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Henoko seabed survey on hold for month [News]
The fight between the central government and Okinawa Prefectural government over the landfill preparation work for the Furenma replacement f...Read More
2014: Guard changes, but Futenma remains… [News]
For the third year in a row, the plans to move MCAS Futenma to a new base in Henoko, demands to move it out of the prefecture, and oppositio...Read More
Futenma, Senkakus provide most memorable… [News]
By Bill Charles If Futenma Marine Corps Air Station didn’t exist, and if China didn’t have its eye on the Senkaku Islands in southwestern Ok...Read More
Man jumps to death while police tries to enter his apartment [News]
A man, whose apartment was the target of a police search for evidence in a case involving his business, jumped to his death through the window of his 3rd floor apartment, as the po...
Company president arrested for not paying for overtime [News]
The Okinawa Labor Bureau arrested a Naha office supply store in Naha, and the store manager, Tuesday, on violating the Labor Standards Law. According to the Labor Bureau, 42-year-o...
Coffee from Kunigami become first “Specialty Coffee” from Japan [News]
Coffee beans from Yasujiro and Yuko Tokuda’s coffee farm in Ada, Kunigami Village, have been officially named as “Specialty Coffee” that is given to high quality coffee beans. This...
Staff member of 11th Regional Coast Guard HQ arrested [News]
Tomigusuku Police arrested a male member of the staff of the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters Sunday on suspicion of causing a physical injury. Police say they arrested 25-ye...
Motorcyclist chased by police crashes into wall [News]
A man trying to flee two chasing police motorcycles on his motorbike lost control and crashed into a concrete wall in Taba, Uruma City, about midnight on Saturday. According to Uru...
Mickey Mouse to take part in Naha Giant Tug-of-war Fest [News]
The 47th Naha Giant Tug-of-war Festival will be held Oct. 7. The Tokyo Disney Resort has announced that it will organize a special parade that will take place on Kokusai Street in ...
Okinawa temperatures highest, rainfall lowest ever in August [News]
According to the Okinawa Meteorological Observatory’s updated agricultural meteorology statistics for the first half of August, the average temperature was 1.5 degrees higher than ...
Wall collapse kills construction worker in Kitanakagusuku [News]
A stone wall next to a parking lot of a construction site in Adaniya, Kitanakagusuku Village collapsed Tuesday afternoon, leaving one construction worker dead and two injured. 47-y...
Eight men pretending to be police nabbed for bank fraud [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police Second Investigation Division and Tomigusuku Police arrested eight men, including 33-year-old Shogo Asato, a reputed member of Tominaga-gumi, a designate...
Yanbaru Bus introduces real time operation info system [News]
Okinawa Polytechnic College announced Tuesday that their team of students has developed a system that allows checking the operational information of “Yanbaru Express Bus” that runs...
Commuter ferry resumes trips to Daito islands [News]
Runs of Ferry “Daito,” a ship plying the route between Naha and Kita and Minami-Daito islands, have been suspended due to nearby typhoons No.5 and No.9. The ferry resumed running t...
All-round bus service passes available for tourists [News]
“Okinawa Rosen Kankou Katsuyou Senryaku Kaigi,” an association of four Okinawan bus companies, Okinawa Urban Monorail, and JTB Okinawa, held Thursday a press conference at the Naha...
Nanto Co. successfully applies Aug. 2nd for “Day of Habu” [News]
Nanto Co., the operator of Okinawa World theme park, made a petition to Japan Anniversary Association to name August 2nd the day of “Habu” – as “ha” stands for 8 and “bu” for 2. Th...
Miyako cooperative sold sea grapes without proper labels [News]
Takano Umibudou Seisan Kumiai (cooperative) on Miyako Island was found to have sold Umibudou (sea grapes) without labels to display their place of origin as required by the Japanes...
Bad manners of visitors prompt locals to close access to Bise no Warumi [News]
Access to “Bise no Warumi,” a famous and popular sightseeing spot and sacred site in Motobu, is now blocked because of bad manners of visitors. Locals say, “We cannot open the plac...
First Sunday of school holiday brings water accidents [News]
July 23rd was the first Sunday of during the summer holiday of public schools, and the hot sunny day attracted thousands to the beaches of Okinawa. Unfortunately, with crowds came ...
Only 34% know Okinawa is birthplace of Karate [News]
The Okinawa Prefecture Karate Promotion Division has conducted a survey regarding Okinawa traditional Karate and martial arts, and made the results of the survey public on July 21s...
¥1.2 million Kariyushi shirt highlights top traditional techniques [News]
June Inc., an Okinawan company making “PAIKAJI” brand resort wear has produced an original Kariyushi shirt in collaboration with Kyoto Karacho, a long-established maker of karakami...
Co-op Okinawa deliveryman nabbed stealing lunch tickets [News]
A male deliveryman in his 20’s working for Co-op Okinawa Service, a subsidiary of Co-op Okinawa, who was in charge of the Co-op deliveries in Uruma City, was caught for having stol...
Man stabs old schoolmate after quarrel in Ishigaki City [News]
Yaeyama Police arrested Sunday 49-year-old Haruichi Yoshimoto on suspicion of attempted murder after he stabbed a 46-year-old man, reportedly his schoolmate, in Tonoshiro, Ishigaki...
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