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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
Violent anti-Japan protests sweep across China [News]
Tens of thousands of Chinese have been staging rallies across their country since the weekend, protesting Japan’s nationalization of the disputed Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefect...
Man’s body found floating in Aja River [News]
Urasoe City Police are investigating the discovery of a body floating in the Aja River in the city’s Inanse district as possibly an accident or a crime. The body was spotted by a r...
Bicycle-motorbike crash results in head injury [News]
A bicycle ridden by a 68-year-old male restaurant worker and a motorcycle driven by a 25-year-old unemployed man collided on a Naha City street at 3:30 p.m., seriously injuring the...
Prefectural Police stage drunk driving crack down [News]
Nearly 250 Okinawa Prefectural Police officers were involved in an “Okinawa Prefectural Simultaneous Drunk Driving Crack Down” across all districts of the island, nabbing not only ...
Fire partially destroys a Haebaru office building [News]
A bolt of lightning is being thought to be the cause of a fire that struck a prefab office building in Haebru Town’s Oona district about 8:20 a.m. Sunday as Typhoon Sanba was movin...
Missing snorkeler’s body found off Ishigaki coast [News]
The body of a 29-year-old Naha City company employee swept away by winds from Typhoon Sangda has been recovered . Daisuke Fukuda had been in Ishigaki snorkeling with friends Sunday...
Pickpocket snatches walking man’s wallet in Naha City [News]
A 46-year-old Naha City company employee is out ¥40,000 cash after a thief snatched his wallet from behind as he walked down a city road in the Asato district last weekend. The vic...
LDP presidential campaign officially a five-horse race [News]
There’s plenty of tough talk on the Liberal Democratic Party’s campaign trail, where five men are vying for the job of running the party and leading the LDP back to power. Former P...
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Festivals scheduled for weekend postponed [News]
Festivals scheduled for this weekend are postponed to following weekend because of typhoon Sanba. The new dates are Kinser Festival Sep. 22, 23 Uruma Eisa Sep. 22, 23 Kitanakagusu...
Typhoon’s rains cause cracks, damage to Highway 58 slopes [News]
Heavy rains spawned by Typhoon Bolaven on its sweep across Okinawa several weeks ago are still wreaking havoc in the Nerome district of Ogimi Village, where cracks, slips and slide...
Unexploded shell disposal triggers Hansen forest fire [News]
A forest fire swept across a section of forest at Camp Hansen in Kin Town, not far from a section of a firing range. U.S. Forces firefighting equipment and a helicopter spent nearl...
Suspected bomb parts found at Tonaki Island [News]
Investigators aren’t exactly sure what they’ve found, but at first glance, objects found about 400-500 meters from Tonaki Island are parts of an American training bomb. A resident ...
Bird migration patterns making ready for fall [News]
Autumn is in the air, as evidenced by scenes of winter birds migrating back across the sea to Okinawa to spend the autumn through spring season. Already gracing Okinawa shores are ...
Cultivator accident claims life of elderly Chatan man [News]
An elderly Chatan Town resident has bled to death after getting his hand caught in a small cultivator in a Kitamae district farm. The 85-year-old Morimasa Inamine was working with ...
Senkaku Islands purchase by government being formalized [News]
The paperwork’s being finalized between Japan’s government and the private owner of secluded islands in the East China Sea, a move that is certain to irritate China. The purchase o...
Marine arrested for having ammunition in his bag [News]
A Marine Corporal winding up a three-year tour on Okinawa ran afoul of the Japanese Firearm and Sword Control Law, which prohibits keeping ammunition in his personal property. Corp...
H.S. students, two construction workers, rip off Urasoe school [News]
A pair of 16-year-old high school students and two teenage construction workers have been arrested for breaking into a Urasoe City high school. The four boys have confessed to the ...
Real Madrid opens soccer school in Ishigaki [News]
One of the world’s strongest soccer clubs, Real Madrid, has teamed with its Foundation from Spain’s First League and is preparing to open a school in Ishigaki City. The Real Madrid...
Two new mango species being grown in Okinawa [News]
Okinawa’s put it seal of production and approval on two new species of mango, the Natsu-Kobeni and the Ti-rara. Until now, these kind of mangoes were imported from America, and the...
OIST steps forward with new programs [News]
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University is moving ahead with new science and technology program. The new university programs at the Tancha district of Onna ...
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