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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
Elderly woman killed in traffic accident [News]
A mini car driven by a 32-year-old housewife hit a 74-year-old unemployed woman at the entrance of a supermarket parking lot in Akamichi, Ginowan, Thursday morning. According to Gi...
Woman’s skeleton found on Mt. Yaedake [News]
A skeleton female body was discovered on Mt. Yaedake in Okayo, Motobu Town on Mar. 10th. According to Motobu Police, the body has not been identified, and based on the condition of...
Collision with police lands pair on motorbike to hospital [News]
A police patrol car collided with a motorcycle on Route 6 in Zakimi, Yomitan Village at 03:15 on Tuesday. The motorcycle fell down, and a 19-year-old man from Urasoe who had been d...
High school entrance tests today and tomorrow [News]
The annual general entrance examinations to the prefectural public high schools for the April 1 start of the school year are taking place at all 78 prefectural public high and spec...
Vandals destroy 123 bashofu trees in Ogimi [News]
123 Bashofu trees, Japanese fiber banana trees that are the source of raw material for woven local textile called ‘Bashofu’, were found cut and overran in Kijyoka, Ogimi Village on...
University of Ryukyus admits 1,223 new students [News]
The University of the Ryukyus announced its general entrance examination results Monday with 1,223 students passing the test. At 11:00, as soon as the names of successful students ...
Chairman of Japan’s new basketball pro-league visits [News]
Masaaki Okawa, the chairman of the Japanese men’s professional basketball B-league that combines the current competing TK-bj and JBL leagues and is scheduled to start this fall vis...
Okinawa population grows at highest rate in nation [News]
The Japanese Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications has announced the preliminary figures of the latest Population Census as of October 1st, 2015...
Tokyo agrees to proposed settlement, halts Henoko landfill [News]
In a big compromise move, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has agreed to accept a court-mediated settlement plan over the construction of the replacement facility to MCAS Futenma in Henok...
Sanshin Day performance held at Schwab Gate [News]
Today is ‘Sanshin Day,’ Mar. 4. Early this morning about 30 people played Sanshin on the street in front of the Camp Schwab main gate and with sun shining, more than 100 people per...
Northern Okinawa area to become national park [News]
The Japanese Ministry of Environment announced Feb. 27th a decision to designate the area surrounding three villages in the northern part of the island, Kunigami, Higashi and Ogimi...
Woman’s body found in river in Toyosaki [News]
An unidentified woman’s body was found in shallow water in a river north of Toyosaki Bridge in Toyosaki, Tomigusuku City, in the morning of Feb. 24th. According to Tomigusuku City ...
Okinawan girl aces national abacus test [News]
Noa Azama, a 7-year-old first grade student of Shimabukuro Elementary School, passed the highest 10 Dan level test of the National Abacus Education Association that took place on J...
Ryudai measures noise from U.S. military aircraft [News]
Takeshi Tokashiki, an associate professor at the Faculty of Engineering, at the University of the Ryukyus, measured noise levels during the entrance examinations of the university ...
DUI driver crashes into van carrying six tourists [News]
A 73-year-old unemployed man from Yomitan Village driving a car crashed into a rental car carrying six tourists from South Korea on Route 6 in Sobe, Yomitan Village, Saturday eveni...
Passenger from Naha to Minami-Daito missing [News]
A male passenger on a ferry from Naha to Minami-Daito Island is missing, and presumed to have fallen in the ocean. According to Nakagusuku Coast Guard officials, a crewmember on th...
Norovirus infection halts school lunch program [News]
Norovirus was detected from a member of the cooking staff at a school lunch center serving all schools in Tomigusuku City, and the city government temporarily suspended the school ...
U.S. does not expect completion of Henoko facility before 2025 [News]
Adm. Harry Harris, the head of the U.S. Pacific Command told the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington D.C. Tuesday that he does not expect the Henoko replacement faci...
Foreign children suspected of missing school [News]
According to an investigation by local newspaper Okinawa Times, there are a total of 136 foreign national children of compulsory education age in 11 municipalities on Okinawa who a...
Okinawa taxi fares to rise first time in 9 years [News]
Okinawa General Bureau is considering an increase of taxi fares by 9.1 to 29.3% on Okinawa main island, and an increase of 8.9 to 24.5% on outer Okinawa islands. According to offic...
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