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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
Ishigaki Island named as 18th place in world to visit [News]
American newspaper The New York Times published an article titled “The 52 places you must visit in 2014” in its Monday edition, naming Ishigaki Island on the 18th place on the list...
Iriomote Wildcat cub killed in traffic accident [News]
The Ministry of Environment Iriomote Conservation of Nature Office announced Monday that a newborn cub of Iriomote wildcat, a critically endangered species found only on Iriomote I...
Monorail, bus fares to rise [News]
With the consumption tax rate scheduled to icrease to 8% this April, officials at Okinawa Urban Monorail Inc. have decided to raise fares, and so have the 11 bus companies operatin...
Liquids & gels now permitted in carry-on baggage [News]
A major irritant to international travelers is about to change tomorrow, as bans on gels and liquids are being modified to restrictions easier to live with. Carry-on restrictions f...
Student arrested for stealing computer data [News]
Ishikawa and Okinawa Police Prefecture arrested a 19-year-old high school student, Sunday, in Mie Prefecture on suspicion of illegally stealing electromagnetic records online. He h...
Nanjo Convenience store robbed at knifepoint [News]
A convenience store was robbed at knifepoint in the early hours of Sunday morning in Ozato, Nanjo City. According to Yonabaru Police, a man entered the store with a kitchen knife i...
Office worker arrested for using counterfeit bills [News]
Urasoe Police has arrested a 25-year-old office worker, Jan. 23, on suspicion of using a fake 10,000-yen bill.. According to police investigators, Yasushi Yamashita is suspected of...
Prosecutors demand 6-year jail term for drunk driver [News]
Prosecutors are demanding a six-year jail term for a 20-year-old university student that ran over two persons on a sidewalk while drunk, killing one and injuring the other in Novem...
Cruise ship with 2,200 Chinese tourists visits Naha [News]
An Italian large cruise ship Costa Atlantica entered Naha Port, Wednesday morning with some 2,200 passengers onboard. The cruise was a round trip from Shanghai exclusively for Chin...
Yonago – Naha flight service inaugurated [News]
Skymark Airlines announced on Wednesday the addition of four new routes in their regular schedule. The new routes connect Yonago, in Tottori Prefecture with Haneda in Tokyo, Yonago...
One dead in house fire [News]
Naha Fire Department received a call, late Wednesday evening, of a fire that had broken out in a house in Kohagura, Naha City. According to Naha Fire Department, by the time the fi...
Okinawa International Movie Festival scheduled for March [News]
The 6th Okinawa International Movie Festival is scheduled to take place Mar. 20 through 24 at Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan. According to Yoshimoto Kogyo Entertainment Compa...
Peach Aviation to start daily Fukuoka – Naha flights [News]
Low Cost Carrier (LLC) Peach Aviation announced Tuesday that they will start daily round-trip flights between Fukuoka and Naha from July 19th. One-way fares are set to be between \...
Camp Kinser to open gates in case of natural disasters [News]
Urasoe City Mayor Tetsuji Matsumoto and Maj. Gen, Charles L. Hudson, the commanding general of U.S. Marine Corps Installations Pacific and Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler,...
Man arrested on suspicion of kicking older brother to death [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested 52-year-old real estate broker Morinao Yamauchi, Jan. 18, for assaulting his 54-year-old taxi driver brother from Okinawa City, and kicking him on the ...
Miracle brings quadruplet grandchildren to U.S.-Oki couple [News]
North Daito Island born Satoko Courtland and her husband Carl, current residents of Ohio, U.S., welcomed the birth of quadruplet grandchildren last October 24th. What makes the eve...
Number of visitors to Okinawa in 2013 set new record [News]
The Okinawa Prefecture Tourism Policy Division announced Monday, the new statistics on the number of visitors to the prefecture during 2013. Citing the expansion of flight routes, ...
Fire in Itoman City trash incineration facility [News]
Fire broke out in the non-burnable refuse storage area in Itoman and Tomigusuku incineration facility in Tsukazato, Itoman City, Monday. Employees alerted the Itoman City Fire Depa...
26-year-old arrested for hit and run [News]
Urasoe Police arrested a 26-year-old restaurant employee on suspicion of causing a car accident and leaving the scene. According to Urasoe Police, Souta Nakamoto crashed into a tax...
Number of young flu patients surges [News]
The Okinawa Infectious Disease Surveillance Center announced Jan. 16th that the number of flu patients under 19 years of age has suddenly increased to twice of that of other age gr...
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