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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
Monorail OKICA service starts [News]
The new so called ‘OKICA’ service that replaces the old ticket system for Naha Urban Monorail went into effect from Oct. 20. In the fist phase automatic ticket machines at Naha Air...
Washington nixes end of Futenma operations in 2019 [News]
There is no agreement has been between Japan and the United States to end operations at MCAS Futenma by February 2019, despite some statements by Japanese officials, U.S. Departmen...
Boat owner drowns at Henoko [News]
Masakuni Shomeya, a boat owner who was active in taking part in the protests against building a replacement facility to MCAS Futenma off Henoko, drowned on Sunday when he tried to ...
Two U.S servicemen nabbed for drinking and driving [News]
Okinawan police nabbed two U.S. service members on suspicion of driving under influence of alcohol in separate incidents on Sunday. In Chatan, Okinawa City Police arrested 35-year-...
Saving Rai fund achieves target of ¥215 million [News]
The Charity of Saving Rai has surpassed the target figure of ¥215 million to pay for a heart transplant in the U.S. to 12-year-old Rai Matsushima from Chatan. The fund administrato...
Typhoon Vongfong damages agricultural, marine products [News]
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the Okinawa Prefectural Government, has published an estimate of damages typhoon Vongfong inflicted on agricultural and mar...
Ginowan Shinmachi to get facelift, community center [News]
Ginowan City Mayor Atsushi Sakima has presented a plan to construct a community center at the former site of so called Shinmachi in Maehara, Ginowan City. Shinmachi used to be know...
Crooks trying to make off with charity donation boxes [News]
A man claiming to represent the ‘Charity of Saving Rai,’ a community effort to collect money for a life saving heart transplant for 12-year-old Rai Matsushima from Chatan, tried to...
2013 demographic statistics of Okinawa published [News]
The Okinawa Prefecture Department of Public Health and Medical Care released on Oct. 9th a report on the population statistics of Okinawa in 2013. According to the report, the numb...
Purported victim of robbery in Shuri arrested for theft [News]
A parking lot attendant who claimed that he had been the victim of a robbery on Oct. 6. in Shur-Mawashi, was himself arrested on Oct. 8. The man told police that an unknown assaila...
Vongfong passes over Okinawa, 31 injured [News]
Typhoon Vongfong passed over Okinawa, Saturday, injuring 31 people, most of them slightly, and brought with it copious amounts of rain. The typhoon had largely left Okinawa by Sund...
Okinawa Prefecture plans for own PR song [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Office is calling for creating a PR song for Okinawa mainly to attract tourists to the prefecture. Eisho Higa, the vocalist with a popular band ‘Begin’ from...
Intersections with most fatalities or injuries named [News]
According to Okinawa Prefectural Police, about 44.7% of traffic accidents resulting in an injury or death in Okinawa during 2013 occurred at intersections. Those accidents numbere...
Demonstrators circle Prefectural Office [News]
A large-scale demonstration opposing the relocation of MCAS Futenma and construction of a new base to Camp Schwab off Henoko in Nago took place Thursday at the Prefecture Office in...
Kitanakagusuku Village Office workers use balance balls for chairs [News]
Seven workers at the Kitanakagusuku Village Office are using balance balls instead of chairs to sit at their desks. The workers sit straight on balance balls and say their “Waistl...
Robbery near Shuri Castle [News]
A robber hit a 41-year-old coin car park attendant over the head with a wooden stick, Monday afternoon, in the Shuri-Mawashi area in Naha, and ran away with a bag containing severa...
Marine arrested for ammo in luggage at Naha Airport [News]
A 24 year-old marine lance corporal from Camp Foster was arrested on Oct. 3rd, on suspicion of violating of the Japanese Swords and Firearms Control Law. According to Tomigusuku Po...
Typhoon Phanfone leaves two dead, two missing [News]
A big and powerful typhoon, Phanfone, barely touched the main island of Okinawa over the weekend, but high waves whipped up by the strong winds claimed the lives of two persons on ...
Isolated islands’ public water supply to be integrated [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Government has decided to integrate public water supply systems serving residents of eight isolated islands in Okinawa. The aim is to reduce and unify the c...
Okinawa police nabs 100 people for DUI every month [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Police announced that the number of people apprehended for drinking and driving this year totaled 781 cases at the end of August. This means that about 100 ...
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