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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
2013.04.12
Caroline Kennedy to be U.S. ambassador to Japan? [News]
Excitement is mounting in political circles in Tokyo, amid reports that Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the U.S. President John F. Kennedy assassinated in 1963, is heading to the...
Tokyo wants increased emphasis on English education [News]
Citing the need for increased English language education in Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has earmarked ¥1 trillion to develop a “globalized” work force through educational refo...
All Japan Garrison Forces Labor Union Air Force Branch donates clothes [News]
The All Japan Garrison Forces Labor Union Air Force Branch women’s division donated 100kg of clothes to be taken to needy in Malaysia and Cambodia. Yukie Yamashiro, the executive d...
Kadena Police arrests American woman for DUI, hit-and-run [News]
Kadena Police arrested 20-year-old Cullen Maria Garcia, a civilian working for the U.S. military on suspicion of drinking and driving, hitting a car causing injuries to its three p...
Onna Village councilman arrested for violent act [News]
Ishikawa Police arrested Hiroshi Kinjo, a councilman at Onna Village assembly on suspicion of attacking and injuring a 10-year-old child Kinjo is denying the charge, and claims he ...
Okinawa Women’s Junior College to move to Yonabaru [News]
The Okinawa Women’s Junior College, currently located in the Nagata district of Naha City will move to Agarihama area in Yonabaru by August 2015. The new location where the s...
Pair of Jizo statues stolen from “Shiraume no To” [News]
Kiku Nakayama, a representative of Shiraume Alumni Association, which cares for the Shiraume Monument in Itoman City, discovered on Apr. 7 that a pair of Jizo statues have gone mis...
2013.04.05
Haneda jumps to No. 4 busiest airport in the world [News]
Tokyo International Airport has reclaimed its number four ranking among busiest airports in the world. Better known as Haneda, the airport had held the position in 2008, before sli...
String of three robberies on consecutive nights in Naha [News]
According to Naha City Police, there were three incidents on consecutive nights in Naha when two robbers riding on a scooter grabbed a wallet or purse from pedestrians. The robber...
Resort weddings for foreign tourists on increase [News]
Okinawa Prefecture officials announced that the number of couples coming to Okinawa to have a resort wedding in 2012 reached 9,118 couples, which is the highest number since 1999 w...
Kumoji blood donation center moves [News]
Okinawa prefectural Red Cross Blood Donation Center Kumoji Branch office has moved to the third floor of Kumoji Central Bldg, just across the street from its former location. Their...
Two fishermen found dead off Yagaji Island [News]
Officers from the Nago Fire Department and Nago Coast Guard Station found the bodies of two missing fishermen off Yagaji Island in the Haneji Inland Sea Monday morning. The two had...
Junior high school boy dies after being by hit car [News]
Yuma Tomori, a junior high school student, died after being hit by a car driven by a beautician from Urasoe, Saturday, about 11:15 p.m. The accident took place on route 330 at the ...
Passenger’s scissors cause Naha Airport to shut down [News]
A pair of scissors dropped by an arriving passenger at Naha Airport’s domestic terminal triggered a security panic that caused officials to close the airport for nearly three hours...
Talks under way on base land return schedule [News]
The Japanese government sources say that negotiators aim to conclude talks with the United States to establish a timeline for the return of land currently occupied by the U.S. Mari...
“Uta-no Hi Concert” to be held in Kadena Town first time [News]
The “Uta-no Hi Concert” or the “Song Day Concert” will be held at Kaneku Kaihin Park in Kadena Town on Jun. 29. A famous band from Ishigaki Island called “BEGIN” visited the Kadena...
Security cameras to be installed on Kokusai Street [News]
Yoshiaki Uehara, the representative for the Shopping District Promotion Association of Kokusai Street in Naha, Morishige Oshiro, the commissioner of the Naha Police Station, and Ta...
Okinawa Convention Bureau promotes Okinawa in Russia [News]
The Okinawa Convention Bureau that is the authority for promoting Okinawa, and attracting tourists from overseas, gave a presentation on the virtues of the island at the 20th Mosco...
Okinawa Zoo Bengal Tiger dies [News]
A staff member of the Okinawa Zoo Park found Shima, the Bengal tiger in the zoo, dead in his enclosure in the morning of Mar. 22. Shima was a male Bengal tiger, and died at the age...
2013.03.27
U.S., Japan make plans for problems in Senkakus [News]
With China’s increased presence in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in southwest Okinawa Prefecture, Japanese and U.S. officials have begun making “worst-case” contingency p...
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