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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
Landslide scare in forces evacuation of residents [News]
On the night of the May 12th, heavy rain poured on several places within the central and northern areas of Okinawa Island. According to the Nago City Fire Department, just before n...
Henoko airfield construction to begin in fall [News]
Saying it wants to honor Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima’s desire to have the controversial Futenma Marine Corps Air Station closed within five years, the government of Japan say...
Yaeyama Islands prepare for influx of foreign visitors [News]
Yaeyama Visitors Bureau has collected information on accommodations on Ishigaki, Taketomi and Yonaguni islands that say they are able to welcome tourists from overseas. Apart from ...
Yui no Hama Park opens in Ogimi Village [News]
Yui no Hama Park is open in Shioya, Ogimi Village. Yui no Hama is a park built for children and adults to have a great time. At the park opening ceremony, Apr. 30, Village Mayor Yo...
Five marine leisure accidents reported during holidays [News]
During the long holiday of Golden Week, five marine leisure accidents took place on Okinawa, according to Eleventh Regional Coast Guard Headquarters. In the five accidents, two peo...
Body found on Miyako beach [News]
A passerby found a body of a man washed ashore on Painagama Beach in Hirara, Miyakojima City on Miyako Island, Thursday afternoon. Miyako Police identified the body as a 76-year-ol...
Naha purse snatcher strikes again in Kume [News]
A string of purse snatches continues in Naha. A man riding a motorcycle approached a 59-year-old woman from behind, and snatched her purse containing about ¥25,000 cash, Thursday, ...
Urasoe City names new deputy mayor [News]
The post of Urasoe City deputy mayor has been vacant, but on May 1st the Urasoe City Municipal Assembly appointed 57-year-old Hiroyuki Noguchi, the current chief of general affairs...
Inquiries about ETC discounts swamp expressway office [News]
Due to recent consumption tax hike, changes have been made regarding weekday discounts of expressway toll fees when using ETC. Details and procedures are complicated, and even conf...
Number of children decreases 33rd consecutive year [News]
According to statistics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the estimated number of children under 15 of age in Japan has fallen to 16.3 million, marking the 3...
Sugarcane field burns in Miyako, arson suspected [News]
A sugarcane field was ablaze on Shimoji Island off Miyako Island in the morning of May 3. The fire was discovered about 10 a.m. and it burned about 5,000 square meters of sugarcane...
Rainy season on Okinawa has started [News]
The Meteorological Agency has declared the rainy season started in Okinawa, five days earlier than last year and four days earlier than on average. Many parts of Okinawa experience...
Pilot shortage hurting Peach Aviation [News]
A surging Peach Aviation has been dealt setbacks by a shortage of pilots, and is now being forced to cancel flights in the busy summer season. Peach may have to cancel some 2,072 f...
Elderly woman found dead off Yomitan seashore [News]
A 79-year-old woman was found floating close to the shore in Tokeshi, Yomitan Village, Wednesday afternoon. She was transferred to a hospital in cardiopulmonary arrest, but attempt...
Man arrested for hiring underage prostitute [News]
Naha Police arrested a 43-year-old man from Ikehara, Okinawa City, Wednesday, on suspicion of paying for sex with an underage girl. Investigators say Shinji Shimabukuro contacted a...
Woman suspected of arson in Ishigaki guesthouse fire [News]
Yaeyama Police arrested a 32-year-old woman, Apr. 29, on suspicion of setting a two-story guesthouse on fire in Okawa, Ishigaki City. The woman who was staying in the facility as a...
Higashi Village introduces new playground [News]
The Azalea Eco Park in Higashi Village opened a new playground for children on Apr. 21st, called “Waku-waku Pineapple Land” After an opening ceremony, children took charge of the n...
Peach Aviation flight nearly misses landing in Naha [News]
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced Apr. 29th that the pilot of a Peach Aviation Airbus A320-200 aircraft en route from Ishigaki to Naha Naha Airp...
Bank ATMs to run normal hours through the Golden Week [News]
Banks in Okinawa have announced their ATM operation hours during the Golden Week. The Bank of the Ryukyus, Okinawa Bank, Okinawa Kaiho Bank, Koza Shinkin Ginko and Okinawa Roudou K...
Kijimuna Festa to be renewed under private leadership [News]
Kijimuna Festa, a children’s theatrical festival that was ran in Okinawa City venues annually for several years but was earlier this year put on hiatus due to some murky dealings i...
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