2020 | Stand With Okinawa

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Nov 6 (Fri): Drilling survey in progress to alter the course of the Mijagawa river; No work at Awa and Shiokawa

On Nov 3, we learned that the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) has been doing a drilling survey to alter the […]

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Nov 2 (Mon): “I have to stand firm now for my children and grandchildren,” says Yoshiko Higa.; 45 citizens made the protest at three places.

Ms. Yoshiko Higa (73 years old) has a reserved position for the protest, in the north of the delivery truck […]

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Oct 30 (Fri): The Camp Schwab reported 11 new cases of Covid-19 infection. / Our canoe team did an excellent job at Awa

(In front of Camp Schwab Gate) Approximately 20 people participated in the sit-in protest from 8:30 am onwards. Yesterday, the […]

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October 28, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo Protest at Futenma Air Station gate marks 8 years of bid for peace by Gospel-singing association

On October 26 in Nodake, Ginowan City, citizens protest the U.S. military bases and sing gospel in front of the […]

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Oct 28 (Wed): The central government estimates more than 100 vessels required to landfill the Oura Bay; Protest lively in front of the gate

I went to a site opposite Camp Schwab and climbed to a little hill where a small lighthouse used to […]

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Oct 26 (Mon): 65 people protested at 4 places; 　　Approximately 3.3 % of earth and sand needed for completion of the landfill thrown in

(In front of Camp Schwab Gate) Approximately 40 people, including Shimagurumi Naha (Island-Wide Conference Naha), did a sit-in protest. Kazuo […]

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Oct 23 (Fri): Two “Sugita”s disturb the current Diet session; No shipping of earth and sand due to unseasonable weather for two consecutive days.

In the current Diet session, two “Sugita”s are likely to shake the floor. “Women can tell lies as much as […]

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October 23, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo Defense Minister and Gov. Tamaki’s Henoko base construction talks come to a standstill

Governor Denny Tamaki (right) presenting Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi with a demand letter at the prefectural offices on October 22. […]

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Oct 21 (Wed): Chiharu Yamaguchi’s “Canoe Donating Group for Henoko”; / An unlawful arrest of a woman at Shiokawa

“How much is a canoe? Where can I buy it?” The support of Henoko by Chiharu Yamaguchi started in 2014 […]

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Oct 19 (Mon): Eleven Diet members of the non-ruling parties visited to show support for the protesters; The riot police restrained GoGo Drive members for an hour.

Eleven Diet members of the non-ruling parties visited the protest site to show their support. At 9 in the morning, […]

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October 16, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo　　MOD cites research agency contract as reason for not releasing February dugong call recording

October 16, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo Regarding a call, that is potentially a dugong call, recorded in February this year […]

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Oct 16 (Fri): Removal work of the old pier started at Awa; 60 people protested at five places

(In front of Camp Schwab Gate) Approximately 30 people started to do the sit-in protest at 8:40 in the morning. […]

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Oct 14 (Wed): Zenji Niina established a local Fishery Association to protect the sea; 27 students from Wako Gakuen visited Henoko and learned, “the Okinawan’s war experience is inseparable from their opposition to the military bases.”

“The sea is the heart of Okinawa. We should never destroy it unnecessarily. We will never allow its destruction for […]

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Oct 12 (Mon): Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) ordered a construction work before approved by Okinawa Prefectural Government; The opinion statements reached 18,904.

An arrogant attitude of ODB, ignoring Okinawa Prefecture, was shown again; ODB ordered the next construction work before obtaining approval […]

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Oct 7 (Wed): Typhoon No.14 stopped shipping the earth and sand

Typhoon No. 14, approaching Okinawa, stopped shipping the earth and sand from Ryukyu Cement Awa Pier and MotobuShiokawa Pier. They […]

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Oct 5 (Mon): On Oct 3, 700 people participated in the Intensive Action in front of the Camp Schwab Gate held for the first time in 7 months; 80 people protested at five places.

On Oct 3, last week, the Kenmin Dai-Koudo (Okinawa People’s Intensive Action), which had been suspended since March in order […]

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October 4, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo　　700 gather in first Prefectural People’s Mass Action in seven months to block Henoko construction: “Our resolve is unshakeable”

October 4, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo (Henoko Issue Reporting Team) On October 3, citizens opposed to the new base construction in […]

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Oct 2 (Fri): Henoko land reclamation drastically delayed; Over 15,000 opinion statements reached the prefectural office.

On Oct 1, the Okinawa Defense Bureau commented on the current state of the land reclamation: At the area 2-1 […]

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October 1, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition Governor Tamaki clarifies that the part of land reclamation announced as completed is only partially completed

October 1, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition The Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) has recently announced that one part of the […]

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October 1, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo Eight years since Osprey deployment: Ginowan City Mayor calls for Osprey training exercises to be moved outside of Okinawa

Ginowan City Hall October 1, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo Ginowan – On September 29, Masanori Matsugawa, mayor of Ginowan City, spoke […]

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October 1, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo Protests for “Laws preventing hate in Okinawa” enter their 20th week in Naha, as residents also send petition to the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly

Protesters holding up signs such as “No Please for Hate” – September 30, in front of Naha City Hall October […]

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Sep 30 (Wed): “We will not let them use even a grain of sand from our hometown for the war,” says Etsuko Abe, who visits the places listed for sand collection; Daniel, “I am here to learn about the pre-war and War in my grandfather’s hometown, Okinawa.

It was from the articles in the Ryukyu Shimpo on Mar 27 in 2013, when Etsuko learned the shocking news […]

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September 29, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo “Using soil mixed with human remains is a desecration of the dead”: Gamafuya submits letter to OPG requesting disapproval of soil use in Henoko construction

September 29, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo Takamatsu Gushiken answering reporters’ questions after submitting his letter to the Okinawa Prefectural Government on […]

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Sep 28 (Mon): Tabulation: The number of opinion statements exceeded 7,000 as of Sep 25.; 80 citizens made a protest at five places.

The deadline came on Sep 28 for entries of opinions on the request for changes to the original construction plan […]

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Sep 25 (Fri): The sit-in rally at the beach tent comes to the 6000th day; The number of opinion statements received went over 4000 as of Sep 23.

On Sep 21, the sit-in rally at the beach tent marked 6000th day. The rally started on Apr 19, 2004, […]

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Sept. 23 (Wed): Call for public opinion statements. In front of the Camp Schwab Gate, volunteers among the sit-in protesters started a street campaign; 90 people protested at five places.

Campaign to call for public opinion statements against the application for changes to the original construction plan submitted by Okinawa […]

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Sep 18 (Fri): The picture of a girl run over by a military vehicle shocked the mainland; 50 protesters at four different places

A picture taken in Okinawa shocked the people in mainland Japan. The photo of “a girl run over” quickly spread […]

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September17, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition Defense Minister Kishi expresses intent to continue Abe administration’s MCAS Futenma relocation policy

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Sep 16 (Wed): “I should be telling more about what happened to my mother,” says Takemasa Kinjo ; The Canoe team succeeded in delaying a carrier-ship for one hour!

The tent in front of Camp Shwab, which welcomes the protesters, measures 80m in length. Takemasa Kinjo(63) built a large […]

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Sep 14 (Mon): The ruling party chose Yoshihide Suga, whose policy is cruel to Okinawa, as a new party leader. “Let’s strike a hard blow to a new regime by collecting opinion statements on the changes to the original construction plan,” said Hiroji Yamashiro.; 70 citizens made a protest at five places.

Chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga will be inaugurated as a prime minister. We do not expect much from him because […]