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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
Creed Okinawa secures first naming rights for prefectural facility [News]
Creed Okinawa Corporation, a building maintenance and security company with the head office in Urasoe, was awarded the right to rename Nishihara Marine Park as “Creed Nishihara Mar...
Donations pour in for premature Taiwanese baby [News]
When a 20-year-old Taiwanese woman, 7 months pregnant, came on a tour to Okinawa, she definitely did not imagine that her baby wanted to come to see this beautiful island, too. How...
Visitor numbers record high, expected to continue rising [News]
A total of 8,769,200 people visited Okinawa in 2016 setting a new record for the fourth consecutive year. The number is a 19.5-percent increase from 2015. 2,129,100 of the visitors...
Tomigusuku firm takes kariyushi wear to Italy [News]
A Tomigusuku-based company designing and selling aloha shirts and Oknawan Kariyushi Wear under its private brand “Paikaji” has concluded a contract with an Italian retailer to sell...
New variation of fraud uses numbered gift cards [News]
Okinawa City Police published details of a case of fraud on Apr. 18, in which fraudster convinced an unemployed woman in her ‘50s living in Okinawa City to buy a large amount of gi...
Motobu Karst Lily Festival to start from May 3rd [News]
“Motobu Karst Lily Festival,” now on its 5th year is scheduled to kick off on May 3rd. The festival features a great scenery and 150,000 Easter lilies among and geometric formation...
May 3rd Ska music event scheduled for Nanjo [News]
“Ska in Nanjo 2017,” a festival for lovers of Ska-style music, is scheduled for Sugar Hall in Nanjo City on May 3rd. The event that is this year organized for the 3rd time will fea...
Okinawa International Movie Festival on way [News]
The 5th Okinawa International Movie Festival started yesterday (Thu) with a welcome party at ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Okinawa Harborview with some 500 guests in attendance. Kiyoshi N...
Rush of large cruise ships prompts plans to upgrade Nakagusuku Port [News]
Authorities at Okinawa Prefecture General Bureau are reportedly mulling a plan to upgrade port facilities at Nakagusuku Port to accommodate large cruise liners up to 160,000 tons. ...
Two arrested for kidnapping; mystery is what happened next [News]
Urasoe Police arrested two men Tuesday on suspicion of wrongful imprisonment (kidnapping). According to police, scaffolding workers Hiroaki Kinjo and Chihiro Matsukawa, both 20 yea...
Fire destroys apartment in Okinawa City; resident dead [News]
A fire on the second floor of a three-story apartment building in Yamauchi, Okinawa City, Tuesday afternoon, left an elderly female resident dead and the second floor of the buildi...
Injured dolphin rescued at Kadena Marina Beach [News]
Anglers casting their lines from the shore by Kadena Marina spotted an injured dolphin washed on the shore of the marina Monday morning, and alerted the staff at the marina. Accord...
Uruma Farm to start hands-on experiences [News]
Uruma Farm, an agricultural producers’ cooperative corporation, is planning to open a hands-on experience farm on Ishikawa-dake on May 5th. The farm includes a gelato shop that mak...
Creation of virtual currency “Ryukyu Coin” in works [News]
A pair of Tokyo-based companies have presented a plan to create a virtual currency for Okinawa that the plan calls “Ryukyu Coin.” The two companies propose using the latest technol...
Two Chinese women wanted for defacing cultural assets [News]
Tokyo Metropolitan Police has issued an arrest warrant for two Chinese national women suspected off spraying oil-like substance on wooden strictures at several Shinto shrines in To...
Fraudsters milk ¥54 million from elderly man [News]
Two fraudsters, one pretending to be a police officer and others claiming to be officers at a financial institution, deceived a 69-year-old man from Naha City to hand over a total ...
ASDF fighters from Naha scramble most ever in 2016 [News]
Ministry of Defense announced that fighter jets from the Air Self-Defense Force Naha Base flew a record number of scrambling missions in 2016 against foreign aircraft suspected of ...
Okinawa dams water levels unusually low [News]
According to Okinawa Prefecture General Bureau, Cabinet Office and Okinawa Enterprise Bureau, water levels at the eleven dams on the island are all under 50% of capacity, as of Apr...
Moromi vinegar with new flavors sold as super-food [News]
Moromi vinegar, known locally as “moromisu.” Is a by-product of awamori making that has long been sold as a health drink on local markets. It has been especially popular among midd...
Ginowan elementary students get IC tag security system [News]
Ginowan Elementary School introduced a new security system for its student called “Tsuitamon” on the first day of the new school year. The system gives each school child an IC tag ...
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