Page 9 - Uruma News Today

By Ju-min Park

Older voters are mostly sticking with left-wing parties, mindful of Okinawa's past as one of the bloodiest battlegrounds of World War II.

JAPAN-ELECTION/YOUTH-OKINAWA (FEATURE, PIX):FEATURE-In Japans Okinawa, ruling partys tough China stance helps win young voters

Former Japanese minister of state for Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs Aiko Shimajiri fist-bumps supporters as she walks into a rally at a bullring in Uruma, Japan, as she relishes the prospect of pulling off an upset victory in tomorrow’s parliamentary vote. Nationwide, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is expected to lose seats in the Japanese House of Representatives, the lower, but more powerful chamber of the Japanese Diet, due largely to voter dissatisfaction over the handling o...

Police say a woman scaled a fence at Camp Foster at approximately 12:20 a.m. Saturday and was caught riding a bicycle there.

Thousands of “publicity” stills authorized by the U.S. military during the occupation of Okinawa following World War II were purely for propaganda purposes to illustrate American largesse while avoiding the uncomfortable issue of the massive U.S. base presence there.

　沖縄県うるま市の老年精神科病院「うるま記念病院」で今年８月までに明らかになった沖縄最大の新型コロナウイルスのクラスター（感染者集団）を巡り、短文投稿サイトのツイッターで「感染者の９割は（ワクチン...

　三菱電機の検査や品質をめぐる不正問題が広がっている。長崎の工場をきっかけに、ほかでも不正が相次いでみつかった。国際的な規格の認証を取り消され、メーカーとしての信頼が揺らいでいる。当初は今月にも調査報…

▼東京五輪・パラリンピックの開催に賛否はあったが、観戦した人を感動に導いたのは間違いない。特にパラリンピックは障害者への理解を深めたとされるが、熱気が冷めた今は […続きを読む]

沖縄県名護市辺野古の米軍新基地建設阻止などを掲げる「建白書」を実現する新しい政権を目指す、「オール沖縄」の衆院沖縄１～４区の予定候補らが１５日、２区の浦添市と３区のうるま市で、合同で街頭演説し、次期総