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・2/25 – 2/26 Yomitan Yachimun Market @ Farmers Market Yunta Ichiba in Yomitan village 10:00~17:00 Free to enter https://www.yomitan-sy...Read More
Pro-Baseball Spring Training 2023 [Family Sports]
Okinawa is the southernmost prefecture in Japan, and that means it’s the warmest place in the country in the wintertime. Because of that, ma...Read More
‘Year of the Rabbit’ begins in Okinawan … [CULTURE CURRENT ISSUE]
Legend has it that Buddha asked all animals to meet him on the Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after each one, and an...Read More
Makishi Public Market is busiest spot in Naha [News]
According to a traffic count and shopping street survey commissioned by Naha City in 2016, the busiest area in the city during weekdays is the northeastern part of Makishi Public M...
Awamori gets theme song [News]
The Okinawa Awamori Distillers’ Association presemted Monday a theme song titled “Moriagarou!” (Cheer up!) composed by a popular local band Kiiyama Shoten. According to the associa...
Orion revives “Orion Cider” soda pop for one year [News]
Orion Breweries Ltd., the maker of Orion Beer, is reviving on a limited basis “Orion Cider,” a soda pop that was popular in Okinawa during the 1970’s and 80’s. Orion Cider will be ...
U.S. airman arrested on DUI, hit and run suspicion [News]
Kadena Police arrested a 24-year-old airman Monday on suspicion of a hit-and-run. He is also suspected of having been under influence when the accident happened. According to polic...
Ai Miyazato to retire from professional golf [Sports]
Ai Miyazato, former world No.1 woman golf player and the winner of nine LPGA tournaments, made and unexpected announcement Friday that she would retire from professional golf at th...
Itoman police officer busted for sex with minor [News]
Okinawa Prefectureal Police announced Friday the arrest of 26-year-old Rikito Shimoji, a police officer at Itoman Police Station, on suspicion of violating the Prefectural Ordinanc...
Man killed after being pushed down stairs [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested 67-year-old Masanori Shimoji, Saturday, on suspicion of causing a bodily injury resulting in death. According to police, Shimoji is suspected of pushin...
Awase fishermen catch 335kg giant tuna [News]
A Pacific bluefin tuna weighing 335 kilograms was offloaded Sunday at Awase Fishing Port in Okinawa City. According to Manabu Uesato, the captain of Rua-maru, the boat that had cau...
Survey charts favorites of prospective foreign first-time visitors [News]
The Okinawa Convention Bureau (OCVB) recently conducted a survey on things visitors would like to buy and restaurants they want to visit. 892 first-time visitors from Taiwan, Hong ...
Kadena Gate 1 to be moved to alleviate traffic congestion [News]
The Japanese Ministry of Defense started ea study to move the Kadena Air Base Gate 1 on Highway 58 south of its current location in order to alleviate the traffic congestion in the...
Taiwanese mother and baby released from hospital, return to Taiwan [News]
A 20-year-old Taiwanese woman who gave birth prematurely while visiting Okinawa and her baby boy returned to Taiwan Wednesday evening. She had pay ¥8.5 million in medical costs bec...
OCVB multilingual tourist info inquiries increased 9% in 2016 [News]
Okinawa Convention and Visitors Bureau (OCVB) announced an analysis of the usage of its multilingual contact center for foreign tourists in 2016. According to the analysis, the cen...
Arcade Resort Okinawa Hotel & Café open in Okinawa City [News]
The Arcade Resort Okinawa Hotel & Café, a facility built in renovated vacant stores in the Ichibankan shopping arcade in Okinawa City, and managed by a nonprofit organization “...
Police warn women on increasing sexual assault incidents [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police is warning women to be careful when they walk alone, especially when entering deserted areas late in the evening, as there has been 27 reported incidents...
Yamauchi named MVP at Asian Women’s Volleyball C’ships [Sports]
Misaki Yamauchi, the captain of Japan Women’s National U-23 Volleyball Team from Itoman, was awarded the Individual MVP Award for the second Asian Women’s Volleyball U-23 Champions...
2017.05.25
Norio Sassa to replace Tsutomu Isa as King’s head coach [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Tsutomu Isa, the current head coach of the Ryukyu Golden Kings will leave his position at the end of this season. He will pass the helm to Norio Sassa, currently an assistant coach...
Okinawa City taxi driver arrested for hit and run [News]
Okinawa Police arrested a 75-year-old taxi driver, Monday, on suspicion of negligent driving resulting in injury and leaving the scene of an accident. According to police, taxi dri...
Over 20 million passengers go through Naha Airport [News]
More than 20 million passengers went through the domestic and international terminals of Naha Airport during fiscal 2016. It marks the first time the total number of passengers exc...
Japan’s oldest human bones excavated on Ishigaki Island [News]
The Okinawa Buried Cultural Property Investigation Center announced Friday that human bones from the Old Stone Age were excavated from the Shiraho Saonetabaru Cave. The archaeologi...
Okinawan Daigo Higa wins flyweight World Champion title [Sports]
The World Boxing Council flyweight title match was held on the night of May 20 at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo. In the fight, 21-year-old Daigo Higa from Okinawa faced 30-year-old Juan...
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