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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
Drunk driver kills pedestrian in hit and run accident [News]
An elderly woman was killed in a hit and run accident that occurred about 8:30 p.m. on Apr. 19th on Route 330 in Ginowan City. According to Ginowan Police, the victim, 82-year-old ...
Nanjo supermarket robbed [News]
A man brandishing a kitchen knife robbed a super market about 10:40 p.m. on Apr. 20th in Sashiki, Nanjo City. The robber pulled the knife on a female store clerk demanding cash, an...
Okinawa saw record number of visitors in 2014 [News]
The Prefectural Department of Culture, Tourism and Sports announced on Apr. 21st that the total number of tourists visiting Okinawa in 2014 increased by 590,000 people or 9.0 % fro...
Urasoe mayor explains decision to accept military port [News]
Urasoe City Mayor Tetsuji Matsumoto held a press meeting at the City Hall on Monday,and made official his decision to accept the transfer of the Naha Military Port to Urasoe City. ...
Worker killed at Naha Tower demolition site [News]
A fatal accident occurred at a building demolition site in Naha, Tuesday. According to Naha Police, 35-year-old Takehiro Adachi from Fukuoka, who had been working at the demolition...
Influenza forces closing of school in Naha [News]
School and medical officials have decided to close Yasuoka Junior High School in Naha for three days from Apr. 22nd through 24th because of an increasing number of influenza infect...
Youths nabbed for DUI, driving without license [News]
Naha Police arrested a 16 year-old unemployed boy living in Haebaru Town for DUI and driving without a license, Sunday. The boy was stopped on a street in Izumizaki, Naha City, aro...
Yonaguni had record rainfall [News]
Yonaguni Island, the westernmost inhabited island in Okinawa Prefecture, recorded the heaviest rainfall ever on Sunday when 130.5 mm (5.14 inches) of rain per hour fell on the isla...
Miyako sees 7.5% increase in number of tourists [News]
The number of tourists visiting Miyako Island during fiscal 2014 increased by 30,159 (7.5 %) from the previous fiscal year to 430,550, the highest ever. Miyako tourism officials ha...
Tourist dies while snorkeling [News]
A 45-year-old businessman visiting Okinawa was found floating in a cardiac or respiratory arrest in the ocean near a popular diving spot ‘Blue Cave’ at Cape Maeda, Onna Village, ab...
AEON Mall Okinawa Rycom to open Saturday [News]
The largest commercial facility on Okinawa, AEON Mall Okinawa Rycom, located on the site of the former Awase military golf course in Kitanakagusuku, will open this Saturday. As con...
Unemployed local man held for trespassing into base [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested a 21-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of trespassing into Camp Chields in Chibana, Okinawa City, on Apr. 15th. According to police, the U.S. Milita...
Man hanging to car roof brings woman attempted murder rap [News]
Ginowan Police arrested a 27-year-old woman, Friday, on suspicion of attempted murder. According to police, Yumino Futenma, an unemployed woman from Sobe, Naha City, is suspected o...
Drunk driver arrested for hit and run in Itoman [News]
Itoman Police arrested 30-year-old businessman Yuichi Yamanoha from Gushi, Naha City, on suspicion of hit-and-run on Apr. 18th. According to police, Yamanoha had been driving his m...
US. Army private arrested on theft charges in Naha [News]
Naha Police arrested a 22-year-old U.S. Army private on suspicion of theft, Saturday. According to police, U.S Army Private Wesley Gibbs, is suspected of shooting off a fire exting...
Man dies in construction accident in Nago [News]
A fatal accident occurred at a construction site at the Okinawa Expressway elevated bridge at Kyoda, Nago City, in the morning of Apr. 10th. According to Nago Police, 26 year-old c...
New connection road in Ginowan opens [News]
A new road connecting Highway 58 and Ginowan Bypass opened to traffic Apr. 11th. The two-lane 530-meter-long road starts by Oyama Elementary School going straight 23 meters down to...
Tourist drowns at Ishigaki resort [News]
A Kanagawa man visiting Ishigaki Island with his wife was found floating face down off the beach Tuesday afternoon. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly ...
Urasoe Mayor indicates accepting military port into city [News]
Urasoe City Mayor Tetsuji Matsumoto seems to have had a change of heart regarding the transfer of Naha Military Port from its current location to his city on reclaimed land outside...
Japan Coast Guard expands in light of Senkaku situation [News]
The 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters in Naha has reorganized its General Affairs Division, Security, Search and Rescue Division and a Special Public Relations Office for mass...
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