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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
Fisherina restaurant in trouble for unpaid bills [News]
A restaurant in Chatan Uminchu Wharf Fisherina Building, directly operated by Chatan Town Fishermen’s Association, has not paid its utility bills for over a year totaling ¥3.3 mill...
Two dead in weekend motorcycle accidents [News]
Several motorcycle accidents occurred over the weekend resulting in two fatalities. Early Sunday, 48-year-old Tamotsu Yonashiro lost control of his large motorcycle on Highway 58 i...
Okinawa prepares to keep South American fire ants out [News]
Okinawa Prefecture officials are taking steps to strengthen defenses against a possible invasion of fire ants, an invasive species from South America that was recently discovered i...
Ginowan police cars allowed passage through MCAS during disasters [News]
Ginowan Police and the U.S. military have concluded an agreement to allow police vehicles to pass through the premises of MCAS Futenma at the time of disasters. Osamu Hamada, the h...
28% more unexploded bomb disposals in 2016 [News]
Disposal work of unexploded ordnance, mostly from WWII, saw a sharp increase in 2016 from the previous year. According to Okinawa Bomb Disposal Council, an organ consisting of repr...
Tomigusuku is fastest growing city for 2nd consecutive year [News]
According to the growth ranking of nation’s cities published as the “City Data Pack 2017 Version” by Toyo Keizai Inc., Tomigusuku City was the fastest growing city in the nation fo...
Water storage dams in Okinawa filled to 93.4% [News]
If there’s one blessing from the heavy rains lately, it’s that the dams in the prefecture have filled up staving off the looming water shortage. Many dams, including Haneji Dam, ex...
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MESH Support Cooperative calls for government help [News]
“MESH Support”, a specified nonprofit cooperative that manages a private medical helicopter service, celebrated its 10th anniversary on June 15th while in the middle of financial d...
Heavy rain causes floods, landslides [News]
An active seasonal rain front brought heavy rains to the whole Okinawa Main and surrounding islands on Monday, which caused damages at some areas including flooded roads, houses, a...
New west coast roads expected to ease Naha traffic [News]
In the Naha New Port area, there are many of logistics and transportation companies in the Akebono Ward of Naha City, making it an important logistics hub. According to a survey by...
Pink dragon fruit sherbet bar goes for sale [News]
Okinawa Meiji Milk Products Co., Ltd. and Okinawa Kogyo High School collaborated to produce a “Dragon Fruit & Apple aji no pinku bar” (Pink dragon fruit & apple flavored ba...
Free shuttle bus service from Naha New Port [News]
Naha City has operated a free shuttle bus service from Naha New Port to Kokusai Street to passengers on large cruise ships from this May. The city implemented the service to allevi...
Economic effect of pro-baseball spring camps up to ¥10.9 billion [News]
According to Ryugin Research Institute Ltd., the economic effect of the professional baseball spring training camps in Okinawa in 2017 totaled ¥10.954 billion that is 9.5% more tha...
Family receives letters of appreciation for rescuing two women [News]
The Nakagusuku Maritime Safety Agency sent letters of appreciation to three members of a local family – 60-year-old Sukehisa, 21-year-old Yuuki and 18-year-old Hiroyuki Taba. The t...
Heavy rains cause landslides in Nago, Kunigami, no property damage [News]
A seasonal rain front moving into the Okinawa area caused heavy rains on the main island Wednesday. Especially in the north part of Okinawa, it rained heavily that caused landslide...
Close AKB48 General Election venue concern to sea turtle egg nest [News]
In response to concerns that a sea turtle egg nest was found on Chura Sun Beach in Tomigusuku, the venue of the “AKB48 General Election” this Saturday, the management company of th...
Man on bicycle chased by police rides into sea, found dead [News]
A man riding a bicycle and chased by a police patrol car ran off the pier in Naha Port early Tuesday morning. He was found unconscious and taken to a hospital where he died one and...
Okinawa’s rate of registration of new companies nationally No.1 in 2016 [News]
Tokyo Shoko Research Okinawa Branch published Tuesday its statistics on creation of new businesses in Okinawa in 2016. According to the statistics, 1,867 new companies were registe...
Thieves keep breaking into offertory box at Nago Castle Park [News]
Many incidents of theft from an offertory box located in front of a place of worship enshrining the god of fire in Nago Castle Park have occurred lately. According to the headman o...
U.S. airman arrested for DUI [News]
Ginowan Police arrested an U.S. airman Sunday morning on suspicion of DUI. According to police, 25-year-old Sr.A Jarrett Walls stationed at Kadena Air Base was arrested early Sunda...
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