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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
Miyako cooperative sold sea grapes without proper labels [News]
Takano Umibudou Seisan Kumiai (cooperative) on Miyako Island was found to have sold Umibudou (sea grapes) without labels to display their place of origin as required by the Japanes...
Bad manners of visitors prompt locals to close access to Bise no Warumi [News]
Access to “Bise no Warumi,” a famous and popular sightseeing spot and sacred site in Motobu, is now blocked because of bad manners of visitors. Locals say, “We cannot open the plac...
First Sunday of school holiday brings water accidents [News]
July 23rd was the first Sunday of during the summer holiday of public schools, and the hot sunny day attracted thousands to the beaches of Okinawa. Unfortunately, with crowds came ...
Only 34% know Okinawa is birthplace of Karate [News]
The Okinawa Prefecture Karate Promotion Division has conducted a survey regarding Okinawa traditional Karate and martial arts, and made the results of the survey public on July 21s...
¥1.2 million Kariyushi shirt highlights top traditional techniques [News]
June Inc., an Okinawan company making “PAIKAJI” brand resort wear has produced an original Kariyushi shirt in collaboration with Kyoto Karacho, a long-established maker of karakami...
Co-op Okinawa deliveryman nabbed stealing lunch tickets [News]
A male deliveryman in his 20’s working for Co-op Okinawa Service, a subsidiary of Co-op Okinawa, who was in charge of the Co-op deliveries in Uruma City, was caught for having stol...
Man stabs old schoolmate after quarrel in Ishigaki City [News]
Yaeyama Police arrested Sunday 49-year-old Haruichi Yoshimoto on suspicion of attempted murder after he stabbed a 46-year-old man, reportedly his schoolmate, in Tonoshiro, Ishigaki...
Fire on Kokusai Street destroys prefab hut [News]
A fire broke out in a pre-fab hut on top of a tenant building on Kokusai Street, Naha, Saturday afternoon. Firefighters from Naha Fire Department extinguished the fire in about an ...
Foreign tourists needing medical care increasing [News]
A survey by Okinawa Medical Association found that the number of foreign tourists needing care and accepted at emergency hospitals has doubled since 2013. The number has increased ...
Fire completely destroys restaurant in Chatan [News]
A fire broke out in a single story wooden building housing a restaurant near Araha Beach in Chatan Thursday afternoon. The 120-square-meter restaurant burned down completely but no...
Man arrested for attacking bus driver on duty [News]
Naha Police arrested 48-year-old Muneaki Ikema, a resident of Yonabaru Town, for attacking and inflicting an injury on a 52-year-old bus driver Tuesday afternoon. According to poli...
16-year-old boy driving without license arrested after accident [News]
Naha Police arrested Monday a 16-year-old boy for driving a car without license, after he crashed into another car, injuring the driver. Reportedly, the boy drove the car on the na...
Okinawa plans to accept foreign agricultural workers [News]
Okinawa Prefecture officials are reportedly examining a possibility of accepting foreign labor based on the National Strategic Special Zones System, in response to chronic labor sh...
Rental cars in many accidents northern sightseeing areas [News]
There has been reports of an increasing number of traffic accidents involving rental cars in northern sightseeing areas, such as Ocean Expo Park and Kouri Island. According to Moto...
13 youngsters nabbed for fraud scheme [News News]
Okinawa Police 2nd Investigation Division and Uruma Police arrested Friday 23-year-old Shigeaki Irei and a 18-year-old boy on suspicion of using faked documents, utilizing counterf...
Crash into sea sends paraglider pilot to hospital [News]
A 67-year-ol man flying on a motorized paraglider crashed into the ocean near Jitchaku Fishing Port on Izena Island Sunday morning. The pilot, a photographer from Yamanashi Prefect...
Free shuttle bus service from Nakijin Castle to Kouri Island [News]
Yanbaru Express Bus is scheduled to start a free shuttle service of three return trips per day between Nakijin Castle Ruins Park and Kouri Island from mid-July. The shuttle service...
Off-duty taxi driver arrested for indecent assault [News]
Naha Police arrested Thursday a 49-year-old off-duty taxi driver on suspicion of an indecent assault. Police arrested Tadashi Ishikawa, who is suspected of grabbing the breasts of ...
Man arrested for sneaking underskirt video of child [News]
Urasoe Police arrested a 41-year old man on initial suspicion of breaking local anti-nuisance ordinance. According to police, they arrested Ryo Makina on Thursday after the mother ...
Fishing boat from Tohoku tsunami drifts to Kudaka [News]
A fishing boat swept out to the sea during the Great Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami on Mar. 11, 2011, was found drifting off Kudaka Island on June 28. The boat that has been adrift ...
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