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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
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. ...
29% of high school students come from needy families [News]
Okinawa Prefecture published this week an interim report of a survey of high school students aimed at finding out how household economic conditions affect students’ choices after g...
Higashi Village Culture and Sports Memorial Hall opens [News]
The inauguration ceremony of the Higashi Village Culture & Sports Memorial Hall was held Monday. The hall honors achievements of local celebrities like female pro-golfer Ai Miy...
15-year-old girl arrested for DUI on motorbike [News]
Naha Police arrested a 15-year-old junior high school girl Sunday in Naha, on suspicion of driving a motorbike under influence of alcohol. According to Naha Police, about twice the...
Drug-related arrests at highest level since 2004 [News]
According to statistics by the Okinawa Prefectural Police, the total number of people nabbed in Okinawa for cannabis and other drug-related offenses in 2016 rose to 175 that is the...
U.S. staff sergeant arrested for failing to pay taxi fare [News]
Kadena Police arrested Sunday a 34-year-old female staff sergeant stationed at Kadena Air Base. According to Kadena Police, SSgt. Matsuko Victor is suspected of failing to pay a ¥3...
High school students suspended for drinking [News]
19 high school students, both male and female and all in the 3rd grade of a high school in the southern part of Okinawa Main Island, were discovered having drunk alcohol at a lodgi...
Elderly driver hits two men in Kumoji [News]
A car driven by a 69-year-old man hit two men walking on a street in Kumoji, Naha City on Mar. 2. After hitting the two pedestrians, the car crashed into a building. A 66-year-old ...
Many workers in Okinawa labor under minimum wage [News]
According to information of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and Okinawa Prefecture Bureau of Labor, 5.2% of workers in the prefecture were paid less than the minimum wage...
Google puts eight Okinawa underwater sites on line [News]
Google has added eight sites on different parts of Okinawa to its underwater views on Wednesday. The sites include Kerama Islands that is one of the most popular and well-known div...
Regular Naha – Xian flights start from Apr. 3 [News]
China Eastern Airlines will start the new regular flight service connecting Xian, the largest city in the northwestern China, with Naha from April 3. China Eastern Airlines current...
Woman’s body found after house fire in Kubota [News]
A passer-by placed an emergency call to Okinawa Fire Department reporting smoke and fire in a private house in Kubota, Okinawa City, Friday afternoon. The fire department dispatche...
Designated driver service to start on U.S. Bases [News]
A designated driver service, commonly known as “Daiko” service will expand to on bases, effective February 1. According Japan Driving Service Association (JDA), Okinawa Branch, whi...
Police calls for proper use of emergency number [News]
January 10th was the “Day of 110” and 110 is the number of reserved for emergency calls in all of Japan. According to Okinawa Police Communications Command Division, Okinawa Police...
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