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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
Naha’s old Sogen-ji temple also found defaced [News]
Naha City Office staff discovered Monday that someone had sprayed oil-like substance on the first gate and other parts of Sogen-ji temple ruins, and reported the case to police the...
Cruise Liner “Genting Dream” makes first visit to Okinawa [News]
“Genting Dream,” one of the largest premium cruise ships in Asia, weighing 153,000 tons and with passenger capacity of 3,400 people, docked at Naha Port for the in first time at 3:...
Company bankruptcies at 40-year low in Okinawa [News]
According to Tokyo Shoko Research, Okinawa branch, 47 companies in Okinawa with liabilities over ¥10 million went bankrupt in fiscal 2016. The number is 14 less than the previous y...
People in Okinawa least interested in Hanami [News]
Hanami, or viewing of flowers, is one of Japan’s age-old traditions, in which people gather to view flowers, most famously cherry blossoms, and party under the trees in parks durin...
Shuri Castle sites defaced with oil-like substance [News]
A security guard at Shuri Castle noticed that someone had sprayed oil-like sticky substance on a pillar of the Shrurei-mon gate at Shuri Castle sometime between Apr. 2nd and 3rd. F...
Bands invited to audit for Peaceful Love Rock Festival [News]
The annual Okinawa City tradition “Peaceful Love Tock Festival” is again gearing up and organizers are inviting bands to the audition of the “34th Peaceful Love Rock Festival 2017....
Regular flights between Daegu and Naha begin [News]
T’Way Airlines, a Korean low cost carrier, started a regular flight service between Daegu and Naha on Apr. 2nd, with 185 passengers onboard on the inaugural flight from Daegu. Miss...
Awamori shipments down for 12th year in row [News]
The Okinawa Awamori Distillers’ Association announced Mar. 31st that its member companies had shipped a total of 18,964 kiloliters of Awamori in 2016, a 2.9 percent decrease from t...
Okinawa residents’ average income up 1.4% in 2014 [News]
Okinawa Prefecture Government Department of Planning and Statistics Division has announced an overview of residents’ income in fiscal 2014. According to the overview, the average i...
DUI rap dropped against man pushing motorcycle [News]
The Naha District Public Prosecutors Office dropped DUI charges against a man in his 40’s living in Naha City, who was arrested by Okinawa Prefectural Police in October last year, ...
Ryubo planning “Small World” theme park [News]
Ryubo Industries Ltd., the operator of Ryubo department stores and supermarkets on Okinawa, is planning to open a theme park in the southern part of the island that features miniat...
Hotels nearly full for June 17 AKB48 General Election event [News]
The 9th AKB48 “General Election” event scheduled for Chura Sun Beach in Tomigusuku City on Jun. 17th looks to become a bonanaza to travel agencies and local hotels that report bein...
Yaese Town Assembly vice chairman caught for DUI [News]
Itoman Police caught Tsutomu Nakamura, the 69-year-old vice chairman of Yaese Town Assembly, driving under influence on Jan. 15, after he gt into a minor accident. The incident was...
Bags made of Ryukyu textiles on sale at Ryubo [News]
Ryubo Department Store in Naha is presenting a new limited edition line of bags made in collaboration with PORTER, one of the most popular Japanese bag brands, at Ryubo Department ...
Four young men run afoul of Cannabis Control Law [News]
A 18-year-old correspondence student of a high school and a 18-year-old demolition worker were sent to a trial at Naha Family Court, while the Naha District Court sentenced a 24-ye...
Nearly half of companies in Kyshu-Okinawa lack workers [News]
Teikoku Databank Fukuoka Branch announced last week results of its annual survey on the employment situation in companies in Kyushu and Okinawa. According to the survey, 45.9% of t...
Website highlights sightseeing spots with 360-degree views [News]
Students at the Ryukyu University Faculty of Tourism have started a website called “Sinka360” that introduces sightseeing spots in Okinawa with photos and videos of a 360-degree vi...
Naha call center CEO to face prosecutors for unpaid wages [News]
The Naha Labor Standards Inspection Office sent papers resulting from its inspection of Surgery, a call center company in Naha, and its 37-year-old CEO, to the Public Prosecutors O...
Okinawa “Resort Weddings” exceeded 15,000 in 2016 [News]
Okinawa Prefecture Visitors’ Bureau 15,399 couples came last year to the prefecture to tie the knot on so called “Resort Wedding” trips, making 2016 the first year that the number ...
FamilyMart to sell AKB48 “General Election” tickets [News]
Okinawa FamilyMart has concluded a contract sell the entrance tickets for the 9th AKB48 “General Election” event scheduled for Chura Sun Beach in Tomigusuku, in June. FamilyMart wi...
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