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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 population sees slight increase [News]
The population of Okinawa posted a slight increase over the year through September 2014. According to the Statistics Division of the Okinawa Prefectural Office, the population incr...
63-year old man killed in random knife attack [News]
A 63-year-old man was killed in a random knife attack on a street in Makiminato, Urasoe City, Saturday morning. According to Urasoe Police, a 21-year-old man claiming to be a unive...
Yonaguni voters greenlight GSDF unit deployment [News]
A majority of residents on Yonaguni Island supported the planned deployment of a Ground Self Defense Force unit on the island in a local referendum held on Sunday. The result of th...
Two arrested at Sunday’s Henoko demonstration [News]
According to organizers, some 2,800 people took part in a demonstration Sunday held in front of Camp Schwab Gate 1 in Henoko, Nago, to oppose the construction of a replacement faci...
Man’s body found floating at Nago Fishing Port [News]
A fisherman discovered a man floating in the ocean at Nago Fishing Port early Sunday morning. He called the emergency number of Nago Police and Fire Department, and a rescue team a...
Large demonstration scheduled in front of Camp Schwab [News]
A large-scale rally to demonstrate against the construction of the replacement facility for the MCAS Futenma on Camp Schwab at Henoko is scheduled to take place at 1 p.m. Sunday, i...
Man pummels walking woman over head in Kin [News]
A man approaching from behind hit a woman walking on a residential street on the head in Kin Town about 9:20 p.m., Tuesday. According to Ishikawa Police, the woman told that she wa...
Available accommodation scarce through Chinese New Year [News]
It was difficult for tourists coming to Okinawa to secure reservations at accommodation facilities on the island last week because of a schedule conflict between the Chinese New Ye...
First Internet money laundering case in Okinawa uncovered [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Police sent on Feb. 17th a report on a 39-year-old foreign man living in Urasoe to the Naha District Public Prosecutors Office on suspicion of an involvemen...
Firefighters’ invention PET bottle float saves man’s life [News]
A man in his 60’s was rescued after falling in a river in Naha, after he managed to grab a float made of PET bottles that a passerby who saw the accident managed to throw him. Acco...
Governor challenging Tokyo over Futenma [News]
Preliminary work on the new airfield intended to replace the controversial Futenma Marine Corps Air Station in densely populated Ginowan City in central Okinawa is under way, but O...
Governor orders halt to Henoko construction work [News]
The fight over the construction work on the MCAS Futenma relocation site off Camp Schwab intensified Monday as Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga ordered the Japanese Defense Ministry ...
Norovirus causes Ginowan pub ordered to close five days [News]
Prefecture health officials ordered an izakaya, a Japanese style pub, in Ginowan to close for five days after six of its customers fell ill because of food poisoning. The Community...
Four more suspicious drum cans found in Okinawa City soccer field [News]
Continuing digging on a soccer field in Okinawa City where suspicious drum cans were discovered earlier last year has yielded four more drum cans buried in the area years ago. The ...
Army Captain fined ¥300,000 for attacking police officer [News]
The Naha Summary Court slapped a penalty of ¥300,000 to U.S. Army Captain Nathaniel Curley stationed on Torii Station, on Jan. 15. He was convicted of a violation of the Road Traff...
More rigged tender cases uncovered in Uruma City [News]
Investigators have discovered several more suspected cases of rigged bidding in the scandal involving Uruma City Board of Education construction projects that broke out with the Fe...
Motorcyclist runs into woman, runs away from scene on foot [News]
A man on a motorcycle collided with a 66-year-old woman crossing the street in Kokuba, Naha City, Saturday morning, and ran away from the scene, According to Naha Police, the woman...
Robber of Okinawa City convenience store arrested [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested a 29-year-old restaurant worker on suspicion of robbery and trespassing, on Feb. 11th. According to investigators, Taiki Yamashiro from Koja, Okinawa C...
Lawyers group plans youth shelter for Okinawa [News]
A group of Okinawan lawyers has announced a plan to launch an emergency evacuation shelter for children in their late-teens who are experiencing physical abuse or don’t have a secu...
Urasoe hospital installs real-time foreign language service [News]
Urasoe Sogo Hospital, one of the major emergency hospitals in Okinawa, has become the first hospital in the prefecture to employ a translation system to help communication between ...
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