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Henoko seabed survey on hold for month [News]
The fight between the central government and Okinawa Prefectural government over the landfill preparation work for the Furenma replacement f...Read More
2014: Guard changes, but Futenma remains… [News]
For the third year in a row, the plans to move MCAS Futenma to a new base in Henoko, demands to move it out of the prefecture, and oppositio...Read More
Futenma, Senkakus provide most memorable… [News]
By Bill Charles If Futenma Marine Corps Air Station didn’t exist, and if China didn’t have its eye on the Senkaku Islands in southwestern Ok...Read More
Heavy rain in Naha causes road collapse [News]
Last week typhoon No.13 passed Okinawa without much effect, and continued to mainland Japan. But, although the winds here did not reach typhoon strength, the state of air became un...
New commercial/housing complex rising in Yamazato [News]
Old housing and shops in Yamazato, Okinawa City, along Route 330 are making way to a 3-story commercial complex now under construction. It’s all part of an urban redevelopment proj...
Woman Marine arrested for hit and run in Uruma [News]
Uruma Police arrested a woman Marine for failing to report her car accident and leaving the scene in Katsuren, Sunday morning. According to police, Herbie Valentina Avila, a 23-yea...
26 visitors infected with O-157 E.Coli bacteria [News]
Okinawa Prefecture Department of Public Health and Community Medical Care Division announced that 26 men and women who visited Okinawa since July 20 were infected with O-157 strain...
Three killed in two separate Friday motorcycle accidents [News]
Two separate fatal accidents involving motorcycles occurred in Yaese and Kadena Towns respectively early Friday morning, resulting in the deaths of three men. In Yaese Town, 35-yea...
Workers’ unions ask to discontinue civil safety patrols [News]
The Government sponsored civilian Okinawa safety teams that were set up in June using staff from the Okinawa General Bureau and Ministry of Defense to patrol low-traffic areas in l...
Taxi fares to rise on remote islands [News]
The Transport Department of the Okinawa General Bureau announced that taxi fares on the remote islands of Okinawa would rise Oct. 1st. The higher fares will be applied to 427 taxis...
Cruise liner brings 2,000 passengers to Toguchi Port [News]
A Hong Kong based Star Cruises’ cruise ship Super Star Virgo entered Toguchi Port in Motobu, Wednesday, marking the first time a cruise liner has made a call at Toguchi Port. The 7...
Okinawa experiences record hot summer 2016 [News]
Okinawa experiences record hot summer Average temperature in Okinawa Prefecture during the three summer months from June to August was the highest on record, according to Okinawa M...
Rescuing child’s life earns letters of appreciation to two students [News]
Motobu Police has sent letters of appreciation to Kohei Higa and Ryudo Kato, for their rapid and effective rescue work. When the two men were swimming off Kouri Beach in Nakijin Vi...
National Tree Planting Ceremony for first time in Okinawa in 2019 [News]
The National Land Afforestation Promotion Organization decided in its general meeting on Tuesday in Tokyo to hold the 2019 National Tree Planting Ceremony in Okinawa. This marks th...
Okinawan mango wine earns four top prizes [News]
Mango Wine, made by Uchina Farm in Itoman, was awarded four prizes including the “Partum Gold Prize,” the top prize, at Asia’s largest wine competition “Japan Wine Challenge 2016”....
Friendship on LINE leads to attempted murder [News]
A friendship between two young women that they struck using a popular communications app LINE turned sour after the women met in person, and started an argument that ended with one...
Cracked window forces ANA flight to land at Naha [News]
A cockpit window of an All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 airliner on its way from Haneda to Singapore developed a crack when the aircraft was flying over Ishigaki Island at about 3:10 ...
Agreement reached to fix Yui Rail elevators [News]
A fight among bureaucrats concerning who’d foot the bill to repair malfunctioning elevators at two stations on Okinawa Urban Monorail Line “Yui Rail” has been resolved, and the pub...
TripAdvisor names best 20 Japanese Castles [News]
TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel review website, announced the results of voting by the site’s users for the best 20 castles in Japan in 2016. From Okinawa, Nakagusuku Castl...
Officials warn of bacterial risk in river activities [News]
As the long hot summer of Okinawa continues, the Prefecture Health and Longevity Division is calling for public’s attention to a risk of being infected by leptospirosis, a bacteria...
Chatan fire station beefs up high-rise rescue capability [News]
Chatan’s Nirai Fire Department has concluded a cooperative agreement with Kinko Jyuki, Okinawa’s largest heavy equipment leasing company, to secure the use of a crane truck with a ...
Part of Camp Hansen to be returned to Okinawa [News]
Officials at Okinawa Defense Bureau have reportedly informed Nago City that a 55-hectare parcel of city-owned land now belonging to Camp Hansen in Kouki, Nago City, would be return...
Coast Guard gets ¥67.4 billion to beef up Senkaku security [News]
The Japanese Government has appropriated in its second supplementary budget of fiscal 2016 a total of ¥67.4 billion to Japan Coast Guard. The money is earmarked to strengthen secur...
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