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・11/26 Nago Autumn Fireworks Festival @ Nago Fishing Port 17:00~21:00 (Fireworks 20:00~) Free to enter https://r.goope.jp/srb-47-37/info/479...Read More
The Okinawa Zoo needs your help [News]
The Okinawa Zoo is now asking for Crowd-Funding support in order to raise money to help feed the animals at the zoo. Due to COVID19, attenda...Read More
Two youths killed in motorcycle accident [News]
Two teenage boys were killed when the driver of the motorcycle they were riding lost control and crashed into a utility pole about 3:30 a.m. on national road 329 in Kuba, Nakagusuk...
Video of boy entering convenience store freezer found uploaded [News]
A video of a boy entering and exiting an ice cream freezer in a convenience store in Itoman, was found uploaded on the Internet Wednesday evening. The convenience store filed a dam...
JASF F-15 mishap closes Naha Airport for 45 minutes [News]
A part of a beacon light of a Japan Air Self Defense Force F-15 fighter of the JASDF Naha Base fell off when the aircraft was taking off from Naha Airport Wednesday morning causing...
Visitors to “Hacksaw Ridge” in Urasoe increase [News]
A spot named “Maeda Kochi” in Urasoe City is a place where a fierce battle was fought during the Battle of Okinawa. It’s also the setting for the famous American war movie “Hacksaw...
Sex with juvenile nets police officer dishonorable discharge [News]
The Okinawa Police Inspection Department has punished a police officer stationed at Itoman City Police Station with a dishonorable discharge for having sex with an underage girl. T...
13 youngsters nabbed for fraud scheme [News News]
Okinawa Police 2nd Investigation Division and Uruma Police arrested Friday 23-year-old Shigeaki Irei and a 18-year-old boy on suspicion of using faked documents, utilizing counterf...
Pictures of before and during Battle of Okinawa available [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Archives has started operating a new system that allows public to browse 3,811 high-definition pictures of Okinawa taken by the U.S. military before and during ...
Uruma City struggles to attract residents to vacant houses [News]
Uruma City is trying to find ways to invigorate communities on the small islands off the city’s coastline, and find ways to attract people to live in vacant houses on the islands. ...
Woman rescued off Manza Beach [News]
Ishikawa Police sent letters of appreciation to the ANA Intercontinental Manza Beach Resort, Mamoru Iha and Tomoya Iha father and son, and Yohei Sakurai, for rescuing a local woman...
Number of Nepali language students in Okinawa drops [News]
According to sources among representatives of language schools in Okinawa, only 33% of students, to whom the Ministry of Justice issued Certificates of Eligibility, were actually i...
Sanshin makers rue dearth of successors [News]
The Okinawa-Made Sanshin Branding Committee of the Union of Okinawa Sanshin Business Associations held its third meeting at Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum in Naha, Tuesd...
Japan Post Okinawa joins in tourist information effort [News]
Japan Post, Okinawa Branch, is joining forces with Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa Convention Bureau (OCVB), and Okinawa Cellular Co. to improve contents of the tourist information web...
USAF Colonel, Okinawan student commended for saving woman’s life [News]
Col. John Cotton, the commander of the U.S. Air Force 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, and Naomi Kinjo, a student at Okinawa College of Rehabilitation and Welfare, received letter...
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NPO Taiyou no Ekubo wins childcare prize [News]
NPO Taiyo-no Ekubo from Urasoe City was the big winner of the 10th Childcare Project sponsored by Sumitomo Life insurance company receiving both the Sumisei Gold Prize and the Mini...
Philippine Airlines mulling direct Manila – Naha flights [News]
Philippine Airlines is reportedly in the final stage of negotiations to start charter flights between Manila and Naha in April. Initially, the plan is to fly two round-trip charter...
Nearly all car rental, lodging co’s in Yaeyama violate labor law [News]
According to a report by Yaeyama Labor Standards Inspection Office published Saturday, all car rental companies and nearly all lodging industry businesses in the Yaeyama districts ...
False alarm reports downing of aircraft off Miyagi Beach [News]
An emergency call reportedly from the U.S, military Sunday morning reported a “flying object” that had supposedly fallen off Miyagi Beach in Chatan. Police, Japan Coast Guard, and ...
Average wages in Okinawa increased in 2017 [News]
Boukenou, the publisher of a job magazine “Jay Warm,” has completed a data book on average wages in Okinawa Prefecture in 2017. According to Boukenou, the average hourly wage in th...
Yokosuka sailor nabbed on suspicion of DUI [News]
A U.S. Navy sailor vacationing on Okinawa was arrested early Sunday morning on suspicion of DUI in Chatan. According to Okinawa Prefectural Police, 34-year-old Seaman Apprentice Ti...
Stamps to mark opening of Karate Kaikan go for sale [News]
A commemorative postage stamp set to mark the opening of Okinawa Karate Kaikan in Tomigusuku City on Mar. 4th, will go for sale from Mar. 5th. The stamps will be sold at the store ...
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