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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
DFS Christmas tree lighting [News]
Okinawa DFS in Omoromachi, Naha City announced the lighting of the DFS Christmas tree will take place Saturday starting at 6 p.m. The DFC tree is 12 meters tall and decorated with ...
Drunk soldier wrecks car, assaults police officer [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested U.S. Army Sergeant Myron Jordan, Saturday, on suspicion of violating traffic laws and obstruction of a police officer performing official duties. Accor...
Three winners for Miss Okinawa 2014 title [News]
And the winners are…Keiko Takaesu, Yui Uehara and Chika Nago. The three Okinawa ladies have been chosen Miss Okinawa 2014 in competition at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan...
Okinawa’s oldest pottery found [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum Director Susumu Asato announced Nov. 21st that pieces of pottery were discovered in Sakitari Cave remains in Nanjo City. The unearthed p...
Okinawa-brand pork and beef popular [News]
Okinawa District Customs Office announced that the export value of pork from Okinawa to Hong Kong and other Asia countries has increased by 20 percent from last year to a total of ...
End of year sales start [News]
Okinawa Mitsukoshi was the first of Okinawa’s major department stores to start the annual year-end sales when it announced the opening of its new gift center on the 6th floor of th...
Store robbery in Yonabaru [News]
A boy walked into a small store in Yonabaru, owned and operated by a 87-year-old woman, Tuesday, grabbed ¥2,000 from the owner, and ran away with three other boys who were waiting ...
AEDs to be installed in Okinawa City convenience stores [News]
Naha City installed AED devices in all 118 convenience stores within the city in March this year. Since then, there have been records of use of the devices and they actually have s...
Ginowan City Museum special exhibition [News]
An autumn special exhibition “Modern Okinawa and Ginowan” is currently taking place at the Ginowan City Museum. On displayed are 159 pictures and panels depicting Ginowan City befo...
Man and boat missing in Ishigaki [News]
Ishigaki Coast Guard has declared 57-year-old office worker Yoshitoyo Arakaki missing on the sea. Arakaki was last seen departing from Hamasaki Marina, Ishigaki Island, in his boat...
Number of juveniles given guidance on alcohol increases [News]
At a meeting held at the Okinawa Prefecture Police Department Juvenile Division, Tuesday, officials conceded that the count of under-age children found in need of guidance towards ...
Urasoe fireman arrested for break-in, theft [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested a 39-year-old Urasoe City Fire Department fireman, Sunday, on suspicion of breaking into a female acquaintance’s apartment, and stealing a towel. Accor...
Busena Hotel caught for mislabeling [News]
Scandals involving top class hotels and restaurants using cheaper ingredients than what the menu states have recently rocked the whole nation, and it seems Okinawa has not escaped ...
Shikina Shrine to get dragon heads for originality [News]
One of Okinawa’s eight major shrines, Shikina Shrine (Shikina-miya) in Hantagawa, Naha City started reconstruction work on its structure, Nov. 6th. The purpose of the reconstructio...
Fish gender change success – world’s first [News]
Okinawa Churashima Foundation councilor Masaru Nakamura and his team announced, Nov. 7, their success of changing a grown adult female fish into a male. Nakamura says that his team...
Ryukyu Entertainment impresses Paris audience [News]
A group of Okinawan performing artists visiting France held a performance at the Japanese Culture Hall in Paris to rave reviews, Nov. 8th and 9th. The Okinawa Prefecture Ryukyu Ent...
Six marching bands to represent Okinawa in national contest [News]
The 26th Marching in Okinawa 2013 contest was held at Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan City, Nov. 4. 24 marching groups representing students from Okinawan primary and junior h...
Lawson opens shop inside Itoman City Hall [News]
Lawson Okinawa made a little history when it opened a new Lawson convenience store on the first floor of Itoman City Hall, Nov. 5, making Itoman City hall the first of the 41 city...
Taiwan fishermen getting okay to fish Senkakus [News]
Japan and Taiwan this week have signed new agreements that, among other things, permit Taiwanese to fish in the disputed East China Sea waters Japan calls the Senkaku Islands. Taiw...
Okinawa Monorail extension construction work starts [News]
The groundbreaking ceremony was held for the monorail extension construction at the Okinawa Internation Center in Maeda, Urasoe City. Okinawa Urban Monorail Corporation President R...
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