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Okinawa Expressway Renewal Work Starts J… [CURRENT ISSUE LIFE Living]
NEXCO, the company operating the Okinawa Expressway announces that Expressway renewal works start from January 6th to April 28th in 2026 bet...Read More
Itoman Tug-of-War marks end of summer [CULTURE CURRENT ISSUE ENTERTAINMENT]
Many Okinawan farmers and fishermen, in some form or fashion, pay tribute to the Gods, seeking their blessing and favor for a great harvest ...Read More
Awamori "Ku-su" Day [CURRENT ISSUE LIFE]
September 4th is the “Ku-su Day”, with September = ‘9’ which is pronounced ‘kyu’ or ‘ku’ in Japanese, and ‘4’ being pronounced ‘...Read More
Demonstrators plan to circle Prefectural Building on Oct. 9th [News]
Diet members from Okinawa, and representatives of the four opposition parties in the Prefectural Assembly have decided to organize a demonstration on Oct. 9, and join hands circlin...
Youth, junior high students arrested for group assault [News]
Yonabaru Police arrested a 16-year-old unemployed boy and a 15-year-old construction worker, Sunday, on suspicion of assaulting a 15-year-old junior high school student. Two other...
Oct. 5 Uruma City Assembly election campaign begins [Politics]
The start of official campaign for the Uruma City Assembly election was announced on Sep. 28th. In the election, 35 candidates vie for 30 seats. The election day is October 5th an...
2014.09.29
Roller Derby for a good cause [Sports]
Hand-jive back in time with The Kokeshi Roller Dolls for an edge-of-your-seat bout sponsored by Kadena Special Olympics. Roller Derby action is coming up Oct. 11th at Marine Hangar...
Police to start cracking down on drivers’ sunshades [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Police announced that it would commence a crack down campaign on sunshades and other objects covering driver’s side windows or windscreen. By law, drivers c...
McDonalds to start delivery service on Okinawa on Oct. 2nd [News]
McDonald’s Japan announced that it will start a new delivery service called ‘Mac Delivery’ at two stores; Kokusai Street Makishi for Naha area and Ohira Inter for Urasoe from Octob...
Free show to attract tourists to commence in Mihama [News]
Chatan Town Tourist Association, Mihama American Village Association and Jumbo Tours will join forces in organizing a series of events under title “Night Tourism Entertainment Show...
Masatoshi Onaga declines to run for Naha Mayor [Politics]
One of the leading candidates in the upcoming Naha City Mayoral election, Masatoshi Onaga, the Prefecture Assembly Deputy Chairman and Vice President of the LDP Okinawa Chapter, to...
Large number of undersea vent chimneys found off Kume [News]
Japan Coast Guard announced Sep. 19th that so far the biggest group of vent chimneys, also known as hydrothermal vents, within Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) was found in th...
Two more Korean airlines to start on Naha–Seoul route [Business]
Travel between Seoul in South Korea and Naha is becoming a little easier as two Korean airline companies, LCC carriers Jeju Air and T’way Airlines will each start a service of one ...
Okinawa tourism income 2013 hits record high [Business]
The Okinawa Prefectural Department of Culture, Tourism and Sports announced on Sep. 19th that tourism income in fiscal 2013 increased by 12.1% to ¥447.868 billion setting a new rec...
2014.09.21
Takazato distillery features plenty of local flavor [Business]
The awamori’s awamori, but in northern Okinawa’s Ogimi Village, the products from Takazato distillery are also focused on special bottles and labels that promote their region. Taka...
Mikio Shimoji presents his Okinawa vision for Governor race [Politics]
Mikio Shimoji, who has declared his candidacy in the November gubernatorial election, and is the former Minister in Charge of Privatizing the Postal Service, held a press conferenc...
Okinawa has more underweight babies than national average [News]
According to Okinawa Prefecture officials, Okinawan mothers give birth to more low-weight babies than the rest of Japan. Official statistics show that whereas 10.3 % of babies born...
LDP, New Komeito name candidates for Naha mayoral election [Politics]
The LDP Okinawa Chapter held its first meeting of the Naha Mayor Selection Committee, Tuesday. At the meeting, the committee members presented a list of five possible candidates. ...
Shokichi Kina to run in November gubernatorial race [Politics]
The Okinawa Democratic Party of Japan announced its intention to field a candidate, Shokichi Kina, a former member of the House of Councilors, in the gubernatorial race on Nov. 16t...
First Muslim friendly hotel opens in Okinawa [Business]
Hotel Yugafu Inn Okinawa in Nago became the first NPO Nippon Asia Halal Association certified Muslim friendly hotel in Okinawa. The hotel offers dedicated services of food and gue...
Morton Halperin visits Okinawa first time in 47 years [News]
Morton Halperin who served as a senior negotiator of the U.S. Government at the reversion of Okinawa to Japan talks visited Okinawa yesterday for the first time in 47 years. Durin...
Futenma’s replacement heating up political landscape [Politics]
Okinawa’s gubernatorial election is now two months away, and Governor Hirokazu Nakaima’s challenger says he’ll vigorously oppose the planned project to relocate the controversial F...
Suga wows government goal to stop Futenma operations by 2019 [Politics]
Visiting Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told Governor Hirokazu Nakaima during their meeting, Wednesday, that the Japanese government aims to stop the use of MCAS Futenma in...
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