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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
Orchids on Shuri street stolen one after another [News]
The street running past Kinjo Dam in Shuri, Naha City, is also known as the “Orchid Street” as both sides of the road are lined with colorful orchids planted for citizens to enjoy....
Hawaii governor ready to accept U.S. forces from Japan [News]
David Ige, the Okinawa descendent governor of Hawaii, had an exclusive interview Tuesday with Kyodo News in the Hawaii state government offices. In the interview, Ige stated that h...
Exhibition of archaeological finds from Sakitari Cave starts [News]
A special exhibition titled “The era of Minatogawa people and afterwards – the origin of the human history and its development in Ryukyu archipelago” started Tuesday at Okinawa Pre...
Automated buses to be tested in Okinawa [News]
The Cabinet Office announced Tuesday a plan to start an experimental driverless bus route on Okinawa. The experiment is scheduled to begin within fiscal year 2016 that ends Mar. 31...
OIST staffer missing on diving assignment [News]
A 37-year-old male staff member of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, who had been on a diving assignment to install a research equipment unit on ...
Newspaper carrier arrested for driving under influence [News]
Naha Police arrested a 51-year-old newspaper carrier on suspicion of driving under influence in Shuri, Naha. According to police, Hiroshi Arakaki, a newspaper carrier for Ryukyu Sh...
Okinawa forecast to enter extra warm weather spell [News]
All 28 observation spots of Okinawa Meteorological Observatory recorded temperatures higher than 25 degrees Celsius on Monday that is extraordinarily warm for this time of the year...
Orion Beer inviting people for Kerama beach clean-ups [News]
Orion Beer is calling for participants for its “Southern Star Beach Cleaning Project” that includes beach clean-ups at Aharen beach in Tokashiki Village this Saturday (Nov.19), and...
Okinawa population in 2015 rises to 1,433,566 [News]
The Okinawa Prefecture Department of Planning finished Friday the summary of population and number of households in the prefecture by the municipality based on the census of 2015. ...
Two U.S. servicemen nabbed on suspicion of DUI [News]
Two U.S. servicemen were arrested on suspicion of DUI in two separate cases Friday night and Saturday morning. 29-year-old U,S. Army Staff Sergeant stationed on Torii Station was a...
OIST student magazine publishes first issue [News]
Students of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) recently launched the first issue of the school student magazine “KUROSHIO”. Articles in the firs...
Two men suspected of illegal waste disposal [News]
Two men, the owner of an industrial waste disposal company and his former employee, are suspected of illegally disposing of waste from local businesses on a roadside on Irabu Islan...
Four houses destroyed by fire in Mihara, Naha [News]
A fire in the Mihara district of Naha City destroyed four private and vacant houses around noon on Monday. An emergency call reporting smoke from the houses from a nearby resident ...
New ideas mulled to ease Naha traffic congestion [News]
Okinawa Prefecture reportedly considers introducing a “Park and Ride” plan, that would allow people traveling to Naha from the central parts of the island park their cars at Aeon R...
Radio-controlled model plane fatally crashes into operator [News]
The operator of a radio-controlled model plane was killed Sunday afternoon when the place crashed on his face in the Haebaru district of Katsuren, Uruma City. According to Uruma Po...
Unexploded bomb found at Ishigaki road work site [News]
Workers unearthed a WWII-era unexploded bomb with a fuse intact during a maintenance work on a drainpipe on prefectural road 79 in Ohkawa, Ishigaki City. A crew from the Japan Grou...
Railroad would be popular among residents, tourists [News]
Okinawa Prefecture Department of Planning published Tuesday a summary of the results of a survey about introducing a railroad to Okinawa to serve residents and tourists. Up to 80% ...
Okinawans prefer taco rice to conventional tacos [News]
Noise Value, a company that develops products and supporting brand strategies, conducted a survey among 400 randomly selected consumers in Okinawa Prefecture about their preference...
Funeral home chairman arrested on suspicion of fraud [News]
The chairman of a company providing funeral services has been arrested on suspicion of fraud. According to police investigators, Yoshito Naka, the chairman of an undertaking compan...
Two teens injured in crash after police chase [News]
A motorcycle chased by police crashed into a car at noon on Wednesday in Makiminato, Urasoe, after the bike made a turn on the oncoming traffic lane. According to Prefectural Polic...
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