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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
Vegetable prices edge up [News]
Cabbage, lettuce, cucumber and other vegetable price are skyrocketing on local markets. Due to continuous rain and lack of sunlight in the main land Japan, leafy vegetables’ prices...
Cat abuse case suspected in Kadena [News]
Carcasses of cats were found at an Okinawa Prefecture-run high-rise apartment building property in Mizugama, Kadena between June and September. Kadena Police is investigating in in...
Irabu – Miyako Bridge to open in January [News]
A new bridge connecting Miyako and Irabu islands will open to traffic on Jan. 31st , 2015. The total length of the bridge is approximately 3,540 meters, which makes it the longest ...
Three teen girls injured after fall during police chase [News]
Three teenage girls riding a motorbike fell down after hitting a curb during a police chase in Miyahira, Haebaru, late Thursday night. According to Yonabaru Police investigating t...
Smart ‘OKICA’ card service to start on Okinawa [News]
Ryoji Nakayoshi, the president of ‘Yui Rail’, the Okinawa Urban Monorail Inc., announced Sep. 1st that the new service starts from Oct. 20th when Yui Rail will launch IC card calle...
Okinawa to set up ¥2 billion fund to alleviate doctor shortage [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Government is planning to establish a ¥2-billion fund in order to resolve the problem of shortage of doctors. The Prefectural Government will present a budg...
Water accidents in Okinawa increasing [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police announced that ater-related fatalities at Okinawan beaches doubled by 8 people to 17 people, during July and August. Only this year, water accidents have...
19-year-old injured in construction accident [News]
A large wire used for slinging up a caisson fell down on an 19-year-old man who was working at the site. of the construction of Shinko Terminal district at Naha Port. The work is ...
Stolen incense burner from Himeyuri Monument found [News]
A TV crew found an incense burner from the Monument of Himeyuri Students in Itoman that had been stolen sometime in the morning of Aug. 22, and reported their find to the Itoman Po...
Hiker missing in Kunigami; feared lost in an area river [News]
A 20-year-old man who was hiking is missing at “Tanaga Gumui” in Kunigami is missing. Authorities at the Kunigami Fire Station received an emergency call a week ago from a man say...
Elementary student critical after snorkeling mishap [News]
A ten-year-old elementary school student vacationing in Zamami Village from Shiga Prefecture is in critical condition following an incident while snorkeling. The youngster was at N...
Nursery school students confirmed with e-coli O111 [News]
Four Okinawa nursery school students are confirmed to have contracted Enerohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O111, e-coli. Three of the children have diarrheal symptoms, but none have b...
Irate cow gores two men, killing one [News]
One Ishigaki man is dead and another hospitalized after a cow on the Okawa stock farm in Shiraho, Ishigaki, went on a rampage and gored the two men as they were cleaning the barn. ...
Large-scale demonstrations planned in front of Camp Schwab Gate [News]
Okinawan diet members and representatives of the four opposition parties in the Prefecture Assembly decided at a meeting, Monday, to organize a large rally against the construction...
Tatami Stone Beach on Kume designated Natural Treasure [News]
So called Tatatami Stone Beach on Kume Island was officially designated National Natural Treasure as notified in the Official Journal on July 29th. According to the Cultural Divisi...
Nine people rescued from Genka river flash flood [News]
Nago City Fire Station got an emergency call Sunday afternoon reporting that nine people of a family on a picnic had been stranded on a sandbar about eight kilometers upstream of G...
Kadena airman arrested on suspicion of DUI [News]
A 20-year-old airman stationed on Kadena Air Base was arrested on suspicion of driving under influence, Sunday morning. Ginowan Police arrested Shawn Tress after his car hit a mini...
Defense Bureau sets buoys off Camp Schwab [News]
Okinawa Defense Bureau contractors installed buoys and floats to cordon off an area, Friday, where the landfill work for the runways of the MCAS Futenma replacement facility is sch...
Woman drowns at Naminoue Beach [News]
A man passing by noticed a woman floating on the ocean off Naminoue Beach in Naha, Tuesday morning The passerby immediately called for help from his cell phone and a rescue team ar...
Eight-year-old boy drowns at Ishigaki beach [News]
An eight-year-old boy visiting Ishigaki Island with his family drowned while snorkeling about 40-meters off a beach in Ishigaki, around noon on Tuesday. According to Yaeyama Police...
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