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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
Big demonstration against U.S. military presence held at Onoyama [News]
According to organizers, about 65,000 people took part in a rally held on Sunday at Onoyama Park in Naha, to protest the recent rape and murder of a 20-year-old woman in Uruma. A s...
Urasoe seaside bypass road to open in 2017 [News]
Okinawa General Bureau announced that the Urasoe seaside bypass road, now under the construction on a landfill off Camp Kinser, will open in 2017. The road consists of two parts, a...
McDonald’s introduces shake made of Okinawan pineapples [News]
Fast food chain Japan McDonalds will start serving “McShake Okinawa Pineapple” shake in all McDonald’s restaurants in Japan from Jun. 22nd. The item will be sold for a limited time...
Rainy season ends [News]
Okinawa Metrological Agency declared the end of the rainy season in Okinawa on Thursday. This year, the rainy season ended about a week earlier than the average, which is Jun. 23rd...
Government’s Okinawa safety patrols started [News]
The first safety teams set up by the Japanese government began patrolling low-traffic areas in local communities close to U.S. Military installations on Jun. 15th. The government i...
Body found off Ginowan coast [News]
The body of an unidentified male was found off the shore of Ujidomari, Ginowan City, Monday afternoon. According to Ginowan police, a construction worker discovered the body floati...
Fifth Iriomote wildcat killed this year [News]
An Iriomote wildcat, a designated national treasure in Japan, was hit and killed by a car on Route 215 on Iriomote Island, Monday. The cat became the 5th killed in a road accident ...
Heavy rain, flash floods hit southern Okinawa [News]
A passing rain front brought heavy downpour to Okinawa main island on Monday and Tuesday, Jun. 13 and 14. The Okinawa Metrological Agency issued a heavy rain and flash flood warnin...
Kunigami firefighters rescue group of stranded Americans [News]
A group of 18 Americans was stranded on a hiking trail close to Ta Waterfall in Ogimi Village, Sunday afternoon, after a flash flood of Henan River cut their return path. Heavy rai...
Part-time prefecture employee arrested for DUI [News]
Okinawa City police arrested a part-time Prefectural Government employee on suspicion of DUI on Jun. 3rd. Police say 44-year-old Morihito Maekawa was apprehended in the morning of ...
Tokashiki Village gets resident dentist [CURRENT ISSUE News]
Dentist Takumi Takano recently moved into and opened a dental clinic in Tokashiki Village, becoming the first dentist to reside in the village. There has been a dental clinic on To...
Three Okinawa hotels selected among nation’s top 10 for golfers [News]
Rakuten, Inc. Japan’s largest Internet retail company based in Tokyo, recently released its list of “Golf Lovers’ Top 10 Hotels in Japan,” and named three hotels from Okinawa among...
28 international conferences planned for Okinawa in 2016 [News]
The Okinawa Department of the Cabinet Office of the Government of Japan held a government agencies’ liaison conference on Jun. 9th to report and discuss of the 28 international con...
Six arrested for smuggling 110 kg of gold into Japan [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police, Tokyo Metropolitan Police and Okinawa District Customs Office arrested six people, including two members of a designated criminal syndicate, on Jun. 8th...
Visiting Aichi students suffer food poisoning [News]
218 high school students visiting Okinawa on a school trip from Aichi Prefecture fell victims of food poisoning in Nago. According to the Okinawa Prefecture Community Health Divisi...
Nago Board of Education employee arrested for DUI [News]
A 31-year-old temporary teacher was arrested on suspicion of DUI in Nago, early Sunday morning. According to Nago Police, Ryuji Nagahama, a 31 year-old temporary employee of Nago C...
Allergic reactions to jimami tofu increasing among foreign tourists [News]
Reports of acute allergic reaction, anaphylaxis, and allergic shock among foreign tourists who have eaten jimami tofu while on Okinawa have increased in recent years. Anaphylaxis i...
Man held for murder after stabbing another to death [News]
A 43-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder on Kume Island after he fatally stabbed a 36-year-old man with a kitchen knife, Sunday morning. According to Naha Police, Akir...
Government to beef up security measures in Okinawa [News]
The Government of Japan announced Jun. 3rd measures to enhance security on Okinawa in light of the latest incidents involving U.S. military personnel. The decision was made in a co...
Japan, U.S. agree to review extent of SOFA for civilians [News]
The Japanese defense minister and his U.S. counterpart agreed Saturday on the sidelines of the Asian Security Summit in Singapore to review extent of the SOFA status of American ci...
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