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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
Beach staff recognized for rescuing man adrift off Kitanashiro Beach [News]
On July 22, Itoman Police awarded a Certificate of Appreciation to Yuta Arakaki and Koushi Nakata who work on the beach staff of Bibi Beach in Itoman City, for rescuing a man who w...
American claiming to be U.S. military man arrested [News]
The Naha police arrested a man, who claims to be a 34-year-old U.S. Air Force member named Michael Steven Jerald, Sunday, on suspicion of attacking a bar owner in the Matsuyama dis...
Ginowan bomb disposal forces 1,645 to evacuate [News]
A WWII-era 250kg U.S.-made bomb was discovered and disposed of at a building construction site in the Ganeko district of Ginowan City, Sunday. 692 households and 70 companies are l...
50 junk cars burn in Haebaru [News]
The Okinawa East Main Fire Department received a call from a worker at a junkyard reporting that a fire had broken out and junk cars were burning on the junkyard in the Yonaha dist...
2013.07.25
Japan readies survey ships for East China Sea duty [News]
A pair of geological survey ships are now being loaded with supplies in preparation for deployment to the East China Sea. The Japanese government has ordered the ships to be prepar...
Ginowan Police nabs three for growing pot [News]
Ginowan police has arrested three men on July 16, on suspicion of breaking the Cannabis Control Law. 25-year-old Masane Nakamura who works as a lifeguard, 26-year-old Hirotomo Alug...
Gas explosion shakes Nansei Oil refinery [News]
A gas explosion occurred at the Nansei Oil Company plant in the Onaha district of Nishihara Town about 11:30 a.m. on July 19. A company spokesman said that the explosion took place...
Robbery attempt in Naha [News]
A would-be robber entered into an Internet cafe in Kohagura, Naha City, about 5 a.m., on July 21. The man had covered his face with a mask and towel, and threatened the staff at a ...
2013.07.25
Government intends to stick with Heneko plan [News]
It did not take long after the LDP’s resounding victory in the Upper House elections last Sunday for the government to confirm its intention to stick with the long-stalled plan to ...
40% of pineapple crop damaged by typhoon Soulik [News]
Typhoon Soulik that hit Ishigaki Island about ten days ago, damaged 40% of the island’s pineapple crop that was ready to be harvested for sale, according to Okinawa JA. The storm b...
Blank ballots found in Naha election [News]
After the ballot counting of Naha City councilors’ election on July 21, voting officials found more than 3,000 blank ballots in the ballot boxes. Voting officials suspect that ther...
Irrigation worries in Miyako [News]
JA Miyakojima and Miyakojima City officials’ had a meeting on measures against dry weather that took place July 19, at Miyakojima City Hall. Participants to the meeting decided to ...
Naha City councilors election [News]
The Naha City councilors’ election was held last Sunday, July 21, the same day as the nationwide Japan House of Councilors election. The vote count started on the same day and 40 s...
Japan readies survey ships for East China Sea duty [News]
A pair of geological survey ships are now being loaded with supplies in preparation for deployment to the East China Sea. The Japanese government has ordered the ships to be prepar...
Kinser access granted by new Urasoe-USMC agreement [News]
Mayor Tetsuji Matsumoto of Urasoe City and Col. Edmund J. Bowen, commanding officer of Camp Kinser and Combat Logistics Regiment 37, have signed a limited humanitarian access agree...
2013.07.19
Kennedy to become U.S. Ambassador to Japan [News]
The daughter of the late American president John F. Kennedy is about ready to become U.S. Ambassador to Japan. The 55-year-old Caroline Kennedy, an attorney and current president o...
Lost chickens? [News]
A surprised passer-by discovered a group of small chicken chicks by the shore of Yakena Seaport in the Yonashiro district of Uruma City in the morning of July 13, and called the po...
Yomitan is going to be biggest village in Japan [News]
The current biggest town or village in Japan, Takizawa Village in Iwate Prefecture, which boasts a population of 54,900 will become Takizawa City from Jan. 1st , 2014, according to...
China not impressed with Japan’s Defense Paper [News]
Less than a week after Japan’s Defense Ministry released its White Paper that took aim at the dispute with China over the Senkaku Islands, China has fired back, calling it “untruth...
Ginowan City cops bust Marine on DUI charges [News]
Police have arrested a 27-year-old U.S. Marine on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. Okinawa Prefectural Police say they’re holding 1st Lt. Louis Kim of the U.S. ...
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