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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
Missing Naha diver, four others found alive in Indonesia [News]
Five of the seven female divers that went missing Feb. 14 in Bali, Indonesia, were found alive on Monday, clinging to a reef some 15 miles from the spot where they had disappeared....
Ishigaki Island welcomes cruise ship from Germany [News]
German cruise ship “Deutschland” made its first ever visit to Ishigaki, Feb. 3rd. Upon the ship’s arrival, Ishigaki City Office Tourism Office officials greeted the ship and its 38...
Teacher suspended for physically punishing student [News]
Okinawa Board of Education suspended a 29-year-old Naha City junior high school teacher, Wednesday, for physically punishing a student. The suspension is for 44 days. According to ...
Seminars aim to prevent construction crane accidents [News]
According to Okinawa Labor Bureau number accidents on construction sites involving cranes has been on increase in Okinawa lately. To prevent such accidents, the Okinawa Labor Burea...
Yomitan issues commemorative postage stamps for being #1 [News]
Yomitan Village became the most populous village in Japan on Jan. 1st, and to celebrate the occasion, village officials have created a set of commemorative postage stamps with pict...
Marriage mall established in Ginowan [News]
As a way to tackle the declining birth rates, government and private businesses have established a center to provide support in finding a marriage partner. The new center is named ...
Electricity to cost more from April [News]
Because of the Japanese consumption tax is going up from 5% to 8% starting Apr. 1, the Okinawa Electric Co. will raise their rates as well. A typical home on Okinawa consumes on av...
Heavy rains cause landslides in Nakagusuku [News]
Heavy rains from Sunday evening through Monday caused two landslides in Tsuha, Nakagusuku, and Shimabukuro, Kitanakagusuku, Both occurred within home yards but there was no damage ...
18 Naha flights canceled because of snow in mainland [News]
Heavy snow in Tokyo and surrounding areas over the past couple of days has been recorded throughout the region. Sunday, at least 18 flights landing and departing from Naha Airport ...
Drunk driver sentenced to five years in prison [News]
The 20-year-old university student who lost control of his car while drunk, and ran over two people on a sidewalk killing one and injuring the other in November, was sentenced to f...
Number of influenza cases reaches 4,000 [News]
People in Okinawa Prefecture are sneezing in the grip of a flu epidemic in increasing numbers, according to data compiled by Okinawa Prefecture Health Promotion Division, as the nu...
Okinawa proposes ¥723.9 billion budget for fiscal 2014 [News]
Okinawa Prefecture Government announced the final proposal of its fiscal 2014 budget, Tuesday. According to officials the total is ¥723.9 billion, a 3.6 percent increase from a yea...
Air Force Staff Sergeant arrested for trespassing [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested 27-year-old U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant, Sunday, on suspicion of trespassing. According to police investigators, SSgt. Carlton Wade Womble allegedly ...
Driver dies after crash into roadside rail [News]
A car crashed into a roadside rail on Highway 58 in Hentona, Kunigami Village, Monday evening. According to Nago Police, the 39-year-old driver of the car was in the car alone when...
Driver without license runs over pedestrian [News]
A car ran over a pedestrian trying to cross Highway 58 in Matsuyama, Naha, early Sunday morning. According to Naha Police a 36-year-old Tokyo man was crossing the street when a car...
Okukubi Dam completed [News]
The construction of Okukubi Dam in Kin Town was completed on Feb. 1st, and a ceremony to celebrate the completion was held. The new dam will provide a reliable water supply to some...
Woman gathering shells from reef off Makiminato drowns [News]
Urasoe Police received an emergency phone call reporting a possible person drowning off the coast of the Makiminato district in Urasoe, Saturday morning. Naha Coast Guard dispatche...
Himejako clams to be cultivated in Motobu [News]
A blue, light-blue and yellow flower garden seems to spread in the ocean at the Okinawa Sea Farming Center in Kenji, Motobu, But what seems like a flower garden is actually a man-m...
Porcine epidemic kills 5,213 baby pigs [News]
Officials at the Ministry of Agriculture announced on Jan. 28th that Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) was found in baby pigs in the country. The discovery was the fist time in seven...
Okinawa to be venue for ASEAN defense officials’ meeting [News]
According to Japan’s Defense Ministry, Okinawa has been selected to host a meeting of senior defense officials from ASEAN nations to be held on Feb. 18. This will be the first time...
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