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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
Large demonstrations planned for Henoko, Tokyo [News]
A local citizen’s group, opposition lawmakers in the Diet who were elected from Okinawa and Prefectural Assembly members of the ruling parties announced their plan to hold a large ...
Itoman man arrested for attempted murder [News]
Itoman Police arrested 49-year-old self-described vocational school student Koichiro Kinjo, Sunday, in Shiohira, Itoman, on suspicion of an attempted murder. Kinjo has reportedly a...
Four-car pileup in Makiminato sends 12 to hospital [News]
A four-car pileup occurred about 2 p.m., Saturday, at the intersection of the Ginowan Bypass and Highway 58 in Makiminato, Urasoe City. 12 people were taken to a hospital as a resu...
Chubu Hospital conducts first organ harvest in Okinawa [News]
A man in his 30s who had been hospitalized with hypoxic encephalopathy, a condition caused by lack of oxygen to the brain, at Okinawa Prefectural Chubu Hospital was pronounced brai...
25-year-old arrested for murder of Motobu woman [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police arrested a 25-year-old man, Friday, on suspicion of murdering an elderly woman in Motobu in February. The man has reportedly confessed to the killing. Ac...
Woman embezzles PTA funds, returns money, avoids charges [News]
According to local press reports, a woman who previously worked at a public high school was discovered to have embezzled a sizable amount of money from the school’s PTA funds. The ...
First ever baby elephant born in Kodomo-no Kuni Zoo [News]
14-year-old Indian elephant Ryuka at Okinawa Zoo gave a birth to a female baby elephant in the afternoon of Mar. 4th. The baby weighs about 100 kg, and is 96 cm long from the edge ...
11 minors nabbed for drinking at Naha izakaya [News]
Naha Police took 11 minors, both male and female, who had just graduated from a high school in Naha into custody on suspicion of drinking alcohol at an izakaya, a Japanese-style pu...
Okinawan drivers still worst DUI offenders in Japan [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police announced Feb. 19th that the rate of fatal accidents related to drinking and driving on Okinawa was the worst in the nation for the second year in a row....
Definitive book on languages of Ryukyu islands published [News]
A book titled ‘Handbook of the Ryukyuan Languages’ introducing the outline of Ryukyuan languages around the islands in English has been published. 35 scholars from around the world...
Rai Matsushima has successful heart transplant surgery [News]
Rai Matsushima, a 13-year-old Kuwae Junior high school student from Chatan, who suffered from a serious cardiac disease and went to the U.S. for a heart transplant had the operatio...
Scooter hit-and-run leaves woman slightly injured [News]
A woman was slightly injured when she was hit by a motor scooter at an intersection in Esu, Uruma City, about 10 p.m. on Feb. 28th. The motorcyclist did not stop after the accident...
Fresh high school graduates celebrate in Okinawa [News]
Graduating students at 60 high schools in the prefecture celebrated yesterday as they were handed their diplomas. A total of 14,332 students graduated, of which 13,731 had been stu...
Ishigaki school teacher arrested for DUI, causing fatal accident [News]
Yaeyama Police arrested a 47-year-old elementary school teacher on suspicion of driving drunk and fatally running over a restaurant worker in Arakawa, Ishigaki Island, on Feb. 28th...
Elderly woman found dead, apparent victim of murder [News]
The husband of an elderly woman living in a one-story house in Taba, Uruma City, found her dead in her bed early in the morning, Feb. 25th. A subsequent police investigation determ...
Two marines arrested for trespassing in Kin [News]
Police arrested two marines Saturday after they tried to enter a private apartment in Kin Town through a balcony. According to Okinawa Prefectural Police, a 46-old resident of an a...
Onaga inching closer to canceling Henoko construction approval [News]
Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga stated at a press meeting on Feb. 24th that it’s highly possible that he would cancel the approval that the previous governor gave to the Okinawa Def...
Hotel Orion Motobu lauded for energy saving design [News]
Hotel Orion Motobu Resort & Spa that opened last July in Motobu Town, has an award from the Japanese Ministry of Environment. The new hotel was named an Excellent Example in th...
Demonstration in front of U.S. consulate on Thursday [News]
A local citizens’ group opposing the relocation of MCAS Futenma to Henoko held a demonstration in front of the U.S. Consulate General in Urasoe City, at noon yesterday. Specificall...
High school boy crashes motorbike, runs away leaving injured friend [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested a 16-year-old high school boy from Okinawa City on Feb. 22nd, on suspicion of driving a motorcycle without a license, causing an involuntary injury and...
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