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Reading of names at school entrance ceremonies in Naha halted by flight of U.S. planes A CH-53E heavy lift transport helicopter lands at Futenma Air Station while entrance ceremonies are being held at Ginowan Junior High School. (9:59 a.m., April 7, Ginowan) April 8, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo   Chubu – On April 7, public elementary, junior high, and high schools held opening ceremonies and entrance ceremonies for the new school year. Despite having received requests to pause flights for the day from the boards of education in the area, U.S. military planes proceeded with flights at Kadena Air Bas...

Professor Yasukatsu Matsushima of Ryukoku University presents a statement virtually. December 2, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo   On December 1, Professor Yasukatsu Matsushima of Ryukoku University presented a statement before the United Nations. In the statement, he sought the repatriation of ancestral remains removed from Okinawa in 1928-1929 by researchers at the former Imperial Universities. These remains have not yet been returned.   Matsushima presented virtually at meeting of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples held in Geneva, Switzerland. He presented as a j...