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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
Unemployed teen snatches handbag from hospital [News]
A teenager hanging out in a hospital waiting room to avoid bad weather has been arrested for stealing a woman’s handbag containing ¥6 million he found laying on a sofa. Uruma Polic...
Taiwan’s Parliament claims Senkaku islets ownership [News]
Taiwan’s parliament has adopted a resolution declaring ownership of the Japanese—controlled Senkaku Islans in the East China Sea, called Diaoyutai in Taiwan. TheTaiwanese governmen...
Second sailor drops denials in rape case [News]
The second U.S. Navy sailor accused in the early morning rape October 16th of a young Okinawa woman has changed his tune and admitted being involved, although he says he was too dr...
Okinawa cops asking help in patrolling Senkakus [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police have turned to other prefectures for help in policing the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, claiming the tensions have created such patrol needs tha...
Okinawa’s governor voicing protests in Washington [News]
Okinawa’s governor is winding up nearly a weeklong visit to Washington D.C., where he’s been making angry protests about the deployment of MV-22 Osprey aircraft to Okinawa’s Futenm...
Okinawa Assembly declares there’s “burning resentment” over rape [News]
Okinawa’s Prefectural Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution voicing “burning resentment” against the United States and Tokyo for the rape of an Okinawan woman last week. “P...
Motorcyclist injured when hit by mini-car [News]
A mini-car making a right turn at a crossing without a traffic signal crashed into a motorcycle traveling through the intersection, leaving the motorcycle driver hospitalized uncon...
Chinese ships again in waters near Senkaku islets [News]
It’s becoming almost routine; Chinese patrol ships are again in waters near the Senkaku Islands, sending Japanese Coast Guard vessels into oversight mode. Four maritime surveillanc...
Boat owner found dead aboard drifting vessel [News]
A fishing boat has found a small boat, the Umade Maru, drifting with its engine off close to Okanami Island west of Nishizaki in Itoman City, the boat’s owner lying dead in the bow...
Naha man arrested, charged with embezzling ¥1 million [News]
An unemployed 55—year-old Naha City man has been arrested and is being investigated on charges he embezzled at least ¥1 million from his former employee. Hiroyuki Kayama, was a dut...
U.S., Japan cancel drill on retaking an island [News]
Bowing to pressure from China, the United States and Japan have backed off plans for a joint exercise simulating the retaking of a remote island from foreign forces. The joint dril...
2012.10.20
All U.S. Military stationed in Japan now in overnight curfew [News]
Reacting to the rape of a young Okinawa woman early this week, the U.S. Ambassador to Japan has ordered an overnight curfew for all U.S. military personnel in the country. Ambassad...
Black bass found in Kanna Dam [News]
Officials at the Okinawa Prefectre General Bureau said on Oct. 12 that they have discovered a black bass in the Kanna Dam in Ginoza Village. They suspect that someone transplanted ...
ATMs for tourists coming at last [News]
ATM and money changer machines that allow visitors from overseas to withdraw cash from their accounts and credit cards has long been a wish among overseas tourists, who are often s...
Japan wary as China brings more ships closer to territory [News]
China has a pair of destroyers among a group of warships that have been spotted in waters near Yonaguni Island in southern Okinawa Prefecture, a move that while legal, has Japan co...
Remote island to be “retaken’ in joint U.S. – Japanese drill [News]
A joint exercise between Japanese Self Defense Forces and American troops is slated for next month as a drill to practice “retaking” an uninhabited island from foreign forces. Bila...
Japan’s Ambassador to the U.S. thinks China watching America [News]
Japan’s ambassador to the United States is watching the Senkaku Islands dispute with China, and is attributing at least some of the calming influences to be coming from respect for...
China issues warning against Japan-Taiwan fishing pact [News]
There’s not much Japan is doing these days that pleases China, which has just come out with a warning that Japan and Taiwan should not restart negotiations on any fishing activitie...
2012.10.19
Tourism figures show improvement on year-to-year [Business News]
Officials at the Okinawa Prefecture Culture, Tourism and Sports Division cautiously optimistic when, on October 15, they announced numbers of tourists who visited Okinawa during th...
Peeping camera found in Kadena Michi-no Eki bathroom [News]
leaning staff at Kadena Michi-no Eki just outside KAB fence in Yara district of Kadena Town discovered a miniature camera that had been used to film people using a bathroom on the ...
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