Because of a soft seabed that was not confirmed before completing the original construction plan, Okinawa Defense Bureau submitted a […]
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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 […]
April 16, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo On April 16, Satoru Nakasone, chairman of the Special Committee on Affairs of U.S. Military […]
April 15, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition On April 14 the “All-Okinawa Coalition” (All-Okinawa Kaigi), which is made up of […]
On April 10th, the fire-extinguishing foam containing PFOS, which is classified as “carcinogenic to humans,” was massively leaked off Marine […]
It seems that the dugongs might have been returned to Oura Bay. On the 10th of April, a sound that […]
The Anti Helicopter-Base Association, a core group member of the anti-base protest movement, took an appeal action against the ODB […]
Shipping out from Awa and Shiokawa has been accelerated, but we found on 8th that landfill in Henoko is more […]
Feeding traces of dugongs were discovered around the islands of Irabu and Hateruma, quite a distance from the Okinawa Main […]
April 2, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo On April 1 it came to light that mistakes were found in 20 portions of […]
April 1, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo (Tokyo) On March 31, the Ministry of the Environment compiled its results from FY 2019 […]
The civil movement contributed to removal of the belt conveyors which had been installed at Motobu Shiokawa Pier. The installation […]
March 31, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo How should Henoko’s military base construction issue, stemming from the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps […]
Coronavirus is spreading in Okinawa. Japan declared on 29th that no entry is permitted from China, Korea, and U.S.A., which […]
The court made another unjust ruling to please the Abe administration. Okinawa’s lawsuit had requested cancellation of the decision made […]
March 27, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo Reject all things that beget war. The tragedy that took the precious lives and wealth […]
March 26, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo Regarding construction of the Futenma replacement facility in Henoko, Nago City as part of relocating […]