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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
Refusing breath alcohol test nets arrest [News]
Okinawa Police arrested a 47-year-old civilian military contractor, David Hosmer, who has no fixed address, on charge of violating the Road Traffic Law. Police say Hosmer refused a...
Dependent wife arrested for stealing cold medicine [News]
Okinawa Police arrested a woman who claims to be the wife of an Air Force military man, 31-year-old Breant M. McLaine, on suspicion of theft, on Dec. 16. Police say she stole a col...
2012.12.20
Japanese man, 115, becomes world’s oldest person [News]
A Japanese mayor has hailed a resident of his city for becoming the world’s oldest person. At 115 years old, Jiroemon Kimura inherited the title from an American woman who died Mon...
Taiwan-Japan fishing talks add to Senkakus tension [News]
Taiwan and Japan have reopened fishery talks that connect with the Senkaku Islands, and that’s not pleasing the Chinese, who claim the territory is really theirs. China calls the S...
American Airman Indicted for assaulting young teen [News]
The Naha District Prosecutor’s Office has indicted a U.S. airman without arrest for his alleged assault of a boy and property destruction in Yomitan last month. The Prosecutors Off...
Federal investigators studying why ANA aircraft overshot runway [News]
An All Nippon Airways Co. pilot and crew members are being investigated by accident inspectors following an incident on a flight from Tokyo that ended with their overrunning the r...
Woman robbed in Yomitan [News]
A man with a black cap, mask and sunglasses grabbed a 56-year-old woman from behind as she came out of her car at a private parking space in Nagahama district of Yomitan village, a...
Naha Police crack down on Matsuyama touts [News]
Naha Police conducted a crackdown on illegal touts in Matsuyama entertainment district, Dec. 7, ahead of the expected year-end revelry in the area. The move covered bars, snacks an...
Elderly man found dead in ditch by farm road [News]
A passer-by found an unemployed 90-year-old man fallen into a 60 cm deep roadside ditch in the morning of Dec. 10. In the ditch there also was a bicycle that the man had apparently...
Arsenic contamination found in ground water [News]
A groundwater quality investigation Okinawa City contracted two companies to conduct, a report released on Dec. 10 stated that arsenic 15 to 18 times over legal environmental limit...
Purse snatching in Omoromachi [News]
A man dressed in black from head to toe snatched the handbag from a 60-year-old woman walking on a road in Omoromachi district of Naha City at midnight, Dec. 7. The bag contained a...
Federal investigators studying why ANA aircraft overshot runway [News]
An All Nippon Airways Co. pilot and crew members are being investigated by accident inspectors following an incident on a flight from Tokyo that ended with their overrunning the r...
North Korea launches rocket over South Korea, Japan [News]
Only days after hinting it could delay the launch of its rocket carrying a satellite, North Korea stunned the world Wednesday morning by launching it. The launch came at 9:49 a.m.,...
Japanese charge accident-causing Marine with DUI [News]
A 35-year-old U.S. Marine who reportedly was driving while intoxicated and then crashed into three cars Friday evening has been charged with drunk driving. Staff Sergeant Nathan Sa...
U.S. Senate passes amendment supporting Senkakus, Japan [News]
The American Senate unanimously injected an amendment in the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act that sends a message to China that Japan is rightfully administering the Senkak...
2012.12.07
Prime Minister says he’ll keep Japan informed of NK launch [News]
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is promising to swiftly inform the public of a North Korean long-range ballistic missile if it is launched. “We will ensure that accura...
‘Unwanted’ Ospreys going to Guam for first exercise [News]
Unwanted by the Okinawans, but settling in as the core aircraft supporting U.S. Marines in Okinawa, three MV-22 Osprey aircraft are about to make their first adventure training tri...
PAC-3 interceptors to intercept N. Korean rocket from Okinawa [News]
With an earlier unsuccessful North Korean rocket launch as a rehearsal, Japanese forces are preparing once more for a launch believed to be coming over Japanese territory. The Mari...
Elderly man seriously hurt in traffic accident [News]
A car was driven by a 52-year-old woman turning right at an intersection on the prefectural road 84 in Ominami district of Nago City hit a 81-year-old unemployed man who was crossi...
Series of live jazz performances commence [ENTERTAINMENT News]
A Naha City-sponsored series of music events called “Jazz Night in Naha” kicked off at an open space in front of Naha City Tembus Culture Hall on Dec, 1. The Dec. 1 event marks the...
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