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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
Naha Central Hotel opens East Tower [Business]
The Community & Spa Naha Central Hotel in Makishi, Naha City that has been under renovation since June celebrates the grand opening of the new 96-room extension building of the...
Okinawans near bottom among online shoppers [Business]
According to a Japan Direct Marketing Association survey on the online shopping in Japan, the average annual amount a resident of Okinawa spends shopping online is ¥71,875 that put...
Wine sales in Okinawa grew 14-fold in 5 years [Business]
Although the quantity of wine imported from overseas to Okinawa and its cost are decreasing, the overall quantity of wine sales in the prefecture shot up 40 percent over the period...
Tour company to drill for hot spring on Taketomi [Business]
Taketomi Kuroshio Kankou, a local tour company on Taketomi Island is planning to start next February to drill for a hot spring on Taketomi. According to company sources, a geologic...
2016.11.21
Weekend ‘Ritou Fair’ puts focus on outer islands [Business]
A three-day annual fair called ‘Ritou Fair’ opens this Friday at Okinawa Cellular Stadium in Onoyama Park in Naha to promote products, beauty, and tourism of 18 communities on Okin...
New Motobu Okinawa Soba Map now available [Business]
Motobu Town Chamber of Commerce and Industry has published a new edition of its annual “Soba Map” that shows locations of 77 Okinawa-soba restaurants in the town. Pictures of soba ...
First-class hotel planned for Minatogawa, Urasoe [Business]
A mainland developer has proposed building the first first-class hotel in Urasoe on the reclaimed land off Camp Kinser. According to a plan by property developer Takara Create base...
Naha Airport operates ¥3.3 billion in red [Business]
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation announced Tuesday its estimate of the balance of payments for FY2015 for the 27 national airports. The total aggregated busi...
60% of high school grads leave job within 3 years [Business]
Okinawa Department of Labor says that about 60% of high school and 40% of college graduates in Okinawa who graduated in March 2013 and started working left their jobs within three ...
San-A, PARCO join forces for giant shopping mall [Business]
Tessei Uechi, the president of San-A, one of the largest supermarket chains in Okinawa, and Kozo Makiyama, the president of PARCO, one of the largest commercial building developers...
Churashima Foundation takes over historical Mie Restaurant [Business]
Okinawa Churashima Foundation announced Friday the establishing of a new company, “Ryukyu Food Culture Research Co.” in Kumoji, Naha City that will take over the management of “Mie...
Orix Real Estate building new hotel in Chatan [Business]
Orix Real Estate is starting today the construction of a new hotel with 160 rooms in the “Fisherina Ward” next to Hilton Okinawa Chatan Resort in Mihama, Chatan Town. The hotel is ...
New housing starts to drop to less than 10,000 in 2033 [Business]
Nansei Shoto Industrial Advancement Center (NIAC) is predicting that the demand of new housing in Okinawa Prefecture will drop in the future, and the starts of the new housing cons...
2016.11.03
24-hour currency exchange opens at Sunabe [Business]
There are many currency exchange shops around Chatan and Okinawa City, and a new one seems to open almost daily. That has made the life very convenient from the days one had to vis...
2016.10.24
Reef Line Art: Yomitan Village wood artisan [Business]
By David Higgins In most cases, one would envision a surfboard shaper as someone who works in a dimly lit room; painstakingly measuring, applying and sanding layer after layer of f...
Itoman goods booth opens at Itoman Road Station [Business]
A new booth that specializes in selling about 500 kinds of goods exclusively made in Itoman opened Wednesday in Yukura Market located at Itoman Road Station in Nishizaki, Itoman Ci...
Okinawa’s first basketball apparel brand launched [Business]
Step by Step, a basketball specialty shop in Naha, has launched a basketball clothing brand “Okinawa Basketball Kingdom” (OBK). The new brand is the first in Okinawa, and currently...
2016.10.20
Okinawa Industry Fair puts focus on marine resources [Business]
The annual Okinawa Industry Festival, long billed as a real-world products festival with an appeal to everyday citizens, opens its doors and gates at Onoyama Park and Okinawa Budok...
2016.10.13
Okinawa FamilyMart thrives for local flavor in its 300 stores in Okinawa [Business]
By Miki Shioda Okinawa FamilyMart prides itself as a community-based convenience store chain that has more than 300 shops throughout the prefecture. Its business in the prefecture ...
Kirin’s new beer tailored to Okinawa goes on sale [Business]
Kirin Beer Marketing Okinawa Branch launches today a special beer called “Ichiban Shibori Okinawa Zukuri” that is Kirin’s first beer made specifically to match Okinawa’s climate an...
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