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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
Coast Guard put pier off limits on Nagashima off Schwab [News]
Just before contractors for the Naha Defense Facilities Bureau started transporting buoys and construction materials to Camp Shcwab to prepare for the land reclamation for the new ...
Okinawa Zoo provides education, excitement for kids’ vacation [News]
Starting Jul. 19th and continuing throughout the local schools’ summer vacation through the end of Aug., Okinawa Zoo & Museum is keeping its gates open every Saturday until 9 p...
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Japan accused of concealing base relocation details [News]
Heated allegations are flying across Okinawa and new revelations are showing Japan’s been less than forthcoming about the extent of the massive base relocation program in Nago City...
Okinawa worst in alcohol related death toll [News]
Statistics from the first half of the year from January through June show that the number of fatal accidents and injuries related to alcohol consumption was much higher in Okinawa ...
Buoys brought to Camp Schwab before dawn [News]
Trucks contracted by the Okinawa Defense Bureau carried equipment and materials into Camp Schwab, Sunday morning before dawn, for starting the drilling surveys on the sea floor tha...
Satellite, SNS to be used to provide tourism information [News]
Kumejima is scheduled to begin a special verification program from November called “Okinawa’s remote island G space city construction project.” It’s a new program...
JTA begins direct fights between Kumejima and Tokyo [News]
Japan Transocean Air (JTA) has begun direct flights from Kumejima to Tokyo from Jul. 18th. The first direct flight from Tokyo with 129 passengers onboard landed at Kumejima Airport...
Tourist dies in hotel pool [News]
One man died and another was hospitalized in critical condition in two water-related accidents over the three-day weekend. A 32-year-old male tourist who had been swimming in the p...
Infant left in car dies [News]
A 5-month-old infant boy died in the beginning of June after his mother left him in her car on a pachinko parlor parking lot Tomigusuku in southern Okinawa. The woman, identified a...
Pieces of metal found in brown sugar [News]
The brown sugar producing company Hateruma Sugar Industry announced Jul. 18 that three small pieces of metal was discovered mixed with the bags of product after they were shipped t...
Kokusai Street 10,000 Eisa Parade to be Aug. 2 & 3 [News]
The organizing committee of the 2014 Naha Summer Festival announced that the annual 10,000 Eisa Parade would be held on Aug. 3 with the pre-event set for the previous day on Aug. 2...
Foreign tourists wish more entertainment [News]
A survey conducted by Naha City Kokusai Street Promotion Association revealed that tourists from overseas would like to have more nonverbal entertainment that they could enjoy with...
New hotel plan aimed to serve red eye flights [News]
16 hotels on Okinawa have introduced a “super early check-in plan” that is available for passengers who fly in on so called “red eye” flights provided by All Nippon Air...
Ishigaki to get new bus line [News]
With the opening of the new Ishigaki Airport, and more cruise ships making port calls at Ishigaki Port, Karry Kanko Bus company, with head office in Tomigusuku, is scheduling to op...
Bus lane time on Hwy 58 reduced by 30 minutes [News]
Starting Monday, the bus lane times on Highway 58 have been reduced by 30 min. between Asahibashi in Naha to Isa in Ginowan City. The new bus lane time is from 7:30 ~ 9 a.m. toward...
Money woes make Tedako Festival fireworks fizzle [News]
The 37th Urasoe Tedako Festival committee is in a tough spot. The city has cut back ¥30 million in funding available for this weekend festival, and although the committee has tried...
Drastic drop in supply of goya, cucumbers and okra [News]
Due to damage from Typhoon Neoguri, Okinawa’s summer vegetables are running on short supply and prices are going through the roof. At the central vegetable wholesale market i...
Nago Fire Station HQ to move to Okita [News]
The Nago Fire Station Headquarters, currently located in Agarie, will be moving to Okita in the fiscal year 2016. The new headquarters feature larger and improved training building...
JASDF cargo aircraft transport Miyako mango [News]
The Ministry of Defense received a request on Jul. 10th from Okinawa Prefecture officials to transport a cargo of mangoes from Miyako Island as normal flights had not yet been resu...
Typhoon damages Tokashiki Port, Tamaudun Mausoleum [News]
Typhoon Neoguri damaged a tetrapod breakwater in Tokashiki Port causing the scheduled July 10 ferry run from Takashiki to Naha to be canceled. Also, the World Heritage Site Tamaudu...
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