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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
Elderly woman murdered in her house in Motobu [News]
A 72-year-old woman was found dead, apparently murdered, in her home yesterday afternoon in Toguchi, Motobu. According to Okinawa Prefectural Police, the woman’s son and his wife f...
Aguni Island experiences new record cold [News]
Residents on Aguni, a small island about 60 kilometers west of Okinawa main island, experienced something unusual when they woke up Wednesday morning as the temperature on the isla...
City employee, construction co. executive nabbed for collusion [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police arrested 38-year-old Uruma City Board of Education employee Katsuya Shiohira and 54-year-old board member of Okishin Kensetsu Construction Company, Akira...
Okinawa experiences coldest day this year [News]
Because of the influence of a large cold air mass from the Asian continent, many places on Okinawa experienced the lowest temperatures this year from midnight to dawn on Feb. 9th. ...
Naha – Ishigaki airfare to rise from April [News]
The price of airline tickets between Naha and Ishigaki is expected to skyrocket on tickets purchased on the day or two days before the departure in April when the now-bankrupt Skym...
Prefectural Government decides on record budget for fiscal 2015 [News]
In its meeting on Feb. 9th, the Okinawa Prefectural Government decided to increase the prefecture budget for the fiscal year 2015 by 3.1 percent. As a result, it will increase by ¥...
Ginowan Police nabs Navy Petty officer for DUI [News]
Ginowan Police arrested a 33-year-old Navy serviceman on suspicion of driving under influence on Route 330 at Futenma, Ginowan City, Saturday morning. According to Ginowan Police, ...
Survey: One in six people has considered suicide in Okinawa [News]
An interim report on a survey about suicide that was conducted between November and December last year by the Prefectural Government has been released. According to this survey, on...
Drunk Urasoe man arrested for attempted murder [News]
Urasoe Police arrested a 26-year-old man from Ohira, Urasoe City, Friday morning on suspicion of attempted murder. According to Urasoe Police, 26-year-old unemployed Kazuhito Ura i...
One in 5.7 pass teacher employment examination [News]
According to statistics by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, becoming a licensed schoolteacher in Japan got a little easier in the fiscal 2013. Th...
Fire destroys Okinawa City apartment, resident hurt [News]
A fire broke out on the first floor of a three-story apartment in Chuo, Okinawa City Thursday morning. Eight fire trucks from Okinawa City Fire Station were dispatched to the site....
Prefecture seen huge benefits in returning base lands [News]
The Department of Planning of the Okinawa Prefectural Government recently released an estimate of economic effects of the return the U.S. military bases on Okinawa. According to th...
Okinawa had 33 new HIV and AIDS cases in 2014 [News]
According to officials at Okinawa Prefecture Department of Public Health, 33 new cases of HIV and AIDS were discovered in Okinawa Prefecture in 2014. The figure is the highest sinc...
Six-year-old boy injured in hit-and-run accident [News]
A car hit a six-year-old pre-school boy Monday morning on the road between Ueta and Iraha in Tomigusuku, and drove away from the scene without stopping. According to Tomigusuku Pol...
Confrontation on ocean off Henoko coast continues [News]
The confrontation between the Japan Coast Guard and protesters on boats and canoes continues offshore of the coast of Henoko. According to local press reports, the coast guard towe...
Cruise ship visitors’ immigration procedures streamlined [News]
The national government has simplified immigration procedures for visitors on cruise ships from foreign countries to Japan. The new procedures went into effect on Feb. 1st. The Mi...
Brown rice proven effective in preventing diabetes [News]
A group of researchers led by Dr. Hiroaki Masuzaki, a professor at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of the Ryukyus, and Chisayo Kozuka, a fellow at the Japan Society for t...
Prefecture starts sexual assault victim support call center [News]
The prefectural support center ‘#7001’ for sexual assault victims started operations, Monday. The center will respond to calls from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. Female support st...
Police officer commits suicide [News]
A police officer in his 30’s who worked at the Prefectural Police Headquarters was found dead in a car in the northern region of island on January 29th. Investigators presume he co...
Okinawan man arrested for murder of girl in Fukuoka [News]
Fukuoka Prefectural police arrested an Okinawa-born construction worker in Fukuoka on suspicion of killing a 10-year-old girl, and then hiding her body in a closet in his house in ...
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