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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
15-year-old held for Urasoe hit-and-run [News]
Urasoe City Police arrested a 15-year-old unemployed boy on Thursday on suspicion of a hit-and-run that occurred on Oct. 27th. According to police, the boy, while driving his scoot...
Drunk woman driver fatally hits man crossing street [News]
Naha Police arrested a woman after the mini car she was driving fatally hit a pedestrian. According to police, 41-year-old unemployed Kaori Matsukawa from Mihara, Naha City was arr...
Food poisoning reported at Naha restaurant [News]
The Naha City Healthcare Center announced Nov. 19th that four women, all in their 20’s, who had had a meal at Restaurant ‘Eito’ in Kume, Naha City, had suffered symptoms of food po...
Man killed in freak traffic accident [News]
A Naha man was killed when he was crushed between a building wall and a mini car in Matsuo, Naha City, Monday afternoon. According to Naha Police, 46-year-old Tomoya Izumi was cutt...
Students warned about suspicious stranger [News]
A suspicious looking man has been reported approaching an elementary school girl at an apartment building parking lot in the middle part of Okinawa about noon on Saturday. The man ...
Two men arrested on sexual assault charges [News]
Urasoe City Police arrested Kohei Iha, a 30-year-old restaurant owner, and 30-year-old restaurant worker Shintaro Nakamura, on Nov. 13th, on suspicion of a sexual assault. Accordin...
OIST President Jonathan Dorfan wins Panofsky Prize [News]
Jonathan Dorfan, a president and CEO of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University in Onna Village, has been awarded the W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experi...
Ginoza is looking for few good batters [News]
Ginoza Village opened a municipal batting practice facility in the village’s Comprehensive Athletic Park a year ago, and according to village officials, it’s the only municipal gov...
Dioxins discovered from residential area in Chatan [News]
A survey by the Okinawa Defense Bureau revealed the existence of dioxins in the soil in a residential area in Kamisedo, Chatan. An analysis of the soil and debris samples from the ...
Kodomo-no Kuni Zoo bear escapes cage twice [News]
Mitsuki, a 3-year-old female black bear residing in Okinawa Kodomo-no Kuni Zoo broke through the roof of her cage and escaped the enclosure for a walk on Nov. 7th. Zoo officials an...
Yonabaru man nabbed for drug smuggling attempt [News]
Yonabaru Police arrested a 44-year-old self-employed man, Nov. 9th, on suspicion of importing several kinds of illegal drugs. The man claims that he did not know the goods shipped ...
High school students publish guidebook in English [News]
Five members of the English Club at Tomishiro High School put together a guidebook in English for foreign tourists. The book titled ‘Tomiko’s Favorite Spots’ was released in a comp...
Man arrested on murder attempt, trespassing charges [News]
Ginowan City Police on arrested a 25-year-old unemployed man from Urasoe City Tuesday, on suspicion of trespassing and an attempted murder. According to police, Naruto Taira is sus...
Okinawa City returns sewage charges collected by mistake [News]
Okinawa City Government announced Monday that an on-going internal investigation has revealed that the city has by mistake collected a total of ¥1.82 million in excessive sewage ch...
Group of ten arrested for spree of thefts, trespassing [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police announced Nov. 6th the arrest of a group of eight boys and two adult men on suspicion of theft and trespassing. According to the police, the group consis...
Two Marines held after entering parked car [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested two Marines, a 21-year-old Corporal and 20-year-old Lance Corporal, both stationed on Camp Foster, on suspicion of attempted theft, Nov. 7th. According...
Guardman killed in traffic accident, driver arrested [News]
Uruma Police arrested a 24-year-old store worker Christopher Keisuke Hoshino from Ishado, Nakagusuku, on suspicion of vehicular homicide on Nov. 6th. According to police, a car dri...
Itoman tax official nabbed for embezzlement [News]
Itoman Police arrested Nov. 8th an Itoman City government employee, who works at the City Tax Collection Division, on suspicion of embezzlement. According to investigators, 44-year...
Marine arrested for kicking parked car in Mihama [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested a 27-year-old Marine Lance Corporal stationed on MCAS Futenma on suspicion of causing damage to private property Saturday evening. The Marine is suspec...
Mini car knocks down scooter in hit-and-run [News]
A mini car struck scooter coming from the opposite direction on Highway 58 in Tancha, Onna Village, Saturday evening. The scooter fell on the ground and a 27-year-old Urasoe man dr...
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