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Okinawa marks 52nd anniversary of revers… [Politics]
May 15th marked the 52nd anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion to the Japanese administration in 1972. According to published figures, the Japa...Read More
‘Year of the Dragon’ 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
Pro-Baseball Spring Training 2024 [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
2014.10.19
bj-League’s 10th season brings new excitement [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
By Jun Ikemura The Basketball Japan League –of which the Ryukyu Golden Kings are the reigning champions—is celebrating its 10th anniversary this season, bringing new faces, teams a...
Saving Rai fund achieves target of ¥215 million [News]
The Charity of Saving Rai has surpassed the target figure of ¥215 million to pay for a heart transplant in the U.S. to 12-year-old Rai Matsushima from Chatan. The fund administrato...
Skymark to run direct flights between Okinawa and Hokkaido [Business]
Skymark Airlines, one of Japan’s first low-cost carriers, announced a plan to run direct flights between Naha and Sapporo in Hokkaido for a limited time period from Jan. 29, 2015 t...
2014.10.17
Japan Flyboard championships Sunday in Nishihara [Sports]
It’s a sport unlike any other, crossing watercraft activity with the participant strapping into a pair of boots and then being propelled skyward over the open waters. It’s flyboard...
2014.10.15
Golden Kings tested before sweeping road series [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings had a few heart-stopping moments in Takamatsu before they began demonstrating championship form and pulled out a pair of wins over the Takamatsu Five Arrows...
Typhoon Vongfong damages agricultural, marine products [News]
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the Okinawa Prefectural Government, has published an estimate of damages typhoon Vongfong inflicted on agricultural and mar...
Ginowan Shinmachi to get facelift, community center [News]
Ginowan City Mayor Atsushi Sakima has presented a plan to construct a community center at the former site of so called Shinmachi in Maehara, Ginowan City. Shinmachi used to be know...
Okinawa brown sugar maker obtains Halal certification [Business]
As of Oct. 3rd, the Nippon Asia Halal Association has certified 20 brown sugar products of Ryukyu Kokuto Co., a brown sugar maker in Okinawa, as genuine Halal. This marks the first...
Crooks trying to make off with charity donation boxes [News]
A man claiming to represent the ‘Charity of Saving Rai,’ a community effort to collect money for a life saving heart transplant for 12-year-old Rai Matsushima from Chatan, tried to...
2013 demographic statistics of Okinawa published [News]
The Okinawa Prefecture Department of Public Health and Medical Care released on Oct. 9th a report on the population statistics of Okinawa in 2013. According to the report, the numb...
Purported victim of robbery in Shuri arrested for theft [News]
A parking lot attendant who claimed that he had been the victim of a robbery on Oct. 6. in Shur-Mawashi, was himself arrested on Oct. 8. The man told police that an unknown assaila...
Vongfong passes over Okinawa, 31 injured [News]
Typhoon Vongfong passed over Okinawa, Saturday, injuring 31 people, most of them slightly, and brought with it copious amounts of rain. The typhoon had largely left Okinawa by Sund...
Royal Holdings to open in-flight meal plant in Naha [Business]
Fukuoka In-flight Catering Co., an affiliate company of Royal Holdings that manages restaurants and hotels across the county, is planning to build a plant near the airport in Naha...
Kina refuses to quit governor race even if booted from party [Politics]
Former Upper House lawmaker and well-known Okinawan musician Shokichi Kina is stead-fast in his determination to run for Okinawa governor’s seat despite the Democratic Party of Jap...
Okinawa Prefecture plans for own PR song [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Office is calling for creating a PR song for Okinawa mainly to attract tourists to the prefecture. Eisho Higa, the vocalist with a popular band ‘Begin’ from...
Intersections with most fatalities or injuries named [News]
According to Okinawa Prefectural Police, about 44.7% of traffic accidents resulting in an injury or death in Okinawa during 2013 occurred at intersections. Those accidents numbere...
Demonstrators circle Prefectural Office [News]
A large-scale demonstration opposing the relocation of MCAS Futenma and construction of a new base to Camp Schwab off Henoko in Nago took place Thursday at the Prefecture Office in...
Air Force Ospreys tagged for Kadena may go to Tokyo [Military]
A dozen CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft slated for deployment to Kadena Air Base on Okinawa may instead find themselves at home at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo. A Japanese government ...
Body of last missing Airman found [Military]
A combined Japanese Coast Guard–U.S. Air Force rescue and recovery team found the body of the last of the three Airmen, Wednesday, who were swept out to the sea by high waves cause...
2014.10.09
Golden Kings split opening weekend series [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings jumped strong out of the starting blocks in their season opener on the road, upending Western Conference foe Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix 77-67 on Saturd...
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