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The “PayPay” app is offering cash back u… [CURRENT ISSUE News Technology]
“PayPay” is one of the most popular electronic payment apps in Japan. Ginowan city is trying to promote and encourage cashless payment on th...Read More
Recording services offered to the public… [News]
Okinawa Public Theater Ashibina in Okinawa city is offering recording services in the hall of the facility. Due to COVID-19, a lot of events...Read More
Go To Eat Campaign begins [Gourmet News]
The “Go To Eat Premium Ticket Campaign” has started and began on Nov. 17th. The “Go To Eat Campaign” is focused on supporting food service e...Read More
2021.10.19
The “PayPay” app is offering cash back up to ¥12,000 [CURRENT ISSUE News Technology]
“PayPay” is one of the most popular electronic payment apps in Japan. Ginowan city is trying to promote and encourage cashless payment on the island due to COVID 19 safety measures...
2020.11.29
Recording services offered to the public at Ashibina hall [News]
Okinawa Public Theater Ashibina in Okinawa city is offering recording services in the hall of the facility. Due to COVID-19, a lot of events are cancelled or postponed and the hall...
2020.11.20
Go To Eat Campaign begins [Gourmet News]
The “Go To Eat Premium Ticket Campaign” has started and began on Nov. 17th. The “Go To Eat Campaign” is focused on supporting food service establishments in Japan which are struggl...
2020.11.18
Ocean Expo Park will be closed on December 2nd and 3rd [Family News]
All facilities at Ocean Expo Park will be closed on December 2nd and 3rd for maintenance and safety checks to include the Churaumi Aquarium. They anticipate a high number of visito...
2020.11.15
Chura-Sun Beach receives temporary new name [News Park]
The name of the Chura-Sun beach which is located in Tomigusuku city will be changed to “Orion Eco Chura-Sun beach” starting November 1st for three years. It’s a naming right projec...
3 players from Okinawa selected to the Japan Pro-Baseball draft 2020! [News Sports]
The draft conference for the Japan Pro-baseball Association was held on October 26th in Tokyo and 3 players from Okinawa have been selected! Takuma Uchima is from Ginoza High Schoo...
2020.11.01
Chatan town wins the #1 most comfortable town in Okinawa [News]
Daito Kentaku is one of the leading real estate service companies in Japan and recently took a poll on the internet. The results are in and they have announced the rankings for the...
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...
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