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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
Urasoe Police concludes body victim of hit-and-run [News]
Urasoe Police has concluded that an old man found dead on a street in Miyagi, Urasoe City, in the morning of Aug 1st, was a victim of a hit-and-run. According to Urasoe Police, an ...
Student on skateboard killed in traffic accident in Motobu [News]
A fatal traffic accident occurred in Motobu Town, Wednesday, when a car hit a college student riding on a skateboard. According to police, the 20-year-old college student from Aich...
Woman driver arrested after fatal crash with motorcycle [News]
An accident between a car and a motorcycle occurred on Highway 58 in Ameku, Naha City, in the evening of Aug. 2nd, in which the driver of the motorcycle died. According to Naha Pol...
Businessman arrested for sex with minor [News]
Yonabaru Police arrested a 31-year-old businessman from Agena, Uruma City, Aug. 2nd, on suspicion of engaging in a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old junior high school girl wh...
Two men drown as mini truck plunges into ocean [News]
Two men died when a mini truck fell into the ocean at Nago Fishing Port in the evening of Aug 1st. According to Nago Police, the accident to place on a dock within the Nago Fishing...
Child pornography possession case handed to prosecutors [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police and Tomigusuku Police handed Naha District Public Prosecutors Office the case file on a 21-year-old unemployed man on Aug. 1st, who is suspected of viola...
OIST begins academic year with 24 new students [News]
The enrollment ceremony of the 2015/2016 academic year at OIST, the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University in Onna, was held on Sep. 1st at the university....
Okinawa children improve in national academic test [News]
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced Aug. 25th the results of the annual National Academic Achievement Test in the nation’s elementary and j...
Old man found dead on street, hit-and-run suspected [News]
Urasoe Police found the body of an elderly man on a street early Tuesday morning after receiving a call from a passerby. According to Urasoe Police, a passerby called the police em...
Three Okinawa castle sites among top 20 in Japan [News]
Four castle sites on Okinawa were selected among the top 20 most visit worthy castle sites in Japan 2015 by public voting for the category on TripAdvisor website. TripAdvisor, the ...
Passenger missing after falling overboard from ferry [News]
The 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters received an emergency call about 7:30 in the morning of Aug. 28th from the captain of ‘Ferry Daito,’ owned by Daito Kaiun Sangyo Co., Ltd...
Small commuter aircraft has landing mishap on Aguni [News]
A propeller-driven Twin Otter DHC6-400 commuter aircraft of Osaka-based First Flying Co., Ltd. had an accident on Aug. 28th when landing at Aguni Airport on its scheduled flight fr...
Prefecture starts survey of coral damage off Henoko [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Government started the ocean floor survey in the restricted area off the coast of Henoko, Monday. The purpose of the survey is to find out if the concrete b...
Rally against Abe’s security bills held at Yogi Park [News]
A large-scale protest rally against the Security Bills currently waiting for approval in the Upper House of the national parliament in Tokyo, was held at Yogi Park in Naha, Sunday....
Suga-Onaga meeting fails again to narrow gap [News]
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga met for the second time at a hotel in Naha, Saturday, for the fourth round of “intensive” talk...
Drunk U.S. sailor beats, robs taxi driver in Chatan [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested a 34-year-old U.S. Navy sailor stationed on Guam on suspicion of robbing a taxi in Chatan, Saturday. According to police, U.S. Navy Petty Officer First...
13-year-old heart transplant recipient returns home [News]
The Okinawan heart-transplant recipient, 13-year-old Rai Matsushima from Chatan Town, has returned home to Okinawa. Rai, who underwent the heart transplant operation in the U.S. be...
New Sakamoto album to support Henoko opposition fund [News]
World famous Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto is scheduled to release a new album titled ‘Mirukuyugafu-Undercooled’ in collaboration with local Okinawa folk singer Misako Koja on...
Okinawa remains popular destination for school trips [News]
The Prefectural Department of Culture, Tourism and Sports released Aug. 20th the statistics on school trips to Okinawa in 2014. According to the department figures, the number of s...
New U.S. Consul General in Naha takes post [News]
The United States Consulate General has a new boss as the new consul general took his post on Aug. 18th. The new consul general is 52-year-old Joel Ehrendreich, who officially took...
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