March 16, 2011, Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 12, many people came to enjoy a goat-fighting, or Hijaorase (Okinawan dialect) event, held annually at the Katsuyama Community Center, Nago City, in the northern part in Okinawa. Two goats butted each other violently in a ring approximately six meters in diameter. The goats lifted their front legs up and swung their horns down on to each other repeatedly with a loud whack. The spectators sitting on the other side of a fence around the ring...
March 18, 2011, Ryukyu Shimpo
Following the Great East Japan Earthquake, growing numbers of people from the Tohoku and Kanto areas have been taking refuge in Okinawa in order to escape from a spate of aftershocks and the ongoing threat of a nuclear accident.
Staff at the Okinawa Tourist...
Steadily growing number of customers from overseas
March 17, 2011, Ryukyu Shimpo
According to figures released by the Okinawa Prefectural Government Department of Tourism, Commerce & Industry, 8189 couples were married at resort hotels in Okinawa last year. This represents a 2.0%...
March 12, 2011, Ryukyu Shimpo
Former Governor of Okinawa Masahide Ota discusses what may lie behind the disparaging remarks about Okinawa made by Kevin Maher, who was subsequently removed from his position as Director of the Office of Japanese Affairs in the US State Department.
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