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The Ryûkyû Shimpô company involved itself in development and modernization efforts in the island prefecture, spurring agricultural production and innovation by hosting competitions and exhibitions, and arranged in 1915 for the first demonstration of an airplane in Okinawa<ref>Kerr. pp430-432</ref>.

The Ryûkyû Shimpô company involved itself in development and modernization efforts in the island prefecture, spurring agricultural production and innovation by hosting competitions and exhibitions, and arranged in 1915 for the first demonstration of an airplane in Okinawa<ref>Kerr. pp430-432</ref>.

Originally published every other day, it became a daily newspaper in 1906<ref name=kotobank>"Ryūkyū Shimpō." [http://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%90%89%E7%90%83%E6%96%B0%E5%A0%B1 Kotobank.jp]. 2008. Accessed 6 September 2009.</ref>. During World War II, as the result of the national government's Newspaper Unification Policy, the paper was combined with the ''Okinawa Asahi'' and Okinawa Daily News (''Okinawa Nippô'') into the ''Okinawa Shimpô''<ref name=kotobank/>, and did not resume publication under the name "Ryûkyû Shimpô" until after the end of the war<ref name=shimpo/>.

Originally published every other day, it became a daily newspaper in 1906<ref name=kotobank>"Ryūkyū Shimpō." [http://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%90%89%E7%90%83%E6%96%B0%E5%A0%B1 Kotobank.jp]. 2008. Accessed 6 September 2009.</ref>. As the result of the national government's Newspaper Unification Policy, the paper was combined with the ''Okinawa Asahi'' and Okinawa Daily News (''Okinawa Nippô'') into the ''Okinawa Shimpô''<ref name=kotobank/> in 1940, and did not resume publication under the name "Ryûkyû Shimpô" until 1951.<ref name=shimpo/><ref name=newspark>Gallery labels, ''Okinawa fukki 50 nen to 1972'' 沖縄復帰５０年と１９７２ exhibit, Newspark (Japan Newspaper Museum), Yokohama, May 2022.</ref> The final issue of that combined ''Okinawa Shimpô'' was published on 25 May 1945, in conjunction with the fall of [[Shuri castle]] to Allied forces.<ref name=newspark/>.

Today, it has the largest print-run of newspapers in Okinawa with both morning and evening editions, and the newspaper company is connected to a number of other businesses, including Ryûkyû Shimpô Shipping, Ryûkyû Shimpô Development, and Weekly Lequio (週刊レキオ社, ''Shûkan Rekio sha'')<ref name=shimpo/>

Today, it has the largest print-run of newspapers in Okinawa with both morning and evening editions, and the newspaper company is connected to a number of other businesses, including Ryûkyû Shimpô Shipping, Ryûkyû Shimpô Development, and Weekly Lequio (週刊レキオ社, ''Shûkan Rekio sha'')<ref name=shimpo/>