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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
U.S. airman arrested after refusing alcohol test [News]
Okinawa Police stopped 32-year-old SSgt. Anthony Don Bradford, stationed on Kadena Air Base, early Sunday morning, on Hwy 58 in Chatan. According to police, Bradford was driving at...
Miyako Island achieves zero traffic deaths [News]
Miyako Island Police received an achievement recognition for two consecutive years of zero traffic deaths. The Okinawa Prefecture Police and Okinawa Prefecture Road Safety Departme...
Parade for independence for Ryukyu held on Kokusai Street [News]
Some 60 people marched along Kokusai Street in Naha on Mar. 21 in a parade called “Ryukyu Independence Parade for the Peace.” People participating in the parade had a message stati...
Snake causes blackout of 6000 houses on Miyako [News]
Power went out in 6,000 homes in Ueno and parts of Shimoji districts of Miyakojima City on Miyako Island, Wednesday evening. Repair crews of Miyako Electric Power Co. quickly trace...
Yonahamaehama named Best Beach for second year [News]
The Japanese representative of the world’s largest travel website, Trip Advisor Japan, announced Thursday the naming of Yonahamaehama Beach on Miyako Island the “Best Beach” in Jap...
Three arrested for assault, robbery in Itoman [News]
Itoman Police arrested Masakazu Kinjo, Kazuki Morie and Shin Akamine, all 22 years old, Thursday, on suspicion of the assault and robbery of a 18-year-old office worker in Itoman C...
U.S. flight training area off Okinawa opened to civilian use [News]
According to an agreement between the Japanese and U.S. governments, a designated U.S. military training are over the ocean east of Okinawa would be partly opened to civilians to u...
Mother and child found dead in Chatan [News]
Family members found a 30-year-old housewife and a 5-month-old female infant dead in their home in Chatan, Tuesday afternoon. According to Okinawa Police investigators, there were ...
Husband arrested for murder of wife [News]
Naha Police arrested a 54-year-old man, on Mar. 18th, for an attempted murder after he strangled his 49-year-old wife with an electrical cord on Kume Island. The woman was taken to...
Okinawan wins Miss Universe Japan pageant [News]
20-year-old Okinawa-born Keiko Tsuji, representing Nagasaki where she currently lives, won the Miss Universe Japan beauty pageant in Tokyo, Tuesday. Tsuji will now represent Japan ...
Japanese MSDF training ships heading to Ishigaki [News]
Three Japanese Marine Self Defense Force training ships and one escort are scheduled to head to Ishigaki Island on Mar. 31st for exercises. This is the first time for Japanese MSDF...
Currency exchange center robbed at knifepoint in Chatan [News]
A man entered a currency exchange center in Chatan brandishing a knife a little before noon, Sunday, and robbed the shop of nearly two million yen worth of cash. According to Okina...
Okinawa Expressway to continue current reduced toll fees [News]
West Nippon Expressway Company (West NEXCO), announced on Mar. 14th that the current reduced basic toll fees on the Okinawa Expressway will continue through fiscal 2016. But, due t...
Male body found in gutter [News]
A passerby noticed a body in a roadside gutter in Kanegusuku, Kume Island, Thurday. When police and fire department rescue team arrived at the scene and pulled the body out, they d...
39 cars found with punctured tires in Nago [News]
A resident of an apartment building in Ohkita, Nago City, discovered Thursday morning that several cars on the apartment parking lot had flat tires. The resident called police, who...
93% of school personnel report mental, physical exhaustion [News]
According to a survey by the Okinawa Board of Education conducted from Oct. through Dec. 2013, 93% of school personnel said they feel physically and mentally tired. Overtime and wo...
Reputed gang boss arrested for threats and violence [News]
Naha Police arrested 69-year-old Shigeru Yamashiro, the alleged boss of Kokuryukai criminal syndicate, Mar. 11, on suspicion of threatening an office worker in his 40’s on Jan. 27t...
JASDF launches jets against Chinese planes [News]
Three Chinese military aircraft flew close to Japanese airspace Sunday, sending Japan Air Self Defense fighter jets to monitor the flights. Defense Ministry officials say AY-8 inte...
Magazine picks Peach Aviation as customer favorite #1 [News]
At a meeting on Mar. 10th in Naha City, Peach Aviation CEO Shinichi Inoue announced that business magazine “Weekly Diamond” had conducted a poll among users of 27 airlines surveyin...
Goat dishes promoted [News]
The Okinawa Prefecture Livestock Division held a cooking contest and food tasting event consisting of 14 dishes that used goat meat as an ingredient at Sazan Beach Hotel & Reso...
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