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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
Abe’s word: Futenma MCAS move to Henoko will take place [News]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima have failed at their first meeting since Abe took office to reach an accord on the issue of relocating the ...
Chinese Ambassador summoned over Senkaku incident [News]
Only two days after Japan’s Prime Minister issued a stern warning to China to keep its planes and ships away from the Senkaku Islands, China did it again anyway, and now Tokyo has ...
Suspicious fires burn Itoman cane fields [News]
A passer-by noticed a sugar cane field burning at the Makabe district of Itoman City oib Friday evening and called the emergency number. A fire engine arrived at the scene and put ...
Surveillance cameras installed on Ichibankan’s Palmyra Street [News]
The Palmyra Street Committee, and association of merchants of the street area within Ichibankan Mall in Okinawa City installed two surveillance cameras on their street at Chuo dis...
Fatal motorcycle crash in Kitamae [News]
A man driving a motorcycle with his wife on the back seat lost control, hit the curb and fell down on Highway 58 in Kitamae, Chatan, early Monday morning. As a result of the fall t...
Motobu Tourist Taxi project gets under way [News]
Motobu Town, in cooperation with local taxi companies, is planning to start a tour sightseeing project called “Motobu Tourist Taxi” in order to boost tourism in the town. Currently...
Store robbed at knife-point in Itoman [News]
A man broke into a store at Maehira district of Itoman City at 7:20 p.m., Saturday, and thrust a knife at a female staff, menacing her with words “money or die.” The robber then go...
Typhoon-felled cherry trees find new life [News]
Two typhoons that hit the northern parts of Okinawa Okinawa especially hard, caused several cherry trees along the road to the top of Mt. Yaedake to fall down. Motobu Town, in coop...
House fire kills Itoman man [News]
A fire in a private house in Kyan, Itoman City, broke out and burned about seven square meter area inside the house including the bedroom, Saturday. Firefighters who arrived at the...
Computer glitch in Naha City Office [News]
A malfunction occurred Monday morning in a Naha City network server that controls working information at the Naha City Office, so the staff could not access their computers. Becaus...
February 4 was the first day of spring [News]
Because of effects of a migratory anticyclone that extends out to the south of Japan, warm winds were blowing from southwest, so it was the first “summer day” of the year with more...
Itoman Police nabs elderly thief [News]
Itoman police arrested a 76-year-old unemployed man on a charge of theft, Jan. 24. The police say Kameichi Inaka had sneaked into a private house in Itoman City, and stolen about ¥...
New Navy Hospital on Foster getting ready [News]
The new U.S. Navy Hospital that has been under construction on Camp Foster as a replacement for the current Navy Hospital on Camp Lester has been completed, and the Japan-US Joint ...
Osprey noise measured in Ginoza [News]
A noise level of 98.8 dB was measured in Shirohara, Ginoza Village, on Jan. 25, as two MV-22 Osprey aircraft held exercises around a heli-pad on Camp Hansen. Ken Tokashiki, an asso...
Hit-and-run leaves scratch on moving truck driver [News]
A side mirror of a mini car scratched a 58-year-old moving company employee descending from his truck as it drove by slightly injuring the employee on his waist. The injured man to...
ASDF fighters scrambled 160 times against Chinese [News]
It was more than training missions for the Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces, responding more than 160 times over a nine-month period last year to challenge Chinese fighters venturi...
Okinawa arrest follows discovery of two missing peoples’ bodies [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police have taken a 41-year-old unemployed man into custody in Miyakojima in connection with the deaths of a wealthy Swiss-based financier and his wife in mainl...
Japan PM Abe to visit Okinawa Saturday [News]
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is visiting Okinawa on Saturday for talks with Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on issues such as the stalled Japan-U.S. plan to relocate a U.S. Marine base within t...
Thousands turn out in Tokyo for anti-Osprey rally [News]
Representatives from Okinawa held a rally in central Tokyo Sunday opposing the deployment of the U.S. Marine Corps’ controversial MV-22 Osprey aircraft to the island prefecture. Th...
Hit-and-run in Nago leaves motorcyclist injured [News]
There was traffic accident involving a large motorcycle and a car on Highway 58 in Miyazato district of Nago City Saturday morning. The male driver of the motorcycle suffered a bro...
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