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At Constitution Symposium, Dr. Tokuda speaks of peace and “non-war” as a pillar for doctors Audience members listening to the speakers at the 2021 Constitution Symposium held with limited capacity, on the afternoon of May 3, at the Ryukyu Shimpo Hall in Izumizaki, Naha May 4, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo     On May 3, Constitution Day, the 2021 Constitution Symposium (Okinawa Constitution Dissemination Association, Okinawa Human Rights Association, Japan Scientists’ Association Okinawa Branch) was held at the Ryukyu Shimpo Hall in Izumizaki, Naha. Physician Yasuharu Tokuda, age 57, from Nanjo, ...

FA18 jets fly at MCAS Futenma 15 years after return agreement, harm continues with 115 decibel noise FA18 combat jet stopping by hooking the hook at the back of the plane to the wire hung over the runway, around 5:30 p.m. on April 12 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan (photograph by Keizo Shinzato) April 13, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo   On the evening of April 12, exactly 25 years after the agreement was made to completely close U.S. Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futenma in 1996, four FA18 combat jets from MCAS Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture arrived one after another to MCAS Futenma, ...

“Try to imagine”–Okinawa Shogaku students teach Hiroshima high school students about the Battle of Okinawa, show them the footsteps of the Shiraume students Okinawa Shogaku Senior High School Regional Laboratory students (right) tell Hiroshima Jogakuin Senior High School students (left) about the paths walked by the Shiraume students, on March 16 at the Shiraume Memorial Tower in Maezato, Itoman April 2, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo By Sanenori Kinjo   “Please try to imagine: girls just ten years old going to sleep only to be soon awoken and forced to work all day long under harsh conditions.�...

March 16 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo   We must take full advantage of this letter. The Overseas Base Realignment and Closure Coalition, a group of U.S. intellectuals, former officials, and others, published a letter addressed to President Biden calling for closure of U.S. military bases overseas. The signatories have taken issue with the new base construction in Henoko, Nago and the excessive burden of bases in Okinawa.   The letter takes issue with the increased military tensions and environmental destruction caused by U.S. bases overseas. It asserts that closure of overseas bases will reduce the f...

“Moon rainbow.” Orange light below is from streetlights etc. (Photograph by Akira Oyama) =March 1, 2021 March 8, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo   A rainbow in the night sky, called a “moon rainbow ( gekkou),” appeared at Okuma Beach in Kunigami Village, Okinawa. Akira Oyama, age 57, who serves as a nature guide in the village succeeded in capturing a photograph of the rainbow on March 1. According to the Okinawa Regional Headquarters of the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), it is extremely rare for a “moon rainbow” to be observed, and according to a representative of the Headquarters, “I ...