July, 2019 | Stand With Okinawa

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July 31 (Wed): Twenty Students from Kansei Gakuinn Visited Us / Unfair Labor Practice by a Civilian Marine Security Guard Service Company

(In Front of the Gate) It is hot in front of the Gate. In addition, exhaust gas from vehicles surrounds […]

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July 29 (Mon): “The Fight in Okinawa is a Model for Other Countries”, said the Representatives of IPB / Coral Transplanting is Postponed

(In Front of the Gate) Abe administration won the recent election of the House of Councilors and proceeds on the […]

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July 29, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo Dugong found in Nakijin ruled to have died from a stingray stinger, says the Ministry of the Environment, Okinawa, and Nakijin while announcing the results of their investigation

July 29, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo The Ministry of the Environment (MoE), Okinawa Prefecture, and Nakijin Village announced July 29 that […]

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July 28, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo See the clip of Gov. Tamaki taking the stage at Fuji Rock

July 28, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki took the stage during the final day of Fuji Rock, Japan’s […]

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July 26, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo U.S. veterans to request GAO investigation of Henoko base construction

July 26, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo Veterans for Peace—Ryukyu Okinawa Chapter Kokusai (VFP-ROCK) President Douglas Lummis and members held a press […]

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July 26 (Fri): Seven Sea Turtles Showed Up / Truckloads of 845 Were Delivered to the Pier in Awa and in Shiokawa

(In Front of the Gate) Several tens of protestors resumed the sit-in from 9:00 a.m. Mr. Migita who sings his […]

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July 25, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo National Governors’ Association reaffirms intention to pursue revision of U.S.-Japan SOFA

July 25, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo Last year, the Japan National Governors’ Association (chaired by Kiyoshi Ueda, governor of Saitama Prefecture) […]

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July 24 (Wed): “No Faltering on Uchinanchu’s Conviction / JPY17 Million per Day for the Cost of Security Guard Service for the Construction of the Base

(In Front of the Gate) Hot days continue. On the same day when Mr. Takara Tetsumi won the House of […]

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July 22 (Mon): Construction Work Proceeded on the Day after the Opposition Won the Election / Protest Rallies at 4 locations in a Hot Weather

(In Front of the Gate) The candidate supported by All Okinawa, Mr. Takara Tetsumi won the House of Councilors election […]

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January 22, 2019 Base-Opposing Takara wins House of Councillors Election, bolstering the momentum of Okinawa’s anti-base contingent

January 22, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition Voting for the 25th House of Councillors election, which coincides with a term […]

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July 17 (Wed): The protest continued in the scorching sun./The protestors had a meeting with the prefectural government, pursuing a problem with the use of the pier.

（In front of the gate） The Upper House election is now in full swing. There were not so many people […]

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July 17, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo In ten years, seven former defense ministry personnel re-hired at companies contracted for Henoko-related work

July 17, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo (Tokyo) It recently came to light that during the ten years leading up to the […]

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July 12 (Fri): A Theatrical Company from Tokyo Cheered Up the Tent Village / Loading Earth and Sand Started at Awa and Shiokawa

(In Front of the Gate) From Tokyo, a theatrical company and concerned members of a famous orchestra visited the Tent […]

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Editorial: U.S. military denies entry to base preventing essential right conduct surveys

July 12, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo The current situation wherein we cannot even conduct an investigation into environmental problems that could […]

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July 10 (Wed): Sitting in in Front of the Gate for 5 Years, “Let US Go on Singing , Dance, and Protesting” / The Canoe Team Stopped Cargo Ships Leaving the Pier in Awa

(In front of the Gate) Approximately 50 people resumed the sit-in in front of the Gate. Many speeches were made […]

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July 8 (Mon): A Family of 4 from Ireland Joined the Sit-In / Approximately 1000 Truckloads of Earth and Sand were Loaded at Awa

(In Front of the Gate) The construction work is going on in spite of the mid of the national election. […]

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July 5 (Fri): Approximately 2.8% of the Landfill is Completed / Election of the House of Councilors Began

(In Front of the Gate) In a drizzle, 13 people resumed the sit-in. To the mixer cars and dump trucks […]

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July 3 (Wed): Rallied in a Hot Weather at 3 locations / The 60th Memorial Day for the Victims of a US Military Aircraft Crash onto Miyamori Elementary School

(In Front of the Gate) In the heat of summer, approximately 30 people resumed the sit-in and repeatedly called out […]

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July 1 (Mon): Five-Year-Old Construction Work Has Completed Less Than 4% of the Planned Landfill Area / Protest Rally Held at 5 Locations

(In Front of the Gate) Hot weather is in now. From 9:00 a.m. 45 people including 20 members of General […]