Denny in the News

Splendor of Okinawa: Treasure Flower, beachside Mihama, 16au24 Ginowan, which encompasses the US Military Futenma Airfield, has set 1 August for its mayoral election to replace its deceased former mayor. 2 rookies have entered the race, former City Assembly Member Isao Tobaru (65), endorsed by the Constitutional Democratic Party, the Communist Party, the Social Democratic Party, and the Social Democratic Masses Party, and Takashi Higa (47), a company president, as well as Former Ginowan Mayor Atsushi Sakima (60), endorsed by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito. All three claim to be independents The most serious points of contention are expected to revolve around issues, such as measures to remove the dangers of the Futenma base and the necessity of its relocation to Henoko in Nago.  The election ballots will be counted on 8 September. Both Tobaru and Sakima share the same view on requesting the speedy cessation of activities and the return of the base land. However, on ...

Splendor of Okinawa: Basil, beachside Mihama, 23au24. 80 years have passed since the Tsushima Maru, a ship used for the evacuation of a large number of Okinawan children, was attacked with torpedoes and sunk by a US submarine. On 24 August, a memorial ceremony was held for the victims who washed ashore along the Uken Funoshi Coast at Uken Village in Kagoshima. In addition to local residents, participants included Okinawa Prefecture Governor Denny Tamaki and school children from Okinawa and Amami, who are studying about the Tsushima Maru incident in a peace studies exchange program. About 100 people, their hands clasped in prayer before the memorial monument, to pray for the eternal happiness of the victims and lasting peace in the world. 　 The Tsushima Maru set off from Naha Port on 21 August 1944 with about 1800 passengers, including 1661 children from Okinawa national schools. On the following day, 22 August, off the coast of Akuseki Island, it was hit by torpedoes from a US submarin...

Splendor of Okinawa: Angelwing Jasmine, roadside Futenma, 8mr24 During the Pacific Campaign of WW2, a great many people became victims in the sinking of an evacuation ship by the US Military. Even as people with firsthand knowledge of the tragedy become fewer and fewer, the  memorial ceremony for those victims is still being carried out at Uken Village. 80 years ago, the Pacific War was right at its crux. About 1500 civilians were boarded on the Tsushima Maru for evacuation from Okinawa. However, the ship was torpedoed and sunk by the US Military. A large group of student evacuees was among those aboard the ship. About 800 of those children lost their lives as victims of the sinking. This year is the 80th since the Tsushima Maru was sunk. About 100 interested villagers, plus, for the first time, Governor Denny Tamaki and others from Okinawa Prefecture, from where the Tsushima Maru had set out,  participated in the offering of flowers. Governor Denny Tamaki conveyed his thought...

Splendor of Okinawa: Ribbon Plant, beachside Mihama, 9au24 . The memorial ceremony for the Tsushima Maru, a ship evacuating student children, which was attacked and sunk by the US Military during the Pacific War (WW2), was held on Amami Oshima in Kagoshima. On 22 August 1944, during the Pacific War, the Tsushima Maru was attacked and sunk by a US Military submarine in mid voyage with evacuees bound for their Yokohama destination. 784 children were among the 1484 killed in the sinking.  Because a multitude of the bodies from the sinking washed ashore along Amami Oshima’s coast, a memorial ceremony has been held there every August. On this year’s 80th anniversary of the sinking, Okinawa Prefecture Governor Denny Tamaki participated in the mourning. The governor prayed, “I hope that this link between the hearts of Amami and Okinawa will, even in the slightest way, spread out to become a wave of peace.” Original Japanese article: TBS News Dig, published Saturday 24 August 2024 at 23:2...