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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
Kitanakagusuku convenience store robbed at knife-point [News]
A convenience store in Kitanakagusuku was robbed at knife-point, Aug. 7. According to Okinawa City Police, a man wearing a surgical mask entered the store around midnight, walked t...
Ishigaki students discover two new small planets [News]
An event called “Churaboshikenkyutai” was held for high school students from August 7 through 9th on Ishigaki Island at the Ishigaki-jima Astronomical Observatory. The event promot...
Tourists select Okinawa best destination to visit [News]
Okinawa gained a top spot in a customer satisfaction (CS) survey a Tokyo survey agency Recruit Lifestyle conducted in all prefectures of Japan recently. Yoshihiro Kitamura, the pre...
AED saves first life at Yui-rail Akamine station [News]
Starting June 20 this year, the company operating Okinawa’s urban monorail, known as Yui-rail installed automated external defibrillators (AED) on all of its 15 stations. In July, ...
Musician arrested on suspicion of hit and run [News]
Okinawa Police arrested 39-year-old Leon Higa, a musician living in Kitanakagusuku, on Aug. 7, on suspicion of hitting a 72-year-old man with the car he was driving and the leaving...
GSDF base plan gains nod from Yonaguni [News]
Yonaguni etched closer to accepting Japan Ground Self Defense Forces’ plans to establish a base on the westernmost island of Japan as the incumbent Yonaguni Mayor Shukichi Hokama w...
Osprey arrivals to Okinawa ‘on track’ [News]
The arrival of ten additional MV-22 Osprey to Okinawa is under way, a temporary halt in the aftermath of the crash of a U.S. Air Force helicopter. The Marines informed the central ...
August 2 was Day of Habu [News]
August 2 was the day dedicated to Okinawa’s infamous habu snake. That is because number eight (August) reads hachi (ha) and two can be read hu (bu) in Japanese, so thus “ha-bu.” To...
Heat wave sends vegetable prices soaring [News]
Then intense heat wave is pushing up the prices of vegetables throughout Japan as the heat causes the veggies to wilt and stop growing. This has lead to a shortage of vegetables th...
Ishigaki inaugurates free public Wi-Fi [News]
In order to help visitors better find their way on Ishigaki Island, the Ishigaki City has started a project to install a Wi-Fi network that first covers the main tourist locations ...
Some people like it hot [News]
The current intense heat wave that’s recently been baking Okinawa has been a boon to local shops selling drought management items and heat fighting products. A DIY shop in Okinawa ...
Elderly bicyclist killed when hit by motorcycle [News]
A big scooter-type motorcycle driven by a 19-year-old man from Chatan Town hit 81-year-old Munesada Machida of Kadena Town, who was riding on a bicycle, on Hwy 58 at the Mizugama c...
Hottest day of year in Naha on Aug. 2 [News]
Okinawa Island basking under clear blue skies and scorching sun brought by a stable high-pressure front recorded the hottest day of the year on Aug. 2 when the temperature in Naha ...
Man drowns as his boat capsizes [News]
A fisherman discovered a man floating on the ocean about 450 meters off Kudaka Island in Nanjo City about 1 p.m., on Aug. 1. The drowned man was identified as the owner of pleasure...
USAF chopper crash stirs Okinawans [News]
The crash of a U.S. Air Force helicopter Monday on Camp Hansen in northeastern Okinawa has stirred Okinawans, who are again calling American aircraft as being too dangerous to be o...
MICE tourists number over 80,000 [News]
MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferencing, Exhibitions) events at Okinawa Convention Center and Bankoku Shinryokan reached 531 in 2012, which was a 9.3% increase from the year befor...
Chinese Coast Guard enters Japanese waters first time [News]
It was another first for the Chinese, sailing four of its Cost Guard vessels into Japanese territory for the first time, swapping warnings with Japanese Coast Guard patrol ships. T...
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Chinese plane’s southern islands fly-by prompts Japanese scramble [News]
The Japanese Defense Ministry has scrambled jet fighters after a Chinese surveillance aircraft flew for the first time near southern Okinawa islands. The jets were scrambled after ...
Naha city starts free WiFi service [News]
Naha City announced on July 27that they will start a free WiFi service “NAHA-City-WiFi” at 115 points within the city, and also start a Naha restaurant portal website called “NAHAP...
227 new charging spots for electric vehicles [News]
Okinawa Prefecture announced plans to install new charging stations for electric vehicles throughout Okinawa in the near future. The project calls for installing a total of 227 EV ...
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