November 10, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 10, the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association (JBA) held the awards ceremony for the 2020 JBA Awards to honor programming that has contributed to the elevation of broadcast culture. The J-WAVE program, J-WAVE SELECTION GENERATION TO GENERATION~STORIES OF OKINAWA~ was selected as the grand prix winner in the radio category.
In this program, Jon Kabira, who was born in Naha, interviews his father, Chosei Kabira, who became the first...
November 12, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 11, at an interview held at the Highashi Village Office with participants in the Okinawa Peace March including Takao Takeda of the Buddhist sect Nipponzan Myohoji, 68, Mayor Masanobu Toyama of Higashi Village said, “I want us to continue speaking...
November 13, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On Good Skin Day, which falls on Nov 12, the Tokyo-based cosmetics giant POLA announced the results of the 2020 POLA Apex Nippon Bihada-ken Grand Prix, a ranking of Japan’s 47 prefectures based on the skin survey it carries out on women across the country....
November 11, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
November 9 in Okinawa was an unusually chilly day, with a cool breeze that could be felt throughout the region. On Okinawa’s main island, the temperature dropped from 1-3 degrees Celsius below usual temperatures for this time of year, making the day feel more...
November 10, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Kumiko Yoshihara
“I wanted to share my story to encourage sick and hospitalized kids going through a difficult time”—17-year-old Kimika Katayama, a third-year student at Okinawa Shogaku High School, explained her motivation for writing about her...
November 3, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Ryota Shimabukuro
Recently, a photograph taken by photographer Fumio Tsukamoto, of Tokyo, in 1960 was added to the signboard in front of a large Akagi tree in Shuri Castle Park in Naha, the withered trunk of which remained even after being ravaged during...
November 6, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 20, Junji Kinjo will depart the Port of Yokosuka headed to Antarctica. Kinjo is a staff member at the University of the Ryukyus and was chosen to join the winter group of the 62nd Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE). The expedition will...
November 5, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
In June, the population of Ginowan City reached 100,000. On October 21, the city invited the 100,000th resident, 0-year old Koharu Sueyoshi, her father Yohei, 31, and mother Chiharu, 30, to a ceremony held at the first-floor lobby of the City Hall. Koharu was...
November 5, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 4 Good Coffee Farms (Tokyo, represented by Carlos Melen), a company that works with Guatemalan coffee, announced that it will be establishing a research site for commodity development and where there is potential for coffee cultivation on the northern...
November 3, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Karateka Ryo Kiyuna, 30, from the Ryuei-ryu ryuho-kai school of karate and who will represent Japan at the Tokyo Olympics in the men’s Karate individual kata, was recognized by Guinness World Records for setting the world record for most gold medals in international...
November 3, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
The executive committee for “Tourism EXPO Japan, Travel Festival in Okinawa” (hosted by the Japan Travel and Tourism Association (JTTA), the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA), and the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO)), announced on November...