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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
Army corporal nabbed for DUI Saturday morning [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested a 22-year-old Army corporal on Highway 58 in Sunabe, Chatan, Saturday morning on suspicion of drinking and driving. According to Okinawa Police, Cpl. T...
Prefecture mulling expanding OKICA fare payment system [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Government is mulling the feasibility of expanding the IC-card based OKICA payment system to replace the current ticket system in ferries serving Okinawa’s ...
Young Chatan heart transplant recipient to return home [News]
The doctor of 13-year-old Rai Matsushima from Chatan, a recipient of a heart transplant in February at the Colombia University Hospital in New York, has granted him the permission ...
U.S. Consul General Alfred Magleby leaves [News]
Alfred R. Magleby, the U.S. Consul General in Naha, paid a courtesy visit to Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga at the Prefectural Government Office, Aug 17th, to inform the governor t...
Marine nabbed for possession of gun and ammo at Narita [News]
Chiba Prefectural Police arrested a 31-year-old male Marine Staff Sergeant on his way from the U.S. to Okinawa on Aug. 16th, on suspicion of violating the Japanese Firearms and Swo...
Typhoon Goni shuts down Okinawa [News]
Typhoon Goni, the 15th typhoon of the season, is approaching Okinawa’s main island today after hitting Iriomote and Ishigaki islands southwest of Okinawa Sunday night. The Japan Me...
Okinawa and Tokyo stay apart after second meeting Tuesday [News]
Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga held their second meeting regarding the relocation of the MCAS Futenma. The meeting that lasted 30 minutes...
Man arrested for confining girlfriend in hotel room [News]
Urasoe Police arrested 34-year-old part-time worker Hiroki Yamazato from Urasoe City, Sunday, on suspicion of confining his girlfriend in a hotel room against her will. According t...
Group protesting new security laws organized [News]
A group of mostly young people, including college students, who oppose the national security-related legislation pushed by the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched a ne...
Oil leak from hotel found off Awase coast [News]
A slick of heavy oil was found Aug. 14th off the coast of Awase, Okinawa City. The 500-meter wide oil slick has been confirmed originating from Tokyo Dai-ichi Hotel Okinawa Grand M...
Two servicemen nabbed for DUI Saturday morning [News]
Okinawan police nabbed two American servicemen Saturday on suspicion of driving under influence. According to Okinawa Prefectural Police, 20-year-old Navy sailor Basil Jones, stati...
Sex shop owner arrested for prostituting minors [News]
Naha Police arrested a 31-year-old man from Urasoe City on Aug. 6th on suspicion of violating the law banning prostitution and the Child Welfare Law. According to Naha Police, Shok...
Voyeur nabbed in Uruma [News]
Uruma Police arrested a 38-year-old member of Okinawa International University clerical staff Saturday on suspicion of trespassing into a private property. Police say they nabbed Y...
U.S. UH-60 crash-lands on ship off Okinawa, all onboard survive [News]
A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with 17 people onboard crashed while attempting to land on a ship east of Ikei Island off Okinawa’s west coast Wednesday afternoon. Accordin...
Report on Okinawa’s future population trends released [News]
NIAC, the Nansei-soto Industrial Advancement Center, a think tank for research and study of industrial vitalization of the southwestern islands of Japan including Okinawa Prefectur...
Police releases ‘It’s me’ fraud phone call recording [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police made public a recording of a man’s voice making a phone call to an elderly woman in her 80’s, trying to convince the woman to transfer money into a bank ...
Okinawa team wins National Abacus Championship [News]
In spite of being a country that first embraced electronic calculators, Japanese still put a high value on the skill of doing calculations with an abacus, a device which is older t...
Suga and Onaga hold first ‘intensive’ meeting on Henoko dispute [News]
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga came to Okinawa on Monday, and had a dinner meeting lasting about an hour and half with Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga and Deputy Governor Mi...
Three members of family drowns, one rescued in Miyako [News]
A rip current swept four members of a family from Hyogo Prefecture out to the sea Monday afternoon, off Toguchi-no-hama on Irabu Island, Miyakojima City. Three members of the famil...
Drifter arrested for hit-and-run accident [News]
Naha Police arrested a 62-year-old unemployed man without a fixed address, Thursday, on suspicion of hit-and-run. According to police, the suspect drove a car that hit a 45-year-ol...
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