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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
Typhoon Soudelor causes huge damage, spares Okinawa [News]
Although typhoon Soudelor, the 13th typhoon this season, missed Okinawa’s main island last week, it made almost direct hit to the southwestern islands of Ishikgaki and Yonaguni. On...
Riot policeman nabbed for shooting video up woman’s skirt [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police has completed an investigation to a case involving a member of the Prefectural Riot Police unit in his 20’s, who is suspected of trying to take a video u...
16-year-old boy on stolen motorcycle crashes into taxi [News]
A 16-year-old unemployed boy driving a stolen motorcycle crashed into a taxi at an intersection in Kumoji, Naha City, early in the morning on Wednesday. According to Naha Police, a...
2015.08.05
Henoko seabed survey on hold for month [News]
The fight between the central government and Okinawa Prefectural government over the landfill preparation work for the Furenma replacement facility off Henoko was obviously getting...
U.S. soldier nabbed for DWI after driving wrong way [News]
Naha Police arrested 28-year-old U.S. Army soldier Curtis Mann stationed at Camp Foster, on suspicion of driving intoxicated on a street in Kumoji, Naha City, Sunday. According to ...
Largest ship ever docks Naha Port Aug. 1st [News]
One of the largest cruise ships in the fleet of the Royal Caribbean International of the U.S., Quantum of the Seas, visited Naha Port for the first time in the morning of Aug. 1st....
Okinawa aims to get ¥300 billion for fiscal 2016 [News]
Shunichi Yamaguchi, the Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, announced officially on Aug. 2nd that he’s requesting the budget guidelines for the Okinawa ...
Two Marines hurt in crash; driver tests twice the limit [News]
A car driven by a 27-year-old male Marine Sergeant stationed on Camp Kinser, crashed into a bus about 6:20 in the morning on Aug. 1st, on Highway 58 in Uchidomari, Ginowan City. Ac...
Governor ready to nullify Henoko landfill permit [News]
Based on the findings of a special report on the approval process of the Henoko landfill, Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga stressed in a meeting with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihid...
Vandals smash car windows in Tomigusuku [News]
Windows of eleven cars were smashed on a parking lot of Tomigusuku municipal housing complex in Taira, Tomigusuku City, in the evening of Jul. 29th. According to Tomigusuku Police,...
Study; Okinawa population continues to grow [News]
Nansei Soto Industrial Advancement Center, a think tank for research and study of industrial vitalization of the southwestern islands of Japan that includes Okinawa Prefecture, and...
Miyako man arrested for killing 3-year-old daughter [News]
Miyako Police arrested 21-year-old construction worker Kazushi Irabu, Tuesday, on suspicion of assaulting his three-year-old daughter resulting in the little girl’s death. Accordin...
Large demonstration to take place in Naha Friday [News]
A large scale demonstration against the new national security legislation pushed by the government of prime Minister Shinjo Abe is scheduled to take place Jul. 31st starting 6 p.m....
Police not amused about man’s ‘prank’ message on bulleting board [News]
Tomigusuku Police and Okinawa Prefectural Police sent a report of a 27-year-old unemployed man from Yonabaru Town to the Naha District Public Prosecutor Office on Jul. 23rd. Accord...
Junior high boys arrested on suspicion of robbery [News]
Naha Police arrested two junior high school boys Jul. 23rd on suspicion of robbery. The two are suspected of robbing a woman of her handbag on a street in Asato, Naha. According to...
Airman draws one year on assault charges [News]
Naha District Court has sentenced a 28-year-old airman to one year in prison for an assault and causing a bodily injury. The sentence is suspended for three years. The Naha Distric...
Heavy rain fills up Okinawa’s reservoirs [News]
Thanks to the heavy rain on Jul. 20th, the water volume in the 11 dams of Okinawa, increased to 84.4 % of their capacity as of midnight Jul. 21st, which is 5.3 % more than the aver...
Weekend festivals cancelled or postponed [News]
Because of the approaching typhoon Halola, the 12th typhoon of the season in the Western Pacific, organizers of most of the eight major festivals that were scheduled for this weeke...
Collision with car seriously injures high school student [News]
A car and bicycle collided on a street crossing on Miyako Island Thursday afternoon. The accident left a 16-year-old high school boy unconscious in serious condition. According to ...
Businessman injured in hit-and-run in Nishihara [News]
A hit-and-run accident left a 42-year-old businessman seriously injured in Onaga, Nishihara Town early Tuesday morning. According to Urasoe Police, the businessman, a resident of Y...
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