2022年5月27日 · Independent investigation on toxic PFAS levels in six municipalities underway. May 27, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo. By Shugo Asato, Wakana Aragaki . High levels of PFAS (organofluorine compounds), which are known to be harmful to the human body, were found in tap water at the Chatan water treatment plant in Okinawa Prefecture.

July 19, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo BASE Okinawa Baseball Club is forming Okinawa’s first professional baseball team, and intends to join the NPB, Nippon Professional Baseball Organization. The club’s president, Taishi Kobayashi and Executive Advisor Yasushi Tao, held a press conference at the Okinawa Prefectural Office on July 18. Tryouts will be held in November, and the newest pro team will be ...

November 29, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo Miyakojima – “That old man boasts of being the strongest on the island.” “That old woman has the most exquisite singing voice.” The Ikema Culture Association (Tetsuya Kawakami, president) has published Sumabitu Retsuden (tales of the townspeople), a series of biographies that shines a spotlight on the various lives of the people on the island. The ...

Okinawa enters the rainy season, first region in Japan to do so, one day earlier than previous year. May 4, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo . The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Okinawa Regional Headquarters, announced the morning of May 4 that the Okinawa region appeared to have entered the rainy season.

2021年12月28日 · Mizuho distillery debuts Yonaguni Rum, second of eight islands series. December 21, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo. By Wu Li Jun . The Naha City-based distillery Mizuho Shuzo announced its newest creation, the Yonaguni Rum, which is made using brown sugar from Yonaguni Island.

March 21, 2015 Ryota Shimabukuro of Ryukyu Shimpo reports from Washington D.C. On March 20, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration showed an original copy of the Ryukyu-U.S. Treaty of Amity signed by the Ryukyu Kingdom and the United States on July 11, 1854 to the Ryukyu Shimpo. The archive also disclosed a letter written by Commodore Matthew Perry reporting the signing of the ...

October 12, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo   The Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2021, which took place October 10, awarded Sachiko Nakada, 89, star of the movie “NANKURUNAISA” best actress at the festival. Her film also took home the award for best comedy. Nakada told this paper happily, “I am very happy to hear that I have fans in other …

March 24, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo . Yomitan – Around eight tons of spangled emperor fish called taman, which is now in season, was brought into Toya Fishing Port in Yomitan on March 23.Along with akajin grouper, akamachi snapper, and makubu blackspot tuskfish, taman is among the highest class of fish that can be caught in Okinawa.“We have rarely seen a haul this size in recent years,” said an ...

2022年5月11日 · 300 tourism industry personnel rally for COVID cooperation subsidies, 3,000 signatures support. May 11, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo. By Yukito Toyama. Tourism industry operators, who have received a serious blow to their operations due to commercial travel restrictions in light of the spread of the novel coronavirus, held a rally on May 10 in the plaza in front of the Prefectural Office,...

October 7, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo. The Ryukyu Shimpo published a series of articles titled, Senka o Horu (Trans: Digging up the Ravages of War) between August 1983 and April 1985. An English translation of the article series has been published as a book in the United States, under a new title of Descent into Hell: Civilian Memories of the Battle of Okinawa.