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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
Electricity to cost more for Okinawa residents [News]
With the weaker year pushing up the cost of oil, the main energy sources for Okinawa Electric Power Co. the firm is planning an increase in the utility fees it charges for consumer...
Chinese military admits radar lock on Japanese destroyer [News]
For the first time, Chinese military officials are agreeing with the Japan Coast Guard, but only by admitting one of its frigates locked radar on a Japanese destroyer in the disput...
Naha planning large-scale animal shelter facility [News]
Naha City is planning to upgrade a multi-purpose land project in Gushi area by adding an animal saving shelter. The city is planning to develop a large piece of land in Gushi, next...
Fighting bull suspected of killing its elderly caretaker [News]
An emergency call to Uruma Fire Department reported a man lying on the ground next to a bull, on the afternoon of Mar. 17. The man was taken to a hospital in a cardio respiratory a...
Mini truck in hit and run accident in Itoman [News]
A mini-truck hit a man crossing the road in Ozato, Itoman, Mar. 14. The victim suffered a head injury, but the mini truck did not stop, but drive away from the scene. According to ...
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Okinawa Cellular retains naming rights for Onoyama Stadium [News]
Okinawa Cellular Co. has been granted the first place to negotiate with Naha City for the naming rights of the Onoyama Baseball Stadium. Okinawa Cellular Co., which is running the ...
Ishigaki man dies in heavy rain induced flash flood [News]
The whole Okinawa region experienced heavy rains and strong winds, Monday, and Ishigaki Island had the heaviest rainfall ever on record for March. The record-heavy rainfall on Ishi...
Funds for posting GSDF unit on Yonaguni sought [News]
According to recent press reports, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said that the government plans to post a Ground Self-Defense Force unit on Yonaguni Island. The move is sc...
Chinese surveillance ships again venture into Japanese waters [News]
It’s becoming almost commonplace, and adding to the missions of the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters in Naha, as more Chinese surveillance vessels show up in Japanese waters....
First evacuation building agreement in Nago [News]
Nago City, Kouki district, AJ Kouki Resort Hotel and Okinawa Suncoast Hotel signed an agreement on March 6 that makes the hotel buildings available as temporary emergency evacuatio...
Great Tohoku Earthquake refugees to Okinawa reach 1062. [News]
According to officials at Okinawa Prefecture, the number of refugees who have applied for help under the Disaster Relief Act and have evacuated to Okinawa from areas affected by th...
Worker dies in construction accident in Ginowan [News]
Katsuhiko Gushiken, a 26-year-old construction worker who worked at the building site of a new elementary school in Oyama, Ginowan City died when a boom of a concrete pumping crane...
Car hits high school girl athletes in Onna Village [News]
A car driven by a man who works at a restaurant in Yomitan Village hit a line of female high school students who were visiting Okinawa for wrestling training, on Hwy 58 in Onna Vil...
Scooter gang robs store clerk in Nago [News]
A gang of youths riding on motor scooters robbed a liquor store clerk of his pouch while he also was on his scooter in the Miyazato district of Nago City, Saturday. According to Na...
JASDF F-15 flat tire closes Naha Airport [News]
An Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighter jet had a flat tire when it landed on Naha Airport Tuesday afternoon, causing a temporary shutdown of the airport’s runway. The shutdow...
Chinese vessels continue to sail near Senkakus [News]
It’s becoming a near-everyday occurrence, the steady stream of Chinese vessels venturing into Japanese territorial waters in southwestern Okinawa Prefecture. In the past week, seve...
Nago’s fishing cooperative gives thumbs up to Henoko landfill [News]
In one of the first endorsements of the Henoko replacement airfield for Futenma Marine Corps Air Station in a long while, the head of a fishermen’s cooperative in Nago has announce...
Japan arrests Chinese boat captain near Miyakojima [News]
The Japan Coast Guard has arrested the captain of a Chinese coral collecting boat on charges of operating in Japan’s exclusive economic zone without permission. A coast guard...
Education for teachers urged regarding food allergies [News]
The Board of Education of Naha announced that four children were taken to a hospital by an ambulance due to anaphylaxis allergic symptoms caused by a school-provided lunch. The chi...
Okinawa women lose No. 1 spot in life expectancy [News]
The latest figures on life expectancy in each prefecture in Japan that the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare published this week, sent shock waves through the officials at Okin...
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