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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
Korean café chain Mangosix opens store on Miyako [Business]
Mangosix, a chain of cafés with headquarters in Korea, opened Saturday its first branch in Japan in Don Quijote Miyakojima store in Nishisato, Hirara. Mangosix has mango juice as t...
Tourist information center opens in DFS Galleria [Business]
JTB Okinawa opened Saturday “Tourist Information Center T Galleria Okinawa”, a tourist information center for foreign tourists on the second floor of the DFS Galleria Okinawa build...
Vacant Ichibangai Mall stores to become hotel [Business]
NPO Machizukuri Kozamachi is planning to open a hotel in renovated vacant stores in Ichibangai shopping mall in Okinawa City. The renovation is scheduled to begin as early as this ...
Ryukyu Golden Kings’ diary now on sale [Business]
Okinawa FamilyMart and Marumasa Printing Co. have collaborated to make “Okinawa Diary” as one of the cheering goods for the Ryukyu Golden Kings, the local pro-basketball team that ...
Export of used clothing boom, largest ever [Business]
According to statistics of Okinawa Customs, the volume of used clothes exported from Okinawa in 2015 was 1,416 tons that is 13.4% more than the previous year. The value of the clot...
Destination weddings showing strong increase [Business]
Okinawa Prefecture Department of Culture, Tourism and Sports announced Wednesday that 6,553 couples came to Okinawa to have destination weddings during the period from January to J...
Okinawa residential land prices increase fastest pace in nation [Business]
The Land Policy Division of Okinawa Prefecture announced Tuesday results of its land price survey of July 1, 2016. According to the survey, the price of residential, commercial, an...
Tokyo temp agency acquires American Engineering [Business]
Outsourcing Inc., a temporary employment agency based in Tokyo, has reached a basic agreement to acquire American Engineering Corporation (AEC), a general contractor with head offi...
FamilyMart stores in Okinawa exceed 300 [Business]
Okinawa FamilyMart announced Wednesday that the number of their stores in Okinawa has exceeded 300. FamilyMart Ishigaki Isobe store and Ishigaki Seed store were just opened on the ...
Unimat opens first cabin-style hotel on Ishigaki [Business]
Unimat Precious Co., a company in charge of resort business of the Unimat Group, is opening “Blue Cabin Ishigakijima” on Oct. 15, which is the first low-cost cabin-style hotel for ...
Miyako receives over 100,000 visitors on cruise ships [Business]
The number of passengers on cruise ships visiting Miyako Island by the end of August this year exceeded 100,000 for the first time. According to local officials, a total of 105,276...
Only 5.1% of managers in Okinawa are female [Business]
Teikoku Data Bank, Okinawa Branch, has announced results of its survey on attitudes regarding female employment in Okinawa. According to the survey, females hold only 5.1% of manag...
Hoshino Resort Hotel to open in 2019 in Yomitan [Business]
Hoshino Resorts, a company operating 35 resorts and hotels both at domestic and international destinations, is proceeding to construct a high-class resort with 100 separate villas ...
AEON Mall impact on neighbors surveyed [Business]
The Okinawa Prefecture Small and Medium Enterprise Support Division has announced the results of a study on economic effects of the mega shopping mall AEON Mall Rycom that opened a...
Strong winds for ships to change schedules [Business]
Three cruise ships that were scheduled to enter or leave Naha and Hirara ports were forced to change their schedule, Tuesday, and about 6,200 passengers were left stranded on the s...
Unimat Precious to build luxury resort on Ishigaki [Business]
Unimat Precious, a company of the Unimat Group in charge of resort business, is planning to open a luxury resort named Hotel Allamanda Ishigaki, in Miyara, Ishigaki City, in the so...
Overseas bound passengers from Naha exceed 70,000 [Business]
According to Ministry of Justice figures, 72,751 Japanese passengers left for overseas destinations from Naha Airport in 2015 that is a 9.7-percent increase from a year ago, and th...
Marriott to open resort at Kabira Bay on Ishigaki [Business]
Marriott International, a U.S. based worldwide hotel chain is planning to open a new luxury resort at Kabira, Ishigaki City. The hotel will reportedly have about 360 guest rooms, w...
New electric power retailer to start business in October [Business]
Okinawa Gas New Power, a new electric power retailer established in April as a joint venture of Okinawa Gas of Naha City and eREX CO. Ltd. of Tokyo, is scheduled to begin electric ...
Okinawa collects ¥336.5 billion in taxes in 2015 [Business]
According to Okinawa National Tax Agency, the total tax receipts in the prefecture in fiscal 2015 were ¥336.531 billion, which is 11.5% or ¥34.805 billion higher than the year befo...
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