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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
Tornadoes observed off Ishigaki [News]
Staff at the Ishigaki Metrological Agency observed a tornado forming in the sky about 10km off Ishigaki Island around 16:50 on July 30. Officials at the observatory say the twister...
Free Wi-Fi available at 2,000 locations on Okinawa [News]
Just tapping a new app on a smart phone, anyone is able to use the many public wireless LAN available in Okinawa. That’s the promise of so called “Verification Test of Integrated W...
Pokemon Go players warned not to enter U.S. bases [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police warns players of the popular Pokemon Go smart phone game not to enter U.S, bases on Okinawa lest they could face an arrest by the U.S. Military Police. R...
Pokemon-Go players create confusion, accidents [News]
A smart phone game ‘Pokemon-Go’ that has taken the world by storm and was released in Japan about a week ago has caused a number of accidents both nation and worldwide, and the sam...
Experimental power plant in Kunigami dismantled [News]
Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. (J-POWER) has dismantled its Yanbaru experimental seawater pumped storage power station in Kunigami. The plant, the first of its kind in the wo...
DUIs on Okinawa on page to new record [News]
More drivers on Okinawa were arrested on driving under influence last year that ever before. According to Okinawa Prefectural Police, 844 people were nabbed for DUI during the firs...
Elderly driver killed in Ginowan car crash [News]
A car driven by an elderly man suddenly veered on the oncoming traffic on in Ginowan City, Sunday evening, and crashed head on into a mini car. According to Ginowan Police, 68-year...
Mihama Carnival Park Ferris wheel resumes running [News]
Mihama Carnival Park is resuming running its Ferris wheel today. The Ferris wheel, a landmark of Mihama American Village malfunctioned a week ago and its operation was stopped unti...
Four hospitalized after lightning strike on beach [News]
A lightning hit a barbeque party on Bibi Beach in Itoman Sunday afternoon leaving four men attending a barbeque party hospitalized, one of them in critical condition. According to ...
Riders on Mihama Ferris wheel stranded for hours [News]
The Ferris wheel in Carnival Park Mihama malfunctioned and stopped Friday afternoon leaving 24 riders, including small school children, stranded in its gondolas. 12 of the riders m...
Eight men arrested for possession of cannabis [News]
Naha Police arrested eight men on Sunday on suspicion of violating the Cannabis Control Law. According to police, they found the pot in the home of 22-year-old Kyosuke Ebita, one o...
Nago woman loses ¥2.14 million to computer scam [News]
An unidentified woman in Nago City was scammed of ¥2.14 million through her own computer. According to Nago Police, the woman had been watching a video site on her computer, when t...
Kadena airman nabbed for DUI [News]
Okinawa police arrested an airman stationed at Kadena Air Base, Saturday, on suspicion of DUI after he collided with another car in Chatan. According to Okinawa Prefectural Police,...
School excursions to Okinawa decrease 3% [News]
According to a survey by the Okinawa Prefecture Department of Culture, Tourism and Sports covering travel agencies that arrange school excursions to the prefecture, the number of s...
JASDF F-15 blocks runway, delays fights at Naha Airport [News]
A brake system failure caused a Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-15 fighter jet to become stuck on a taxiway at Naha Airport just as it was about to turn onto the runway for ...
Record number of localized torrential rains expected [News]
Weathernews Inc., a private weather information company, predicts about 80 localized torrential downpours to occur during this summer, which is about 2.2 times the number Okinawa h...
29,000 students use tuition assistance in Okinawa [News]
A record high number of children used tuition assistance to support school lunch fees and school supplies in Okinawa. The system is aimed at children of low-income families, Accord...
Tourist target of police car chase in Naha [News]
Police arrested a 47-year-old tourist from mainland Japan after a 10-minute car chase by multiple patrol cars in Kumoji, Naha City, on Tuesday. According to Naha Police, Yoshihiro ...
ORIX opens special outlet for elderly, expecting mothers [News]
ORIX Rent-A-Car, the second largest car rental business in Japan headquartered in Tokyo, has opened a “Priority Guest Support Counter Shop” at its Akamine branch in Naha City. The ...
Man arrested on suspicion of murdering younger brother [News]
A man was arrested on suspicion of murder in Chatan after he fatally stabbed his younger brother during an argument early Monday morning. The younger brother was taken to a hospita...
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