A dreaded incident occurred: 34 persons were newly infected with coronavirus in the U.S. military bases, following the last week, […]
Yearly Archives: 2020
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July 12, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo The number of confirmed coronavirus cases on U.S. military bases in Okinawa rose to 61 […]
The Okinawa Prefectural Assembly unanimously passed a resolution and official statement demanding the U.S. military enact stricter measures to prevent […]
U.S. military base U.S. military base July 10, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo It came to light on July 9 that […]
The U.S. forces based in Okinawa continues to be arbitrary and threatens the lives of Okinawa citizens. On the 9th […]
Agreed on “no new base in Henoko”, All Okinawa membership comes from both the left and the right wings. Mr. […]
July 7, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo (Henoko reporting team) On July 6, citizens gathered in front of the gate to the […]
July 6, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo Former Defense Minister Gen Nakatani of the Liberal Democratic Party shared his “mega-float” proposal with […]
On July 2, a research group (lead by Masaaki Tateishi, professor emeritus at Niigata University) reported their independent study on […]
Suspicion has emerged that earth and sand intended for reclamation work at Oura Bay have been being shipped without getting […]
July 3, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo On July 2 a research group on Henoko, Okinawa (representative Masaaki Tateishi, professor emeritus at […]
She pushed her way into the riot police officers to protest. The police officers trying to remove her are of […]
Enjoying a canoe ride, he goes on the emerald green sea. He is inspired much by the beauty of Oura […]
Doubts about the feasibility of relocating U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to Henoko, Nago City, has spread to the […]
On June 23, the U.S. Congress House Committee on Armed Services adopted a National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the […]
Because of a soft seabed that was not confirmed before completing the original construction plan, Okinawa Defense Bureau submitted a […]
June 23, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo Seventy-five years have passed since the Battle of Okinawa, which took many precious Okinawan lives […]
June 23, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo This year’s Okinawa Memorial Day marked the 75th anniversary since the end of the Battle […]
75 years ago, Okinawa turned into Hell. The blue sea off the coast of Mabuni in Itoman City was filled […]
To the U.S.military vehicles coming out of the base, a protestor held a placard that said, “BLACK LIVES MATTER.” Some […]
June 17, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo On June 16 the Ryukyu Shimpo, Okinawa Television Broadcasting (OTV), and JX News Agency finished […]
As the criticism on corruption and poor governance increase, the Abe administration closed the current Diet session as scheduled. It […]
Severe attitude of Abe administration towards Okinawa has come to be more explicit. On the day after Okinawa Prefectural government […]
June 12, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition On June 12 the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) resumed construction work on the […]
Construction work of a new military base was resumed, after being halted to prevent COVID-19 contagion. On April 17 […]
June 11, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo By Sadaharu Shimabukuro World-renowned musician Ryuichi Sakamoto spoke to Ryukyu Shimpo’s Editor-In-Chief Tsuyoshi Matsumoto in […]
June 8, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo Following the election for the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly (48 members) at the expiry of assembly […]
April 28, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo At a regular press conference on April 24, Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki, in advance of […]
Today, no earth and sand were shipped out of Awa and Shiokawa. The construction of the new base is suspended […]
COVID-19 is spreding widely and fast in Okinawa. Since the 1st case of infection was detected on Feruary 14, new […]