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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
Three private hospitals named regional core hospitals [News]
The Prefectural Department of Public Health and Medical Care has designated three private hospitals as regional core hospitals in case of a disaster or major emergency in addition ...
Ownerless lands tallied up [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Government has conducting a survey on how much land on Okinawa has no known owner, because official documents showing the ownership were destroyed during th...
Peace memorial service held at Mabuni [News]
The annual Irei-no-Hi memorial service was held at the Peace Memorial Park in Mabuni, Itoman, today to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa that claimed ab...
Airman becomes 11th U.S. military nabbed for DUI [News]
A 23-year-old airman from Kadena Air Base became the 11th U.S. military person in three weeks to be arrested on suspicion of DUI when he was nabbed on Saturday in Makishi, Naha. Ac...
Okinawa General Bureau staff to start summer schedule [News]
Okinawa General Bureau has announced working hours of their staff will change to one hour earlier for two months starting July 1st. The aim is to allow the staff to make effective ...
Abe to visit for memorial, not to meet with Onaga [News]
The annual memorial ceremony for all victims of the war on Okinawa, and marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the war, is scheduled to take place tomorrow at the Peace Memoria...
8th typhoon of season formed over South China Sea [News]
The Okinawa Meteorological Bureau announced that a tropical depression over the South China Sea officially became the 8th typhoon of the season in the morning of Jun. 21st. The atm...
Drunk mini car driver kills one, injures two [News]
A 22-year-old temporary worker hit a street curb and lost control of his mini vehicle Sunday morning at an intersection in front of Kuwae Post Office in Chatan. The car jumped on t...
Cancer vaccine likely cause for ailments in women [News]
24 people in Okinawa Prefecture are reported to have experienced adverse effects related to vaccination against cervical cancer, as of Jun. 15th. Medical facilities report that tho...
Urasoe ready for emergency calls in five languages [News]
Urasoe City Fire Headquarters has started a test of a new service that responds to emergency calls placed to the general emergency number 119 in five languages 24 hours a day. The ...
In-fight meal plant at Naha Airport ready to start [News]
Fukuoka In-Fight Catering Co., an affiliate company of Royal Holdings that manages catering and in-flight meal services in the country, has finished the construction of a new plant...
Dams emptier than average, weekend may bring relief [News]
According to Okinawa Prefecture officials, because the rainy season was shorter than the average, water levels in the eleven Okinawan dams stood at 63.5 percent as of Jun. 15th. Th...
Union workers protesting AAFES employment policy [News]
Members of All Japan Garrison Forces Labor Union are currently conducting a sit-in protest in front of the Ishinda Gate of Camp Butler in Kitanakagusuku. The sit-in started at 8 a....
Trainee doctor nabbed for stealing money from co-worker [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police arrested 29-year-old Daigo Asahi Jun. 15th on suspicion of theft. Asahi is a trainee doctor at the medical emergency center at Okinawa Prefectural Chubu ...
Young boy, man nabbed for using fake money [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police has nabbed a young boy on suspicion of using counterfeited ¥1,000 bills that were discovered at convenience stores in the middle part of the island. The...
Twitter comment nets student suspension, parents disagree [News]
A student in a public high school in the middle part of the island was suspended from school for five days for slandering a teacher on Twitter. School officials explained they deci...
World Unchinachu Festival to take place in Oct. 2016 [News]
The World Uchinanchu Festival Planning Committee announced Jun. 12th that the 6th World Uchinanchu Festival will take place from Oct. 27th through 30th next year. The festival is a...
Police faxes documents to wrong number by mistake [News]
Naha Police announced Thursday that a male assistant police inspector whjo’s in his 40’s, had mistakenly sent by fax two documents containing a disease history of a man who had die...
Okinawa Police traffic check nets 165 violators [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police gave citations in 165 cases of traffic law violations in an operation that was conducted overnight between in the evening of Jun. 12th and following morn...
Two more U.S. servicemen nabbed for DUI on weekend [News]
Naha Police arrested two U.S. military service members on suspicion of DUI in separate incidents on Saturday and Sunday in Naha City. This brings the number of U.S. military perso...
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