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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
Okinawa population keeps increasing [News]
According to the Okinawa Prefecture Statistics Division numbers made public on Sep. 30, the population of Okinawa stood at 1,428,647 people as of Sep. 1st. That’s an increase of 1,...
Mother of newborn found abandoned arrested [News]
Uruma Police arrested Monday a 14-year-old junior high school girl living in the middle part of the island, on suspicion of abandoning a child that she was responsible for protecti...
Dujuan whips up second strongest winds on record [News]
Typhoon Dujuan, the 21st typhoon of the year, had a direct hit on Ishigaki and Yonaguni Islands, Monday, before continuing to Taiwan. Yonaguni Island was hit especially hard. The m...
Man arrested for paying underage girl for sex [News]
Urasoe Police arrested a 41-year-old store worker on Sep. 26, on suspicion of violating the Child Prostitution and Child Pornography Laws. According to investigators, Rikiya Yamaka...
Man arrested for running illegal bar, employing minors [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested a 32-year-old self-employed Chatan man on suspicion of employing three underage girls in his unauthorized bar. According to investigators, the man enti...
Two U.S. servicemen nabbed for DUI on Sunday [News]
Two U.S. military members were nabbed on suspicion of DUI, Sunday. The incidents occurred in Naha and Ginowan. In Naha, police arrested 21-year-old Marine Corporal stationed on Cam...
Prefectural Police officer nabbed for DUI in park [News]
A male police officer assigned to the Prefectural Police Headquarters has been caught driving under the influence during the Silver Week. The Prefectural Police made the incident p...
Onna fisherman found dead [News]
A 59-year-old Onna Village fisherman was found lying three meters under water some 400 meters offshore of Maeganeku Fishing Port in Onna Village, Thursday evening. A rescue team re...
Fugu poisoning closes Nago sushi bar for two days [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Community Health Division announced Sep. 25th its decision to order a sushi bar in Nago, Yakko-zushi, to close down for two days effective immediately. Heal...
Two U.S. military dependents arrested for entry and theft [News]
Kadena Police arrested two 18-year-old unemployed boys on suspicion of unlawful entry and theft, Thursday. According to police, both are dependent sons of U.S. military personnel. ...
Defense Ministry snubs Okinawa Prefecture hearing [News]
Officials at the Okinawa Bureau of the Defense Ministry announced that the bureau would ignore the prefecture’s request for an opinion at a hearing the prefecture has to hold accor...
Abandoned baby girl found at parking lot in Gushikawa [News]
A passerby discovered a newborn baby girl in a supermarket plastic bag on a property of a prefecture housing project in Gushikawa, Uruma City, in the afternoon of Sep. 21st. Accord...
Approaching storm Dujuan threatens weekend festivals [News]
Tropical storm named Dujuan that formed in the western Pacific this week and is expected to intensify to a typhoon by the weekend is approaching Okinawa. The storm is forecast to b...
Governor to make his case on Henoko to U.N. [News]
Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga departed for Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday morning, to give a speech on the Henoko issue at the U.N. Human Rights Council. Prior to his departure, On...
Newspaper co. president dies on snorkeling tour [News]
Shigeru Kasugai, the 63-year-old president of Kushiro Shinbun newspaper company, was found floating unconscious in the ocean at Yabiji, Ikema Island in Miyakojima City, Friday morn...
Tsunami warning prompts school closures, delays [News]
A huge magnitude 8.3 earthquake that struck Chile prompted officials on Okinawa to issue a tsunami warning that caused some public schools to call off or delay the start of classes...
Drifter held on suspicion of setting fire on vacant house [News]
Okinawa Police arrested a 72-year-old unemployed man without a fixed address on suspicion of an unlawful entry and arson in connection of a house-fire that occurred in Miyasato, Ok...
Toyomi Bridge pileup sends seven to hospital [News]
A pileup involving a truck and six cars occurred at a little before noon on Sep. 17th on Toyomi Bridge in Madanbashi, Tomigusuku City. According to Tomigusuku Police, a dump truck ...
City survey finds no PCB in waters off Kinser [News]
Recently, a university research team discovered high concentrations of PCB and DDT in Okinawa’s poisonous habu snakes in the areas surrounding the U.S. Camp Kinser in Urasoe City. ...
Skeletal remains of man found in Ishigaki Park [News]
Yaeyama Police announced Sep. 17th a discovery of the body of an unidentified man in a bush at Banna Park in Tonoshiro, Ishigaki Island. According to Ishigaki Police, the man is es...
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