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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
Okinawa women score high as business leaders [Business]
The highest number of women leading Japanese companies is in Aomori, while Okinawa’s close behind in second place. A survey by Teikoku Databank Fukuoka says Kyushu and Okinawa area...
Resort hotels springing up in Mihama [Business]
Resort hotels and condominiums appealing to a wide range of pocketbooks are popping up in the Mihama district of Chatan Town. Ten years ago there were no hotels in Mihama, and now ...
Elementary student critical after snorkeling mishap [News]
A ten-year-old elementary school student vacationing in Zamami Village from Shiga Prefecture is in critical condition following an incident while snorkeling. The youngster was at N...
Yaeyama aggressively promoting Skymark Airlines [Business]
Cooperative associations in the Yaeyama district want increases in tourism and business, and to insure they’re getting the best services possible, they’re encouraging Ishigaki resi...
Taiwanese hotel group to build hotel on theater site [Business]
The Kokusai Street site of the historic Kokuei Kan Theater is soon to become a hotel. Unro Kanko, the L’Hotel de chine, is planning to manage a new hotel slated for construction on...
Nursery school students confirmed with e-coli O111 [News]
Four Okinawa nursery school students are confirmed to have contracted Enerohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O111, e-coli. Three of the children have diarrheal symptoms, but none have b...
Irate cow gores two men, killing one [News]
One Ishigaki man is dead and another hospitalized after a cow on the Okawa stock farm in Shiraho, Ishigaki, went on a rampage and gored the two men as they were cleaning the barn. ...
Japan hears U.S. cautions over handling Futenma [Politics]
Fearful of increased local opposition to the relocation of Futenma Marine Corps Air Station, a U.S. congressional think tank is speaking out to both Japanese and American governmen...
Creative Wabori tattoos are Chatan shop specialty [Business]
A new tattoo emporium is open in Chatan Town, and artisans Jin and Daisuke are offering an extensive variety of designs. Dope Tattoo is celebrating its grand opening through the en...
Large-scale demonstrations planned in front of Camp Schwab Gate [News]
Okinawan diet members and representatives of the four opposition parties in the Prefecture Assembly decided at a meeting, Monday, to organize a large rally against the construction...
Tatami Stone Beach on Kume designated Natural Treasure [News]
So called Tatatami Stone Beach on Kume Island was officially designated National Natural Treasure as notified in the Official Journal on July 29th. According to the Cultural Divisi...
Nine people rescued from Genka river flash flood [News]
Nago City Fire Station got an emergency call Sunday afternoon reporting that nine people of a family on a picnic had been stranded on a sandbar about eight kilometers upstream of G...
Kadena airman arrested on suspicion of DUI [News]
A 20-year-old airman stationed on Kadena Air Base was arrested on suspicion of driving under influence, Sunday morning. Ginowan Police arrested Shawn Tress after his car hit a mini...
Ryukyu Dragon Pro-wrestling star-studded matches [Sports]
The biggest names in professional wrestling – from the United States to mainland Japan and here on Okinawa — are preparing for the Koza Battle Festa 3, Sat., Aug. 23, night, in Oki...
AEON to set up tax-free counter [Business]
Manabu Boike, president of AEON Ryukyu, said Thursday that his company plans to set up a tax-free service counter at AEON Chatan store this October. According to the plan, all AEON...
Ryubo to go through major renovation this fall [Business]
Department store Ryubo in Kumoji, Naha, is scheduled to go through an extensive renovation project this fall. On the first floor, two new cafés are scheduled to open, ’Gino’ servin...
Defense Bureau sets buoys off Camp Schwab [News]
Okinawa Defense Bureau contractors installed buoys and floats to cordon off an area, Friday, where the landfill work for the runways of the MCAS Futenma replacement facility is sch...
Kumejima no Kumesen 22nd booze maker in nation [Business]
Research firm Teikoku Data Bank, Fukuoka Branch, published 2013 rankings of shochu and awamori makers in Japan by sales value, Tuesday. The number one is Kirishima Distillery from ...
Woman drowns at Naminoue Beach [News]
A man passing by noticed a woman floating on the ocean off Naminoue Beach in Naha, Tuesday morning The passerby immediately called for help from his cell phone and a rescue team ar...
Eight-year-old boy drowns at Ishigaki beach [News]
An eight-year-old boy visiting Ishigaki Island with his family drowned while snorkeling about 40-meters off a beach in Ishigaki, around noon on Tuesday. According to Yaeyama Police...