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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
17-year-old boy killed in motorbike accident [News]
Two high school students riding on a 125cc motorbike crashed into a streetlight pole while driving on Highway 58 in Minatogawa, Urasoe City, early Wednesday morning. 17-year-old Wa...
Five arrested for forging marriage documents [News]
Tomigusuku and Okinawa Prefectural Police arrested five persons on Nov. 30, including 39-year-old Maria Leonora Matibug Shimabukuro, a Philippine national from Ibaraki prefecture, ...
19 people in Okinawa suffer from AIDS [News]
Okinawa Department of Public Health and Medical Care, Health and Longevity Division announced Thursday, the World AIDS Day, that the number of people in Okinawa suffering from full...
Taxi rams into group of nursery school children [News]
A taxi rammed into a group nursery school children after being hit by a garbage truck in Tsukazan, Haebaru Town, Tuesday morning. According to police, the taxi was driving on natio...
Four Henoko demonstrators arrested for obstructing business [News]
Nago and Okinawa Prefectural Police arrested four men on Tuesday on suspicion of forcible obstruction of business. The four are suspected of piling some 1,400 concrete blocks at th...
Missing python found in Naha [News]
A ball python that escaped its cage in a beauty shop in Matsuyama, Naha City was found it in the attic of the shop Saturday night. The shop owner found his 1.5-meter long python af...
Ishigaki unexploded bomb removed safely [News]
A British-made unexploded aerial bomb weighing 250 kg discovered during drainage repair work on prefectural road 79 in Ishigaki City, was safely removed on Saturday. The Japan Self...
Okinawa is in midst of flu epidemic [News]
The Ministry of Health announced Friday that the seasonal influenza epidemic has now spread throughout the country having began the second earliest after 2009 since the ministry st...
Elderly driver crashes into convenience store [News]
A 78-year-old driver lost control of his car and crashed into a convenient store front in Matsuo, Naha, Thursday morning. According to Naha Police, the driver started his car that ...
Calls to Okinawa crime victim support center Yui increase [News]
According to officials at Okinawa victims support center Yui, the center received 560 calls to their telephone consultation hotline in fiscal 2015 that is 139 more than the previou...
Same sex couples to be able to apply for municipal housing [News]
Naha City is getting ready to accept applications for municipal housing from same sex couples who have registered their marriage with the municipal registration system for couples....
Kitadaito phosphate mine to become National Historic Site [News]
The National Council for Cultural Affairs announced Friday that it had submitted a report to Senior Vice Minister of Education Hirokazu Matsuno specifying the old Kitadaitou Island...
Elderly drivers causing more traffic accidents [News]
According to news in the national media, the number of traffic accidents and mishaps caused by elderly drivers is increasing. According to Okinawa Police, drivers over 75 years of ...
Regular Aguni flights to resume next fall [News]
The Ministry of Land and Infrastructure announced Tuesday that regular lights between Aguni Island and Naha would resume from fall 2017. The flights have been suspended since an ac...
1.5 m long pet snake escapes store in downtown Naha [News]
A 1.5-meter-long ball python kept as a pet at a beauty shop in Matsuyama, Naha City, escaped from its terrarium sometime on Friday, prompting Naha Police to issue a warning to neig...
Okinawa City Office receives bomb threat [News]
Okinawa City Office has received a bomb threat. The threat came in an e-mail sent to the office on Monday (Nov. 21) that stated that there was a bomb placed in the City Office buil...
Man suffers shark bite off Miyako Island shore [News]
The Miyako Island Water Accident Prevention Association announced Nov. 17th that a 65-year-old man had suffered a shark bite when he was fishing for octopus near Kurima Bridge in t...
Heshikiya man arrested for hit and run and DUI [News]
Uruma Police arrested Saturday evening a 35-year-old man from Heshikiya, Uruma City, on suspicion of a hit and run while driving under influence. According to police, a car driven ...
Nakagusuku Castle Ruins gets Okinawa-made carts [News]
Nakagusuku Village introduced Thursday a 8-seat “CV8” electric commuter vehicle to the World Heritage Site Nakagusuku Castle Ruins Park to make the site more accessible to physical...
Man arrested on suspicion of pre-paid card fraud [News]
Okinawa Prefectiral Police arrested Thursday a 33-year-old man on suspicion of violating the Unfair Competition Prevention Act and of a computer fraud. According to investigators, ...
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