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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
Thieves grab Nakagusuku aluminum fence [News]
In the Nakagusuku New Port district in Uruma City, along Route 2, about two kilometers of aluminum fence separating the sidewalk from the street was found to been stolen. The fence...
Nostalgic Naha [News]
Naha City has created a model of Ufujoumae (Ufujoume) Street and replica of the crown of the Ryukyu kings, and held an opening ceremony on May 20th in the Naha City Hall, where the...
Okinawa No.1 travel destination [News]
Travel information and buzz marketing site “4 travel” announced on Monday that Okinawa was ranked number 1 among people’s favorite places to travel. The company c...
Another purse snatching in Naha [News]
A man on a motor scooter snatched the purse of a 19-year-old female student in Izumizaki, Naha, on Tuesday evening. According to Naha Police the student was returning home from her...
Man killed in apartment fire [News]
Neighbors reported a fire on the first floor of a two-story concrete apartment building in Shuri, Naha City, Monday morning. Naha Fire Department dispatched 12 fire trucks to the s...
American held for robbery of currency exchange center [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested 42-year-old American Tyrone Davis, a resident of Yomitan, Monday, on suspicion of robbing a currency exchange center in Chatan last March. The exchange...
Itoman Tourist Farm has clearance sale [News]
Itoman Tourist Farm is conducting a special clearance sale. The farm, located in Mabuni just across the street from the Peace Memorial Park, is best known for its acerola wine. The...
2,100 march in Sunday demonstration [News]
According to organizers, about 2,100 people marched around the MCAS Futenma on Sunday, to protest the government’s plan to relocate the base to Henoko. At times heavy rainfal...
New Fisherman Museum open in Itoman [News]
The Itoman Fisherman Workshop and Museum has opened in new premises in the Nishizaki district of Itoman City. NPO Hamasuki administers the new museum as it has done with the old mu...
Okinawa Cellular opens vegetable factory [News]
Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company opened a vegetable factory in Tamagusuku, Nanjo City. The factory produces lettuce and other vegetables that will be put on the market on trial b...
Okinawans love radio [News]
A Tokyo-based marketing research company conducting audience measurement for television and radio, Video Research Ltd., announced the results of a survey mapping the numbers of rad...
Substitute teacher arrested for stealing wallet [News]
Uruma City Police arrested a 38-year-old elementary school substitute teacher Nobuyuki Toma on suspicion of stealing the wallet of a 62-year-old male Okinawa City resident business...
Internet banking fraud ¥18 million by end of April [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police Community Safety Section announced May 15th that the damage caused by fraud in internet banking within the prefecture totals about ¥18 million in just fi...
Ryubo to take in Mitsukoshi employees [News]
Okinawa Mitsukoshi Department Store that will shut down at the end of September, and Ryubo Industries, Ltd., are currently in negotiations over the future utilization of the Mitsuk...
Okinawa to train bilingual diving guides [News]
As part of its drive to attract more international tourists, Okinawa Prefectural Government announced a plan to train diving guides who are able to communicate in a foreign languag...
Man arrested for assaulting girl [News]
U.S. federal officials announced May 12th that they would prosecute a 18-year-old male American living on Kadena Air Base for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl. According to O...
Okinawa Mitsukoshi to close [News]
One of Naha City landmarks, the Okinawa Mitsukoshi Department Store on Kokusai Street, is going to close after a run of 57 years. Okinawa Mitsukoshi announced, Tuesday, the closing...
New Okinawa City mayor takes office [News]
Sachio Kuwae took over as Okinawa City Mayor on May 12th. After receiving a bouquet of flowers and applause from the City Office staff, he headed into his office. Taking the office...
Intruder robs office of documents [News]
A man broke into a company office in Urasoe in the morning of May 11th, struck a 54-year-old male office worker, and grabbed a steel cabinet that, according to the office worker, c...
Two arrested for robbery [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested a 19-year-old Chatan man, and also another 19-year-old from Yomitan, May 11th, on suspicion of attacking and robbing a man in Uechi, Okinawa City. The ...
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