The Council reports to Governor Tamaki on the proposed Okinawa Promotion Plan for an “island where happiness can be truly felt.” (20ja22)

On 19 January, Okinawa Prefectural Promotion Chairman and President of the University of the Ryukyus Mutsumi Nishida reported the Council’s results to Governor Denny Tamaki on the draft proposal for the prefecture’s New Okinawa Promotion Plan (dubbed: the Next Promotion Plan).


The plan envisions a policy aimed at forming “an island where happiness can truly be felt in safety and peace of mind,” in environmental, social, and economic harmony. It also puts together a “systematically related design” that determines the success indicators for each measure.


At the Prefectural Building, Chairman Nishida discussed the results face to face with Governor Denny Tamaki. The chairman noted, “Although the achievements of the Okinawa Development plans across 50 years are acknowledged, a lot of challenges still remain. Touching on verification of policy results, we have to powerfully drive Okinawa’s promotion under a stable legal system.” 


Governor Tamaki replied, “With your report, we’ll work hard from now on toward a future that Okinawa deserves. We have confirmed our spirit and determination to work together toward that reality.”


In June of last year, the Prefecture asked the Council for a proposal for the Next Promotion Plan. Because a legal system that would change the Okinawa Promotion Special Measures Law then in place is expected to be established at the ordinary Diet session already in progress, the Prefecture will establish the Next Promotion proposal by the end of March, relying on the Council’s report.   


The Council had the draft examined a total of 46 times by 9 subcommittees and there were around 400 opinions submitted from each committee member. In addition, there were opinions submitted by 530 private citizens from the prefecture, 230 by municipalities, and 486 by social groups.


Original Japanese article: Ryukyu Shimpo, published Thursday 20 January 2022 at 11:09. Byline: Masakazu (=正覚?) Umeda

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/74f453ea919b8176c659deb8608b44d0cbdf5ccb


Translator’s note:

Denny in the News: news about Okinawan Governor Denny Tamaki.

Denny Tamaki is the governor of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. Although Okinawa is important as an international tourist destination and a key element in strategic US Military Forces, its governor receives very little coverage in the Japanese press and almost none in the English language media. 

  1. This blog hopes to  translate one news article a day on the governor.  It is unsponsored and unauthorized. The translator simply hopes to improve his skills and perhaps give the governor an English speaking audience. 

  2. Any suggestion on improving the translation will be gratefully accepted. However, please leave political comments for another forum.

  3. Where they occur, words and phrases in Ryukyuan (the Okinawan language) are rendered in italics and translated in parentheses. Names  whose readings are uncertain are rendered as Name (=Kanji?) as in Nagayuki (=長行?). Any corrections in such instances would be gratefully appreciated.

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