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Yearly Archives: 2020
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On the day before yesterday, one year after the prefectural referendum, Governor Tamaki talked to the press: Abe administration has […]
February 25, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo At about 1:10 p.m. on February 25, a steel object was dropped from a CH-53E […]
February 24, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo February 24 marked the passage of one year since the prefectural referendum showing Okinawans’ opposition […]
The 6 (the number was corrected from 5 to 6) persons who were unjustifiably arrested on Feb 19 have been […]
In order to inform people in other countries on the issues concerning the new base in Henoko, a DVD entitled […]
February 18, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo The Okinawa Defense Bureau has not been able to confirm that the ocean around Okinawa […]
February 17, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo Regarding the issue that data existed indicating the presence of “weak” ground deeper than 70 […]
The result of the examination by the specialists on the feasibility of constructing a new base at the Oura Bay […]
Minister Eto of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries “urged” Okinawa Prefectural government to grant a permission to the […]
February 14, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo A U.S. Navy F/A-18 fighter-attack aircraft (based in Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni) lost its […]
Almost one year has passed since the “Prefectural Referendum” (Feb 14, 2019) which proved that about 72% of the votes […]
National Institute of Technology, Okinawa College is located in close vicinity of the construction site of the new base. The […]
News papers have reported that Japanese government has shown the most lenient “omoiyari” in sharing the cost of U.S. military […]
It was clarified that a draft of a ground improvement plan for the new military base, developed by the Ministry […]
As the Diet session has started, the problems on the construction of the new base in Henoko have been revealed […]
January 29, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo The Okinawa Prefectural Police Department’s First Investigations Division ended its investigation of the Shuri Castle […]
January 27, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo How many accidents will it take before we see real “prevention of reoccurrence”? On the […]
The Diet session finally started for inquiring into the responsibility of Prime Minister Abe. There are a lot of issues […]
January 20, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition In his annual policy speech delivered to the Diet on January 20, Prime […]
January 18, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo It has now been 60 years since 1960, when the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty was revised. […]
This month it has been 60 years since the original U.S.-Japan Security Treaty from 1951 was revised in 1960. The […]
It was found that 3 members of the “Technical Advisory Committee” the new base construction in Henoko received contribution from […]
At the end of last year, the Japanese government announced a policy change to procure soil and sand for the […]
On the 3rd of January, Mr. Ryuichi Sakamoto, a muscian, started a world-wide signature campaign to “Stop construction of a […]
January 6, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo A charity concert was held on Jan. 5 by actress Sayuri Yoshinaga and musician Ryuichi […]
On the 6th of January, the two big stars gave a charity concert in Naha to encourage the Okinawan residents […]
On the morning of January 6, when government offices start work, Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki delivered a New Year’s greeting […]
January 5, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo Tokyo – The Ministry of Defense (MoD) has decided to postpone two projects appropriated for […]
January 4, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo On the afternoon of January 3, world-renowned musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, 67, visited the sea area […]