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Obon is time for family gathering to rem… [CULTURE CURRENT ISSUE]
For three days starting on Tuesday, August 25th through Thursday, August 27th, many privately owned businesses on Okinawa will close their ...Read More
Day of Naha: Immerse Yourself in the Cap… [Community CURRENT ISSUE]
July 8th is Naha Day in Okinawa. This special occasion originated from the use of play-on-words or rather, a play-on-numbers. Naha’s two syl...Read More
June 23rd, Okinawa’s Peace Memorial Day [CURRENT ISSUE]
June 23rd is ‘Irei-no Hi’. This is Okinawa’s Peace Memorial Day. It is a prefectural holiday formally recognized in 1961. It is to memoriali...Read More
2014.07.23
Japan accused of concealing base relocation details [News]
Heated allegations are flying across Okinawa and new revelations are showing Japan’s been less than forthcoming about the extent of the massive base relocation program in Nago City...
Ospreys to move until construction complete at Henoko [Military]
Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera mentioned at a press conference, Tuesday, the possibility of temporary use of the Saga Airport in the northwestern Kyushu in the case ope...
Okinawa worst in alcohol related death toll [News]
Statistics from the first half of the year from January through June show that the number of fatal accidents and injuries related to alcohol consumption was much higher in Okinawa ...
Hotel Orion Motobu to open this weekend [Business]
A private pre-opening introduction was held, Tuesday, at the new Hotel Orion Motobu Resort & Spa in Bise, Motobu Town. The hotel will officially open for business this Saturday...
Opposition party wows to go with Onaga all the way [Politics]
The Gubernatorial Candidate Selection Committee consisting of five groups, the Social Democratic Party, People’s Life Party, Communist Party, Socialist Masses Party and the O...
Buoys brought to Camp Schwab before dawn [News]
Trucks contracted by the Okinawa Defense Bureau carried equipment and materials into Camp Schwab, Sunday morning before dawn, for starting the drilling surveys on the sea floor tha...
Satellite, SNS to be used to provide tourism information [News]
Kumejima is scheduled to begin a special verification program from November called “Okinawa’s remote island G space city construction project.” It’s a new program...
JTA begins direct fights between Kumejima and Tokyo [News]
Japan Transocean Air (JTA) has begun direct flights from Kumejima to Tokyo from Jul. 18th. The first direct flight from Tokyo with 129 passengers onboard landed at Kumejima Airport...
Tourist dies in hotel pool [News]
One man died and another was hospitalized in critical condition in two water-related accidents over the three-day weekend. A 32-year-old male tourist who had been swimming in the p...
Infant left in car dies [News]
A 5-month-old infant boy died in the beginning of June after his mother left him in her car on a pachinko parlor parking lot Tomigusuku in southern Okinawa. The woman, identified a...
Nakaima announces intention to run for third term [Politics]
The incumbent Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima has confirmed his intention to run for the third term in the office. He stated his intention to run at a meeting in a hotel in Naha ...
Pieces of metal found in brown sugar [News]
The brown sugar producing company Hateruma Sugar Industry announced Jul. 18 that three small pieces of metal was discovered mixed with the bags of product after they were shipped t...
Okisho to represent Okinawa at Koshien [Sports]
The 96th Okinawa High School Baseball Championship game to decide which team is the best among the high schools on Okinawa was held Sunday at the Koza Shinkin Stadium in Okinawa Ci...
Kokusai Street 10,000 Eisa Parade to be Aug. 2 & 3 [News]
The organizing committee of the 2014 Naha Summer Festival announced that the annual 10,000 Eisa Parade would be held on Aug. 3 with the pre-event set for the previous day on Aug. 2...
2014.07.20
Famed budo martial arts sensei teaches body control [Sports]
Akira Hino can best be described as a specialist, studying Japanese traditional Budo, then carrying it a step further with the “Hino Method” to zero in on controlling the body’s co...
November Governor election shapes to be fight over Henoko [Politics]
According to local press reports, Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima has decided to seek a third term in the office. Reportedly, Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga is also considering a run i...
2014.07.18
Omiya jumps leagues to play for Golden Kings [Sports]
Hiromasa Omiya is a seven-year basketball professional, but he’s launching a somewhat new career this fall as a member of the Ryukyu Golden Kings. He comes to Okinawa from a year w...
ANA offers Golden Kings Cheer-up Tour [Sports]
ANA is offering a tour package called “Cheer Up Golden Kings!” The package offer the tour and accommodations for watching the game of Golden Kings that is scheduled to take place a...
San-A Main Place to expand [Business]
San-A is starting work of expanding and upgrading its San-A Main Place shopping mall in Omoromachi, Naha City. The work is scheduled to begin on Jul. 22nd. According to the plan, t...
Major Tokyo investment fund buys DFS Okinawa building [Business]
A major Tokyo infrastructure investment trust fund is moving to purchase the land and building of the DFS T Galleria, a large duty free shop in Omoromachi, Naha City, according to ...
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