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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
2013.07.18
Governor taking time to decide on Henoko landfill [News]
Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima says he will decide as early as November whether to approve landfill work necessary for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma Mar...
Elementary school boy drowns in Hija River [News]
A worried parent called Kadena Police on July 12th that a 1st grade elementary school student Kazuki Tsuhako had not returned home by 8 p.m. The boy lived in the Yara district of ...
Typhoon Soulik hit Sakishima Islands hard [News]
Although typhoon Soulik neatly skirted Okinawa main island, Miyako, Yaeyama and Yonaguni islands experienced a direct hit, and suffered considerable damage over last weekend. Souli...
April sees slightly less people on dole in Japan [News]
The ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare published on Jul. 10 the numbers of people receiving public living assistance in Japan. According to the ministry figures, there were 33,3...
Water accidents at Onna village [News]
There were two separate water-related accidents in Onna village on July 7, in which one person died and one remains unconscious in a hospital. 74-year-old Tsutomu Marugame from Osa...
10,000-dancer Eisa Festival to be held August 3 and 4 [News]
Organizers of the annual 10,000-dancer Eisa Festival and parade will be held Aug. 3 and 4 on Kokusai Street in Naha. Aug. 3rd sees a pre-festival starting at 6 p.m. with an Origina...
Asbestos found in tower on Camp Courtney [News]
Some workers renovating a residential tower on Camp Courtney may have been exposed to asbestos, a cancer causing substance that was used in the construction of buildings in the pas...
Heavy construction equipment mishap cuts phone lines [News]
A power shovel tumbled down on a street from the pile of rubble of a house it was demolishing in Kohagura, Naha, cutting off telephone and internet lines, but no one was injured in...
Expressway maintenance worker killed in accident [News]
A 34-year-old Okinawa Expressway maintenance contractor Makoto Igei was killed in the morning of July 4, while working on the expressway, when he was hit by a car driven by a 36-ye...
Naha-Beijing flights restarted [News]
Air China restarted direct flights on Naha-Beijing route, July 3, when the first flight on the route arrived at Naha Airport from Beijing in the morning. The flights were halted in...
Ocean surrounding Keramas will become national park [News]
The seas off Tokashiki and Zamami islands and other areas in the Kerama archipelago will be designated as a National Park by the end of this year. Residents of the Keramas are very...
Yomitan man arrested on suspicion of killing wife [News]
Kadena Police has arrested a man working as an indoor handyman in Yomitan Village on suspicion of killing his wife on July 6th. The man has admitted that he killed her, but investi...
2013.07.04
Opposition leaders suggest Osprey training on mainland [News]
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto and Osaka Governor Ichiro Matsui are proposing that local government leaders in western Japan urge the national government to consider transferring some ...
2013.07.04
Henoko landfill could cost ¥230 billion [News]
The Japanese government estimates that the reclamation of land needed for the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma Air Station to the planned new location on Camp Schwa...
Heat stroke kills elderly woman [News]
The current heat wave is taking its toll. According to a June 27th announcement by Okinawa Prefecture health officials a woman in her 70’s died of an apparent heat stroke in Naha C...
Fishing ban for sea urchin to be issued for Haneji area [News]
Nakijin and Haneji Fishermen’s Associations, both in the northern part of Okinawa, are set to issue a fishing ban for sea urchins this year for the first time since 2005. The area ...
Hula Dance Festival slated for Miyako island [News]
The 1st All Japan Hula Dance Festival in Okinawa prefecture, “The Kagimana Hula in Miyako 2013” will be held September 20, and 21on Miyako island. The executive committee of the ev...
2013.06.28
U.S. Ambassador joins Okinawa memorial ceremonies [News]
For the first time in almost two decades, the United States Ambassador to Japan joined in ceremonies commemorating the anniversary of the end of the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. U.S. Am...
Former prime minister riles current ministers over Senkakus [News]
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has expressed some understanding of China’s sovereignty claim to the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, it was learned Tuesd...
Ikei go-cart circuit to close end of this month [News]
The Okinawa Circuit Ikei Island, a much loved venue for go-cart and motorcycle racers for 20 years is going to close at end of June. The new owner of the hotel next to the circuit ...
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