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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
Marine nabbed for attempted theft of necklace [News]
Naha Police arrested a 22-year-old Marine on suspicion of theft, Saturday. According to investigators, Marine Cpl. Sebastian Knopka is suspected of shoplifting a necklace worth abo...
Woman arrested for DUI [News]
Ishikawa Police arrested a 44-year-old unemployed woman, Rumiko Nakamura, of Yonabaru, on suspicion of injuring a four-year-old girl after she collided with another car while drivi...
18-year-old nabbed for robbery, suspected of murder [News]
A 18-year-old unemployed man with no permanent address who was sought as a material witness to the murder of 63-year-old Shizue Ueda, was arrested in Aichi Prefecture on suspicion ...
Shuri Castle selected in world’s top ten most visited [News]
World Heritage Site Shuri Castle in Naha City, was selected as one of the top ten of ‘World’s most visited places and castles’ by the CNN television affiliated website “Travel + Le...
Okinawa businesses, politicians launch fund opposing Henoko [News]
Prefectural Assembly members of ruling parties and representatives of business companies launched a foundation called ‘Henoko Kikin’ designed to support opposition activities again...
Pocket knife gets Marine in pickle with Japanese law [News]
Okinawa Police City arrested a 22-year-old Marine Lance Corporal, Sunday, on suspicion of violating the Japanese Firearms and Swords Control Law. According to police, an officer on...
Onaga meets Lt. Gen Wissler, Consul General Magleby [News]
Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga visited Camp Courtney in Uruma City and had a closed door meeting with Lt. Gen. John Wissler, the Okinawa Area Coordinator and Alfred Magleby, the Co...
Okinawa Monorail sets new passenger record numbers [News]
The Okinawa Urban Monorail Co. carried more passengers during the fiscal 2014 than ever before, setting a new record. According to figures the company released Tuesday, the number ...
JTA airliner aborts takeoff at Ishigagki Airport [News]
A Japan Transocean Air flight from Ishigaki to Naha was aborted just when the aircraft was taking off from Ishigaki Airport when the crew heard an unusual sound while speeding for ...
Elderly tourist falls overboard from high speed Ishigaki ferry [News]
An elderly man fell overboard from a high-speed ferry on the way from Ohara Port on Iriomote Island to Ishigaki Port, Tuesday morning. According to Ishigaki Coast Guard the man, a ...
Izena Island temperature reaches record high for April [News]
The weather was muggy and hot on Sunday, Apr. 5th throughout Okinawa, and residents of Izena Village on Izena Island, had it especially hot regarding the time of the year. The temp...
Naha bus terminal area redevelopment work begins [News]
The construction of the Asahibashi monorail station area including the Naha Bus Terminal starts today. The redevelopment is scheduled to be complete by the end of March 2018. The B...
Airman nabbed for DUI [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested an airman on suspicion of driving under influence on Apr. 5. According to Okinawa City Police, a patrol apprehended 21-year-old SrA Taylor Morita while...
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Part of Futenma housing area returns to Okinawa today [News]
The western part of Futenma housing area on Camp Foster returned to Okinawa Prefecture on Mar. 31. For the future development, the returned land is divided into four major division...
Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural College to move to Ginoza [News]
A committee tasked with planning for the relocation of the Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural College from its current location in Nago to a new site, announced on Mar. 30th that is ...
19-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of attempted murder [News]
Naha City Police arrested a 19-year-old boy living in Naha City on suspicion of an attempted murder. According to investigators, the boy hit his father on the head with some kind o...
Suspicious fires at Nago City elementary school yard [News]
Children taking part in a school club activity in the Gabusoka district of Nago found 11 bamboo and one plastic broom burning on the premises of their elementary school. The childr...
Marine, airman nabbed for driving under influence [News]
Naha Police arrested a 35-year-old Marine on suspicion of driving under influence in Naha, Sunday morning. According to Naha Police, a police patrol stopped Micheal Davis, a Marine...
Okinawa has highest number of drunk drivers in Japan [News]
According to Okinawa Prefectural Police statistics published Mar. 29th, 1,313 people were caught driving under influence or drunk during the one-year period from Apr. 2014 through ...
Ground Self Defense Force private arrested for DUI [News]
Ginowan police arrested a 20-year-old Japanese Self Defense Force private on suspicion of driving under influence, early Sunday morning in Mashiki, Ginowan City. According to Ginow...
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