February 15, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
Regarding the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa carrying out training involving aircraft taking off from and landing at the Naha Port Facility (Naha Military Port), the Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG) invited Director Isao Ono of the Okinawa Defense Bureau and Ambassador in charge of Okinawan Affairs Naofumi Hashimoto of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to visit the Prefectural Office on February 15, and called for the U.S. military to completely...
February 18, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Chie Tome
Okinawa Prefecture announced February 17 that the cost of the damage caused by the large incursion of floating pumice stone caused by an undersea earthquake near the Ogasawara islands, based on the cost to collect and transport...
February 18, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Sanemichi Kinjo
Kudaka Island, Nanjo – COVID-19 cases are increasing among the 220-person population of Kudaka Island in Chinen, Nanjo. According to a town representative, there were six new positive cases on the island on February 16,...
February 17, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Naoya Oshiro
The algae farm just off the shores of Misaki, Kitanakagusuku, has welcomed peak asa (sea lettuce) season. On February 16, farmers flocked out to sea to harvest the asa they carefully cultivated.
The...
February 12, 2022 Ryukyu Shimp
Takamatsu Gushiken, who represents the war-dead remains recovery volunteer organization “Gamafuya,” has submitted a petition to the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly calling for the establishment of regulations to preserve the remains of those who...
January 29, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Wu Li Jun
The Okinawa Industry Promotion Public Corporation’s Taipei office and the Heping Island Park in Keelung City, Taiwan, jointly organized the Gòng Dǎo Ji Okinawa Fair to promote cultural and economic exchange between Okinawa...
February 10, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Masatoshi Inafuku
As of February 9, 206 city and town assemblies across Japan, around 10% of all such assemblies nation-wide, have adopted an official written opinion stating that ground from the southern part of Okinawa’s main island,...
February 11, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Sanemichi Kinjo
On February 10, the Ueda Ugan (rice planting festival) was held at Ukinju Hainju in Hyakuna Tamagusuku in Nanjo, which is said to be the birthplace of rice cultivation in the Ryukyu Islands. The Ueda Ugan is...
February 8, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Hideki Matsudo
Kin – Gray wagtails are migrating to the fields of Kin for the winter. On January 24, wild bird enthusiast Chuya Yambaru captured an image on one that had stopped to rest on the side mirror of his car. Yambaru said, “I...
February 2, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Kenshiro Nishime
Ishigaki – Ishigaki mayor Yoshitaka Nakayama, who went to survey the Senkaku island chain on a boat with others including Tokai University professor Yoshihiko Yamada (marine affairs) on January 31, said...
February 4, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By John Matsumoto
February 4 marked the start of spring, one of the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar. This is when the cold alleviates and spring begins. Due to a weather front on February 3, the Okinawa region had cloudy and rainy weather...