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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 hit with record rainfall Monday evening [News]
Record-setting rainfall hit all areas of Okinawa and surrounding islands Monday afternoon through Tuesday morning. In Taira, Higashi Village, 255.5 mm of rain was recorded over 24 ...
Woman drowns in Ogimi [News]
A woman drowned Saturday afternoon off the shore of Ogimi Village. A person who had been fishing at the shore called the police emergency number stating, “One of my friends who wen...
Elementary school boy drowns in Tomigusuku [News]
On the first day of the summer vacation for school children, an 8-year-old elementary school boy from Itoman City drowned in a water accident at Yone, Tomigusuku, Sunday. According...
Marine arrested on suspicion of stealing package of steaks [News]
Okinawa Police arrested Sunday a 21-year-old Marine Sergeant on suspicion of theft. Police say that a supermarket staff had caught him red-handed stealing one package of beef value...
Body found in burning mini car on parking lot [News]
A badly burned body was discovered on the front seat of a mini car that was burning on a parking lot in Kunigami Village, Sunday evening. A passerby made an emergency call to the p...
Kadena airman nabbed for DUI [News]
Okinawa Police on arrested a Kadena airman, Saturday, on suspicion of driving under influence. According to Okinawa City Police, TSgt Timothy Ericsson was stopped and arrested on s...
Naha declares itself LGBT-friendly at ‘Pink Dot’ event [News]
Naha City Government declared Sunday itself a city that respects gender diversity at the ‘Pink Dot Okinawa’ event. The Pink Dot Okinawa is an annual event aiming at making the soci...
Expo Park festival attracts record crowds [News]
The 37th Expo Park Summer Festival that took place at the Ocean Expo Park in Ishikawa, Motobu Town, Jul. 18th, attracted record crowds to the largest fireworks show on the island. ...
Nago police nabs drifter on lam after DUI, hit-and-run [News]
Nago Police arrested 59-year-old unemployed drifter, Kokin Maja, Thursday, on suspicion of a hit-and-run, driving under influence, and other offenses. According to police, the man ...
Survey finds Okinawans to be heavy drinkers [News]
According to a survey on Okinawans’ drinking habits that covered 32,772 men and women aged 20-69 living on Okinawa, more than 9.5 % of them, or about 85,000 of those who took part ...
Former Okinawa City lawyer arrested for embezzlement [News]
Okinawa Police arrested 85-year-old former lawyer Masanori Higa on suspicion of embezzling ¥75 million of a client’s deposit money for private purposes. According to Okinawa Prefec...
Hit-and-run biker sought [News]
Naha Police is looking for a driver of a motor scooter who hit a 11-year-old elementary school boy knocking him down, and then driving away. The accident took place about 7:55 a.m....
Brown sugar recall [News]
Iriomote Togyo, a local sugar manufacturer with the head office in Urasoe City, announced Jul. 11th that metallic powder has been found attached to their product ‘Brown Sugar Lumps...
Jiji Press apologizes for reporter’s Okinawa remarks [News]
Jiji Press, a major Japanese news agency, apologized Tuesday for inappropriate remarks that one of its reporters made during a regular press conference of Chief Cabinet Secretary Y...
27 injured in typhoon [News]
27 people suffered injuries of various degrees, most of them minor, during typhoon Chan-hom on the main island of Okinawa, and Miyako and Ishigaki islands. Injuries included bruise...
Painter arrested for punching and robbing taxi driver [News]
Ginowan Police arrested Saturday a 22-year-old painter living in Nagata, Ginowan City, on suspicion of an assault and robbery.. According to Ginowan Police, the robbery took place ...
Woman Marine nabbed for DUI in Naha on Saturday [News]
Naha Police arrested 21-year-old Marine Cpl. Heidi Ayala stationed on MCAS Futenma, Saturday, on suspicion of drinking and driving in Naha City. Ayala is also suspected of hitting ...
Highschool boy arrested for attempted murder [News]
Uruma Police arrested a 16-year-old male high school student on the night of Jul. 12th on suspicion of an attempted murder. According to police officials, the boy is suspected of t...
Water in dams still below average after Chan-hom [News]
Although typhoon Chan-hom did not hit Okinawa main island directly, it still brought a fair amount of much needed rainfall. According to Okinawa Prefecture Enterprize Bureau, the w...
Possibility grows of Onaga revoking Henoko landfill approval [News]
An independent panel Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga set up to investigate the validity of the Henoko landfill approval for the replacement facility of MCAS Futenma that his predece...
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