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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
Kitadaito doctor leaves island after threat from DUI driver [News]
The Kitadaito Island Medical Clinic has been without its only permanent doctor since the beginning of February, when the female doctor of the clinic was involved in a traffic accid...
High school students create Sanpin cha-shiqwasa cake [News]
Okinawa Kogyo High School and Okiko Pan Co. bakery have jointly developed a cake using Okinawan sanpin cha (local jasmine tea) “Ryukyu no Hana” and shiqwasa juice as major ingredie...
Monorail fare for students of low-income families to be cut to half [News]
Monorail fare for high school students of low-income families on Okinawa will be cut to half from April. The 2nd board of directors meeting of the “Okinawa Prefectural Conference f...
Reported child abuse cases record high in 2016 [News]
According to figures compiled by the Okinawa Prefectural Police Juvenile Division, the number of reported child abuse cases in the prefecture rose to record high 384 cases in 2016 ...
Master habu catcher avoids slammer on technicality [News]
60-year-old Hiroyasu Makishi, a well-known master habu catcher who has caught habu snakes in the mountains of the northern Okinawa for more than 30 years, was arrested on suspicion...
U.S. Military produces 1.8 times more waste than Okinawans [News]
According to Okinawa Prefecture officials, the U.S. military produced a total of 26,332 tons of general waste in 2015, 11.4 percent more tan the previous year and the first time si...
Hijiki Seaweed Harvest Festival held on Camp Courtney beach [News]
The best season to harvest hijiki seaweed is now, and the beach on the premises of U.S. Marines’ Camp Courtney was open to public on Mar. 11 for picking up hijiki. About 100 people...
Mihama to experiment with driverless cart transportation [News]
Mihama area in Chatan will be the first area in Okinawa to experiment with driverless vehicle transportation. The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (...
Ginowan fishing boat missing since March 8 [News]
An emergency call Saturday morning from Urasoe-Ginowan Fishermen’s Association to the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters reported that one of their member boats had failed to r...
Kadena Police to use drones for rescue missions [News]
Kadena Police and Yomitan Hikou Association concluded a contract to use drones at the time of disasters on Monday. The idea is to use drones under the direction of Kadena Police to...
Yomitan launches Zanpa Street revitalization project [News]
“Zanpa-Dori Okoshi Kai” or Zanpa Street Revitalization Project has just been launched in Yomitan Village. For the project, four local restaurant owners banded together in order to ...
San-A again favorite of job-seeking students [News]
According to an annual survey by Radical Okinawa, the publisher of the employment magazine “Rookie,” San-A supermarket and retail shop chain is the favorite company to work for amo...
Scientific amusement park to open at AEON Rycom Mall [News]
A new scientific amusement park is scheduled to open at AEON Rycom shopping mall from this Friday (Mar. 17). The park features optical illusion and 3D art in its 40 experimental ed...
Unpaid salaries to doctors exceed ¥900 million [News]
Doctors at two prefectural hospitals have reportedly been getting a short shrift from their employers as the Labor Standards Inspection Office has issued a recommendation for the h...
Man dead, another critical in separate traffic accidents [News]
One man dies and another was seriously hurt in two separate traffic accidents that occurred on Thursday. According to Urasoe Police, a light wagon hit the centerline and turned ove...
Man arrested for using counterfeit ¥10,000 bill [News]
Urasoe Police arrested Tuesday a man on suspicion of counterfeiting a ¥10,000 banknote and using it at a supermarket. According to police, 61-year-old Ken Arakaki was arrested afte...
LEGO School Okinawa Naha to open in April [News]
Lexues Co. is opening a “LEGO School Okinawa Naha,” a school for children 3 to 11 of age officially licensed by Danish toy maker LEGO. The school is scheduled to open in April at A...
Prefecture to remove 110,000 waste tires from Nishihara lot [News]
Okinawa Prefecture decided Wednesday to remove about 112,000 old tires left on a lot of private land in Onaha, Nishihara Town. Dream Corporation, an industrial waste disposal compa...
Mitsubishi Estate to develop and operate Shimoji Airport [News]
Okinawa Prefecture signed Wednesday a letter of intent with Mitsubishi Estate Company and FSO, a Japanese flight simulator training service company currently nominated to manage fl...
“Hotel Koza” to open in Okinawa City in August [News]
Nippon Digital Co. has announced the opening of a business hotel named “Hotel Koza” in Uechi, Okinawa City in August. The new hotel will be a 7-story building with 80 guest rooms. ...
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