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It’s all about cars at Car Beauty Pro S… [Business]
Most gas stations in Japan are far more than spots to fill up the tank. They have services that range from an oil change and other minor mai...Read More
Fashion Candy introduces new confectiona… [Business]
Fashion Candy, one of Okinawa’s best-known confectionary makers, especially for its “chinsuko” cookies, introduced Monday a new brand “Makuk...Read More
Okinawa FamilyMart thrives for local fla… [Business]
By Miki Shioda Okinawa FamilyMart prides itself as a community-based convenience store chain that has more than 300 shops throughout the pre...Read More
2015.10.17
Joint Store sells coolest T-shirts, and creates tattoos to match [Business]
Located in a building with the first floor painted almost entirely black near Jimmy’s grocery store on Highway 58 in Oyama, Ginowan City, a clothing store called ‘JOINT’ is catchin...
OTS opens multi-lingual Okinawa hotel reservation site [Business]
Okinawa Tourist Service (OTS), a local tour company, has opened an online hotel reservation site from Oct. 1st. On the site, OTS introduces tour sites on the Okinawa main island an...
2015.10.05
Yanbaru Business Fair in Nago highlights northern Okinawa [Business]
The northern parts of Okinawa Island is often referred to as ‘Yanbaru’ that means ‘Mountain Field,” because it’s the part of the island that has the highest mountains and least inh...
2015.10.05
Floating playgrounds provide fun for whole families [Business]
Anyone who has recently visited beaches at some of Okinawa’s bigger resorts has noticed that many of them sport huge floating playgrounds anchored a few meters offshore from the be...
San-A to build rival to AEON Rycom in Urasoe [Business]
Urasoe City Mayor Tetsuji Matsumoto announced Thursday that the city and the local supermarket and department store operator San-A have signed a contract for a lot of reclaimed lan...
Orion Beer to build resort to Nakijin [Business]
Orion Beer Co. Ltd. is going ahead with its plan to build a 200-to-300-room resort hotel on the 32,623-square-meter site of the former Deigo-sou in Yonamine, Nakijin Village. The a...
Kagoshima Bank opens first shop in Naha [Business]
Kagoshima Bank, a regional bank based in Kagoshima Prefecture, opened its first branch office on Okinawa in Mekaru, Naha City, with an opening ceremony on Monday. This marks the fi...
Comcast takeover of USJ casts shadow on Okinawa plan [Business]
Comcast, an American mass media company and the largest cable and broadcast company in the U.S. and the world, announced Monday that it is going to acquire a controlling stake in t...
Mitsui-Sumitomo Bank planning to enter Okinawa [Business]
Mitsui-Sumitomo Bank, one of the three largest banks in the nation, is reportedly making plans to open a branch office in Okinawa. According to persons familiar with the matter, th...
Travelex currency service opens shop on Okinawa [Business]
Travelex Japan, a company providing worldwide foreign currency exchange services, opened a new branch office Friday on the first floor of Okinawa Tourist Service office building on...
San-A planning large-scale shopping center to Ishikawa [Business]
The Okinawa Prefectural Enterprise Bureau gave a notice to Uruma City that it has entered into negotiations of land sales contract with San-A Co., Ltd., a major local supermarket a...
FamilyMart buys Cocostores [Business]
FamilyMart Co., Ltd., the No.3 convenience store chain in Japan, has acquired all shares in its smaller rival Cococstore Corp. The company said in its Sep. 8th announcement that it...
‘Silver Week’ gives Japanese 5-day break [Business]
As the Respect for the Aged Day, a Japanese holiday is observed on Monday, Sep. 21st, the Autumn Equinox Day, another Japanese national holiday is on Wednesday, Sep. 24th and the J...
USJ plans for Okinawa theme park take shape [Business]
Universal Studios Japan is advancing its plans to open a new theme park on Okinawa, its second in Japan. The company is reportedly planning to spend about ¥60 billion ($497 million...
Costco reported mulling opening store on Okinawa [Business]
A U.S. based membership warehouse club Costco that currently operates 24 stores in various parts of Japan, has reportedly made a location survey with the aim of making a foray into...
Peach Aviation starts regular Naha-Korea flights [Business]
Peach Aviation, a Japanese low-cost airline headquartered in Osaka, has started regular flights between Naha and Inchon in Korea from Sep. 4th. The inauguration of the route marks ...
2nd Great Okinawa Trade Fair attracts much interest [Business]
The first board meeting of the 2nd Great Okinawa Trade Fair 2015, one of the largest international food-related trade fairs in Japan scheduled to take place on Nov. 26th and 27th t...
Scandal tainted Okishin Construction files for bankruptcy [Business]
Okishin Kensetsu Construction Co. of Uruma City has sought bankruptcy protection having encountered what the company officials call a “serious cash-flow problem.” This February, Ak...
2015.08.30
Island Boat in Ginowan Marina is dream maker [Business]
By Jun Ikemura How many of us have not dreamed of sailing to the sunset onboard our own yacht, chasing the big ones on a full-blooded fishing machine, or just lounging under the su...
Okinawan goods sold on line at discount with gov. subsidy [Business]
A new internet shop outsourced by the Prefectural Department of Commerce, Industry and Labor to sell Okinawan local products at a 30 % discount started Monday. The goods are sold a...
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