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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
Hit and run leaves junior high school student injured [News]
A man riding a black scooter ran into a 14-year-old junior high school student who was crossing the street, Tuesday evening, in Maehara, Ginowan. The victim suffered some bruises, ...
Purse-snatcher on bicycle hits again in Naha [News]
Still another purse snatching took place in Naha early Wednesday morning involcing a robber riding a bicycle. According to Naha police, a 22-year-old female student was riding her ...
Three killed in Kitanakagusuku traffic accident [News]
Two mini cars were crushed when a trailer became loose from a tractor and veered onto the opposing lane, Monday evening, on Route 330 in Zukeran, Kitanakagusuku, and crashed into t...
New FamilyMart commercial unites Okinawans worldwide [News]
A new Okinawa FamilyMart commercial has been broadcast on local TV stations from Monday, with slogan “Okinawa is family. Worldwide!” The commercial is accompanied with a song by we...
Peach Aviation sells Naha – Ishigaki tickets for ¥114 [News]
Peach Aviation, one of Japan’s low cost carrier (LLC) airlines is setting a record of sorts. Labeling 2014 as the “Year of Ishigaki Island” it ran the first big promotion of if the...
One ton of duds to be disposed Jan 26th [News]
The Itoman City Unexploded Ordnance Disposal Council held a meeting on Jan. 10th at the Itoman City Hall. In the meeting, the council decided that the one ton of unexploded ordnanc...
Coming of Age Day saw fewer new adults [News]
Jan. 13th was the Coming of Age Day, a national holiday in Japan. In Okinawa, 19 cities, villages and towns held traditional ceremonies a day early, on Sunday. The new adults atten...
Retirement resort for 10,000 planned in Miyako [News]
Administrators of Shigira Resort a part of the Unitmat Group, announced a plan, Wednesday, to build a resort-type retirement community in Ueno, Miyako Island According to company o...
Purse-snatchings reported in Naha, Yonabaru [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police said they had received reports of a two purse snatchings targeting elderly women that occurred in Nahs and Yonabaru, Wednesday. In Naha, a 82-year-old wo...
Spring is close, Nago cherry-blossoms start to bloom [News]
The winter in Okinawa has hardly started, but the first sign of the approaching spring is already here as the Hikanzakura in the Nago Castle Park in Nago City have begun to blossom...
Quarter of shoplifters are senior citizens [News]
According to National Police Agency statistics, the number of shoplifters aged 65 or older caught in the nation by November was the highest on the record totaling 256, which is 25....
Over 120,000 rode Yui-rail during New Year holiday [News]
The number of passengers riding on the monorail during the New Year holiday Jan 1st through 3rd set a new record of 126,000. That is 3.8% increase from a year ago. On Jan. 1st in t...
Tuesday marked Nanakusa-no-sekku [News]
Tuesday, January 7th, marked the well-known Festival of Seven Herbs (nanakusa no sekku). This is a Japanese custom when people eat a variety of rice porridge made with seven herbs....
Okinawa Prefecture homepage gets facelift [News]
Okinawa Prefecture introduced its renewed homepage on Jan. 5. The new re-designed homepage features more pictures and videos than the old simple homepage. It incorporates five chan...
First fruit and vegetable auction of 2014 held [News]
The Okinawa Wholesale Market in Inanse, Urasoe City, held its first fruit and vegetable auction of 2014, Jan. 5. Due to slow growth caused by bad weather, the quantity of vegetable...
Okinawa City second to establish AED network [News]
Starting from January, a network of AED (automated external defibrillator) devices will be installed in 43 convenience stores throughout Okinawa City. Okinawa city Mayor Mitsuko To...
Sightseeing helicopter crashes off Kouri Island [News]
A helicopter carrying a pilot and a couple on a sightseeing trip crashed into shallow waters off Kouri Island in Nakijin, Village, Monday. According to Nago Police, the small Robin...
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Futenma, Senkakus provide most memorable moments of 2013 [News]
By Bill Charles If Futenma Marine Corps Air Station didn’t exist, and if China didn’t have its eye on the Senkaku Islands in southwestern Okinawa, 2013 would have been a rather ho-...
Woman dies in freak car accident in Omoromachi [News]
A woman in her 60’s died when a car driven by a man in his 70’s ran over her in Omoromachi, Naha City, Sunday evening. According to Naha Police, the man was exiting from a parking ...
Bus lanes on Highway 58 to be extended [News]
Okinawa Prefecture and Okinawa Prefectural Police are getting ready to extend the current bus lanes on Hwy 58 to eventually all the way from Naha to Okinawa City. According to pref...
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