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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
Influenza threatens to swamp Chubu hospitals [News]
The Prefectural Chubu District Medical Association is sounding alarm bells as the seasonal flu cases threaten to overwhelm the emergency medical services of the hospitals in the mi...
Large rally held in Tokyo against Henoko construction [News]
A large rally opposing the construction of the MCAS Futenma replacement facility on Camp Schwab in Henoko, Nago City, was organized at nine places across the nation on Sunday. In T...
Lotte Marines infielder arrested at Naha Airport [News]
Professional baseball player Yamaico Navarro who is currently an infielder with the Japanese professional baseball team Chiba Lotte Marines was arrested on suspicion of violating t...
Alleged Kiyohara’s drug dealer nabbed on Okinawa [News]
The arrest of popular 48-year-old former Japanese professional baseball player, Kazuhiro Kiyohara, sent a jolt through the national sports world. Kiyohara was arrested on suspicion...
Dead whale washes up at Kadena Marina [News]
A 6.3-meter-long carcass of a humpback whale was found washed on the beach at Kadena Marina in Kaneku, Kadena Town, on Monday. According to Kadena Town officials, they received a r...
Naha man arrested for drugging, raping woman [News]
Naha City Police arrested a 30-year-old unemployed man from Mekaru, Naha City, on Monday, on suspicion of rendering a female acquaintance incapacitated and then raping her. Accordi...
Female teacher arrested for hit-and-run DUI [News]
A 25-year-old female temporary teacher working at a prefectural high school on Ishigaki Island was arrested Saturday on suspicion of a hit-and-run under influence alcohol. Accordin...
Court proposes settlement of Henoko reclamation lawsuit [News]
The Fukuoka High Court Naha Branch presented last week a provisional settlement plan for the dispute between the central government in Tokyo and Okinawa Prefecture who are in a cou...
Fireman crashes into taxi, arrested for DUI [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested Feb. 11th a 34-year-old Uruma City Fire Department firefighter on suspicion of drinking and driving. Police say the fireman crashed into a taxi that ha...
Noa Onaga gets new heart in the U.S. [News]
Noa Onaga, the one-year-old girl suffering from a serious cardiac disease, who went to the U.S. to wait for a suitable donor heart mid January, underwent a successful heart transpl...
Prefecture presents largest initial budget bill ever [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Government approved the initial budget for the fiscal 2016 at a government board meeting on Feb. 8th, and presented the plan informally to each government d...
Majority of motorcycle thefts committed by young boys [News]
According to Okinawa Prefectural Police, 103 of the 113 persons arrested on suspicion of motorcycle thefts in 2015 were boys between 14 and 20 years of age. The proportion of boys ...
Farm worker drowns after falling into irrigation pond [News]
A farm worker accidentally fell into an irrigation pond and drowned in the Okayo district of Motobu Town, Wednesday. According to Motobu Police, a male emergency caller informed po...
High school boy nabbed for forgery [News]
Yaeyama Police on arrested a 17-year-old high school boy from Haebaru Town on Feb. 2nd on suspicion of forging a driver’s license and using it for illegal purpose. According to inv...
OPG to set special fund to fight child poverty [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Government has investigated children’s poverty in Okinawa for the first time and, based on the findings, concluded that 29.9% of children in the prefecture ...
JTA adds flights to Miyako, changes to larger aircraft [News]
Japan Transocean Air Co., Ltd, announced that it has decided to add one more daily flight between Miyako and Naha in March in order to respond to increasing demand from tourists to...
Gangster arrested for stabbing woman [News]
Okinawa City Police on arrested a 53-year-old unemployed man living in Teruya, Okinawa City Saturday on suspicion of attempted murder. The man is reportedly a member of gangster gr...
Marijuana lands SOFA dependent boy in jail [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested a 16-year-old dependent son of a SOFA employee on Jan. 30th on suspicion of violating the Cannabis Control Law. The boy works part-time and is living i...
One dead in Nago house fire [News]
A fire broke out in one-story wooden house in Taira, Nago City, about 01:00 on Jan. 31st. Five fire trucks were dispatched to the scene, and the blaze was put out by 03:20. After t...
Petty Officer nabbed for DUI [News]
Urasoe City Police arrested 25-year-old Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class stationed on White Beach early Sunday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence on Highway 58. The sa...
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