Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum opened their special exhibit, “Okinawan Theater and a World at War – Dreamlike figures of Okinawa,” on October 5 in Itoman.
Using items such as newspaper articles, photographs,...
October 3, 2017 by Ryukyu Shimpo
An air of nostalgia permeates the Heiwadori shopping arcade in Naha.
The symbol of the area’s shopping district, for years the covered promenade has protected shoppers and the stores they patron from the hot summer sun and the sudden squalls particular...
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