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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
Container cargo increases at three Okinawa ports [Business]
The Okinawa General Bureau announced Friday that the domestic container volume in Naha, Ishigaki, and Hirara ports increased in 2015 in all three to the highest level since statist...
Pizza House to re-open main restaurant in new location [Business]
Pizza House Co., a company that runs Pizza House Jr. restaurants on Okinawa specializing in western-style dishes, announced that it would re-open a new Pizza House flagship restaur...
Helios Brewery celebrates 20 years of craft beer [Business]
Helios Brewery, a Nago based maker of alcoholic drinks and beer, is celebrating its 20th anniversary of making craft beer from July 6th through 18th at Helios Pub on Kokusai Street...
Toyosaki to have large resort hotel complex [Business]
Although it lost the new MICE facility to Agarihama in Yonabaru, the Toyosaki area in Tomigusuku City will be the site of a new large 400-room resort hotel complex. The Chia Shin C...
2016.07.03
Shiraishi Car Beauty Pro Eneos is ready to pamper your car [Business]
The JX Nippon Oil & Energy Co. is the largest oil company in Japan, but most people, especially those who drive a car, know much better the label it uses to sell its oil produc...
7-Eleven convenience store chain poised to enter Okinawa [Business]
7-Eleven, an international convenience store chain with over 59,000 company operated, franchised and licensed stores in 17 countries, is the largest convenience store chain in Japa...
Households living in condos expected to double [Business]
According to Kaihou Research Institute ltd. survey on housing supply, the number of households in Okinawa living in condominium-type units increased 25.5 percent over the period fr...
AEON Chatan building sold to Goldman Sachs [Business]
Goldman Sachs, one of the largest investment an banking companies, is increasing it’s portfolio of properties it owns on Okinawa, as it purchased the AEON Chatan building and land ...
Mihama aims to become largest mid-island resort hub [Business]
Chatan Town presented Jun. 17th a plan to public to develop the Mihama district of the town into the largest resort area of the middle part of Okinawa. In order to achieve the goal...
Kunigami YuiYui road station to reopen in July after renovation [Business]
Road Station YuiYui in Kunigami, a tourist and local product center on Highway 58 close to Okuma, is scheduled to reopen Jul. 24. Of the eight road stations on Okinawa, Road Statio...
Chinese multiple-entry visas to Okinawa hit new record [Business]
The number of Chinese visitors entering Okinawa on multiple-entry visas hit a new record, as the entries with such visas increased to 60,298 in 2015. That is a 3.3-time increase fr...
Sangetsu opens Okinawa showroom in Ginowan [Business]
Nagoya-based Sangetsu Co., Ltd., a maker of interior decoration and upholstery materials, is opening a new showroom on Jun. 18th on the second floor of Lequios Square Bldg. in Uchi...
New Bireley’s drink hits store shelves [Business]
Asahi Orion Calpis Inryo Co., Ltd., the maker of Bireley’s brand of beverages, has bought a new beverage under Bireley’s label to stores throughout Okinawa. The new product, labele...
Okinawa total income records biggest rise in 2015 [Business]
According to figures by the Okinawa National Tax Office published Jun. 2nd, the total income in the prefecture in 2015 rose 8% from the year before to ¥363.283 billion. The amount ...
Naha 4th, Ishigaki 6th in cruise ship port calls [Business]
According to the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, cruise liners made a total 1,454 port calls to Japanese ports in 2015. The number is the highest ...
Sun Marina Resort re-opens as Sheraton on Jun. 1st [Business]
The Sun Marina Hotel in Fuchaku, Onna Village, has been re-branded after a full renovation, and re-opened Jun. 1st as the Sheraton Okinawa Sun Marina Resort. The hotel owner Ishin ...
Foreign visitors spent average ¥107,302 while in Okinawa [Business]
A survey by Okinawa Prefecture Department of Culture, Tourism and Sports published on May 31st, indicates that foreign visitors spend an average ¥107,302 per person during their st...
Itoman Public Market is ready for for renovation [Business]
Itoman City is planning for a renovation of the Itoman Public Market that is a well-known and very popular place among the community. The market has currently 27 tenant stores sell...
“Be-Okinawa-Free-Wi-Fi” service to start in July [Business]
Okinawa Prefecture has asked all major telecommunications companies to provide a centralized service of free Wi-Fi that would enable all smartphone owners to access a free Wi-Fi se...
Okinawan businesses’ expansion to overseas markets sluggish [Business]
Kaiho Research Institute, Ltd. reported May 25th that of 328 companies with regular transactions outside Okinawa, only 53 (16.2%) have expanded their business overseas, led by the ...
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