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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
Two tourists drown in Miyako swimming accident [News]
Two tourists who went to swim off the Sunayama Beach on Miyako Island drowned, Thursday morning. A third man also sank under water off the same beach but was rescued. According to ...
Japan’s first emergency warnings issued for Typhoon Neoguri [News]
On Jul. 7th, Typhoon Neoguri headed northwest towards Okinawa’s southern shore while all the time becoming stronger. On the same day, the Meteorological Agency announced an e...
Naha Jazz opens season [News]
Public jazz performances have started every Friday and Saturday on the streets of Naha City from Jul. 4th. The first performance was held at the open space in front of Palette Kumo...
Yakiniku Jojoen to open shop in Okinawa [News]
A high-class yakiniku chain restaurant Jojoen has announced the opening of its first outlet in Naha on the 3rd floor of the Rukahu Omoromachi Bldg., near the monorail Omoromachi St...
Neoguri hits, but Okinawa dodges nasty typhoon [News]
Neoguri was spawned late in the week, building bluster and swirling filled with intimidation as it built to super typhoon status and evoked memories of Typhoon Bart back in 1999, a...
390 young people go into farm business [News]
The number of youngsters who are considering future careers in the agriculture business is increasing. The Okinawa government long-term aim is to train 300 new farmers in the prefe...
USJ mulls Nago location [News]
According to local press reports on Jul. 4th, Universal Studios Japan (USJ) is considering Nago City as a possible location of a new theme park. Specifically, the company has its e...
199 mongooses captured [News]
Okinawa Prefecture Wildlife Preservation officials announced that since the beginning of the year they had captured 199 mongooses by the end of June. The Ministry of Environment an...
Irabu Bridge to open in January [News]
The longest bridge within the prefecture connecting Miyako Island to Irabu Island has been under construction for about 10 years, and has now only about 150-meter span left to be b...
Okinawa’s population still on increase [News]
According to Okinawa Prefecture Statistics Division the total population of the prefecture stood at 1,419,395 as of Jun. 1st, 2014, an increase of 5,672 from the same date a year a...
Yambaru Manabi no Mori offers Medical herb baths [News]
Inochigusui no Yu spa was opened inside the Yambaru Manabi no Mori (Yambaru Discovery Forest) on Jul. 22nd. Yambaru Manabi no Mori is a facility in Aha, Kunigami Village, built to ...
Yoshimoto Theater to move into Okinawa Mitsukoshi Bldg [News]
Yoshimoto Theater, a subsidiary of Yoshimoto Kogyo show business agency, will move into the Okinawa Mitsukoshi building on Kokusai Street in Naha, according to Yoshimoto Kogyo anno...
Tomari fish market to move to Itoman [News]
Basic plans to relocate Tomari fish market in Naha to Itoman was made public on Monday. The new market to be constructed in Itoman is going to be 4.4 times larger than the current ...
Peach Aviation cancels some Okinawa flights [News]
Peach Aviation, one of Japan’s low cost carriers, announced Monday they would cancel almost 20 percent of their scheduled flights in September and October, a total of 740 flights. ...
Black bass found in Asato River [News]
Named as one of the 100 invasive alien species in Japan is the Black Bass, a fish native to North America. Because it’s highly valued as a game fish, it has been transferred to man...
Tokashiki Seal found dead [News]
A seal discovered off Tokashiki Island on Jun. 24th, was found dead in the morning of the 28th. According to the Tokashiki Fishermen’s Cooperative, there were no external wou...
Bungled inspection causes delays at Ishagaki Airport [News]
An All Nippon Airways attendants whose job was to check passengers’ carry-on belongings, bungled the job completely on Jun. 28. Instead of running passengers’ pet bottles through t...
Taiwan company buys more land on Kokusai Street [News]
A major Taiwanese cement company that purchased the site of the former Kokueikan movie theater on Kokusai Street in Naha has acquired an additional 3,050 square-meter lot adjacent ...
Top Okinawa part-time hourly wages in ¥700 ~ ¥800 range [News]
Kyujin Okinawa has published the statistics on average wages for part-time jobs in Okinawa Prefecture. The figures were based on data of from job listings in Agure employment magaz...
Plaza House celebrates 60th anniversary [News]
Plaza House Shopping Center that has offered brand-name imported accessories and apparel since Jul. 4th, 1954, is celebrating their 60th anniversary this year. The shopping center ...
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