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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
Residents sue governor over Henoko revocation [News]
A group of Ginowan residents filed Tuesday a lawsuit with the Naha District Court against Governor Takashi Onaga, seeking to revoke the governor’s decision to revoke the landfill p...
Okinawa City employee nabbed for DUI after crash [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested a 40-year-old male temporary employee of Okinawa City Government Saturday, on suspicion of driving under the influence. According to police, the man wh...
Two small children drown in murder-suicide attempt [News]
Two young children drowned in what police investigators believe was a murder-suicide attempt by their mother, in Uza, Yomitan, on Friday. Nirai Fire Station received an emergency p...
Naha man arrested for home invasion, robbery and assault [News]
Naha Police on arrested a 24-year-old unemployed man Thursday, on suspicion of invading a home, robbery and assault on a woman in her 20’s. According to police, Katsunori Miyagi fr...
Head-on collision injures five, but no one fatally [News]
A 21-year-old airman stationed on Kadena Air Base turned on the wrong side of the road in Uechi, Okinawa City, in the evening of Oct. 14 and collided with a car driven by a 36-year...
Robbery and attempt by two men on motorbike [News]
Two incidents of purse snatching were reported to Naha Police Oct. 11 and 12. In both cases two men riding on a motorcycle grabbed the purses. Investigators from Naha Police invest...
Itoman Tourist Farm to reopen Oct. 30 [News]
Itoman Tourist Farm, a tourist attraction in Mabuni, Itoman City that has been closed since last year will get a second life with a renewal opening on Oct. 30th. With the opening, ...
16 baby turtles hatch from eggs from killed mother turtle [News]
The Okinawa Churashima Foundation announced Oct. 13th to have succeeded in artificially hatching 16 green turtle eggs that were taken from a mother turtle after she was killed in a...
Man arrested for shooting video up woman’s skirt [News]
Naha Police arrested a 30-year-old male employee of the Okinawa Prefectural Government from Uchima, Urasoe City on suspicion of shooting a video up the skirt of a young woman. Acco...
Elderly man drowns after falling in ocean [News]
A 76-year-old unemployed man from Kuwae, Chatan Town, fell into the ocean Sunday afternoon at Cape Maeda in Onna Village. According to Ishikawa Police, Toshio Nakamura had been fis...
Little boy critical after being hit by mini car [News]
A mini car hit a 6-year-old boy on Route 329 in Yonabaru, Yonabaru Town, Sunday morning. The boy was taken to a hospital, where he remains in a reportedly critical condition. Accor...
Marine arrested for assault with beer jug [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested a 28-year-old Marine Sergeant stationed on MCAS Futenma, Saturday, on suspicion of an assault resulting in a physical injury. According to police, the ...
Aiko Shimajiri new Minister of Okinawa and Northern Territories [News]
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Oct. 6th the nomination of Aiko Shimajiri, a 50-year-old Liberal Democratic Party Upper House representative from Okinawa to the post of the Min...
Female store clerk thwarts robbery attempt [News]
Naha Police arrested an 18-year-old unemployed man from Nanjo City on suspicion of an attempted robbery at a supermarket in Makishi, Naha City, on Oct. 7th. According to Naha Polic...
Collision with car injures biking high school boy [News]
A 21-year-old Air Force servicewoman from Kadena Air Base driving her car collided with a 17-year-old high school boy riding a bicycle at an intersection on Highway 58 in Mihama, C...
Salmonella infection nets bento store suspension [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Community Health Division announced Oct. 8th that three persons who had eaten a bento lunch purchased from Kariyushi Bento Store in Okinawa City on Sep. 9th...
English teacher’s assistant arrested for alleged sexual assault [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested Tuesday a 46-year-old American English teacher’s assistant from Uruma City on suspicion of a sexual assault. According to police, the man is suspected ...
Motorcyclist dies in crash after losing control [News]
A 39-year-old self-employed man from Okinawa City lost control of his large motorcycle on a road between Namihira and Sobe in Zakimi, Yomitan Village, and crashed into a guardrail,...
U.S. Soldier arrested after refusing breathalyzer test [News]
Naha Police arrested a 25-year-old U.S. Army Specialist from Torii Station, Sunday, for refusing a breathalyzer test. According to police, the soldier refused to take a breathalyze...
Fire destroys apartment on Highway 58 in Isa [News]
A fire destroyed a 5th floor apartment in a building on Highway 58 in Isa, Ginowan City, Thursday. The fire started in the top floor apartment of the concrete building about 6 p.m....
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