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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
Marine arrested on suspicion of assault resulting in injury [News]
A U.S. Marine was arrested on suspicion of an assault causing an injury on Sunday evening at a bar in Chatan. According to Okinawa City Police, 22-year-old Cpl. James Lewis Mackey ...
20-year-old stabs elderly woman for no reason [News]
A 20-year-old restaurant worker stabbed a 77-year-old woman with a kitchen knife for no apparent reason. The woman was hospitalized but her injury is not life threatening. Accordin...
Nago man becomes first Takae protester arrested [News]
According to Nago Police, a 36-year-old man from Nago City allegedly dragged a police officer behind his motorbike, and was arrested for obstructing a police officer performing of ...
Japan Coast Guard rescues 6 crew of Chinese fishing boat [News]
A Chinese fishing boat Minjinyu 05891 collided with a Greece-registered cargo ship Anangel Courage about 65 km off Uotsuri Island, the largest in the Senkaku Group of islets north ...
New cruise ship starts regular service from Taiwan [News]
“Golden Princess,” one of the Princess Cruises liners based at Keelung Port, Taiwan, is starting regular docking at Naha. The Golden Princess is a 108,865-gross ton cruise liner wi...
Yomitan fishermen build new business complex [News]
Yomitan Village Fishermen’s Cooperative is replacing its old fish market building with a new complex that will house a fresh fish auction facility, a factory to process marine prod...
First ever SFTS infection discovered in Okinawa [News]
The Okinawa Prefecture Health and Longevity Division announced Wednesday that a man in his 60’s has come down with a severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), a viral inf...
Reckless driver rearrested on stimulant drug charges [News]
A man, who was recently arrested on reckless driving charges, was slapped additional charges of using stimulant drugs. According to Naha Police, 47-year-old Yoshihiro Shimizu, who ...
Motorcyclist dies in crash into tree [News]
A 18-year-old motorcyclist lost control and crashed into a tree on prefectural road 110 in Untenbaru, Nago, on Aug. 8th. According to Nago Police, Shinya Sakiyama, a building maint...
Onaga, new Okinawa minister meet in Naha [News]
Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga and the new minister for Okinawa Affairs, Yosuke Tsuruho, had their first meeting in Naha, Tuesday. In the meeting, Onaga reiterated his demand that ...
55,000 visit Hiyamikachi Machigwa Hall in Naha [News]
Hiyamikachi Machigwa Hall on Heiwa Dori shopping arcade in Makishi, Naha, recorded 55,000 visitors during fiscal 2015. According to Naha City Promotion Division, the number of visi...
Number of child abuse cases largest ever [News]
The two main offices handling child abuse cases on Okinawa, the Koza Child Consultation Center and the Central Consultation Center, report that the number of abuse cases increased ...
Baby boom in Okinawa Zoo [News]
Animal residents at Okinawa Zoo are experiencing a baby boom with a baby Yakushima monkey and baby Eastern grey kangaroo the latest newborns. According to zoo staff, the Yakushima ...
Nissan Skyline to get own postal stamp [News]
One of the most iconic cars made in Japan, Nissan Skyline GT-R, will have be commemorated in a set of postage stamps of its own. Japan Post Co., Ltd and Nissan Motor Co. announced ...
Shinzato to stand trial in Okinawa [News]
Japan’s Supreme Court has said no to a petition by Kenneth Franklin Shinzato, who is charged with the rape and murder of a 20-year-old Okinawan woman in May. Shinzato’s lawyer subm...
Kanucha Bay releases CD by local artists [News]
Kanucha Bay Resort in Nago held a press meeting at Live House MOD’S in Chatan on Jul. 25th to announce the release an original CD containing songs of 11 local musicians. A sp...
Okinawa East Fire Dept. looking for bilingual staff [News]
Okinawa East Fire Department, which covers Haebaru, Yonabaru and Nishihara Towns is planning to hire bilingual persons for new positions to be set up within this year. The fire dep...
Two schoolboys rescued from reef off Ishigaki [News]
Two junior high school boys were rescued after they became stranded on a reef off Ishigaki Island. Officials at Ishigaki Coast Guard received an emergency call about 20:10 on Aug. ...
One more suspect arrested following Chatan pot raid [News]
Officers from Naha Police, Prefectural Organized Crime Control Division and Kyushu Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare Narcotics Control Department arrested a 23-year-old man fro...
Pokemon Go irks people at battle sites, sacred places [News]
Okinawa Peace Memorial Park in Itoman City and Sefa Utaki, one of most sacred places on Okinawa in Nanjo City, among others have been confirmed to be locations for “Poke Stops” and...
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