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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
Okinawa marks 54th anniversary of revers… [Politics]
May 15th marked the 54th anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion to the Japanese administration in 1972. According to published figures, the Japa...Read More
Pilot shortage hurting Peach Aviation [News]
A surging Peach Aviation has been dealt setbacks by a shortage of pilots, and is now being forced to cancel flights in the busy summer season. Peach may have to cancel some 2,072 f...
Elderly woman found dead off Yomitan seashore [News]
A 79-year-old woman was found floating close to the shore in Tokeshi, Yomitan Village, Wednesday afternoon. She was transferred to a hospital in cardiopulmonary arrest, but attempt...
Man arrested for hiring underage prostitute [News]
Naha Police arrested a 43-year-old man from Ikehara, Okinawa City, Wednesday, on suspicion of paying for sex with an underage girl. Investigators say Shinji Shimabukuro contacted a...
Woman suspected of arson in Ishigaki guesthouse fire [News]
Yaeyama Police arrested a 32-year-old woman, Apr. 29, on suspicion of setting a two-story guesthouse on fire in Okawa, Ishigaki City. The woman who was staying in the facility as a...
Higashi Village introduces new playground [News]
The Azalea Eco Park in Higashi Village opened a new playground for children on Apr. 21st, called “Waku-waku Pineapple Land” After an opening ceremony, children took charge of the n...
Peach Aviation flight nearly misses landing in Naha [News]
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced Apr. 29th that the pilot of a Peach Aviation Airbus A320-200 aircraft en route from Ishigaki to Naha Naha Airp...
Bank ATMs to run normal hours through the Golden Week [News]
Banks in Okinawa have announced their ATM operation hours during the Golden Week. The Bank of the Ryukyus, Okinawa Bank, Okinawa Kaiho Bank, Koza Shinkin Ginko and Okinawa Roudou K...
Kijimuna Festa to be renewed under private leadership [News]
Kijimuna Festa, a children’s theatrical festival that was ran in Okinawa City venues annually for several years but was earlier this year put on hiatus due to some murky dealings i...
Okinawa to equal “Cute” [News]
Asobisystem Co., Ltd., best known for managing artist Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, is going to start a new project to develop tourism contents for Okinawa. The company is credited with havin...
New mayor wants military to partially ease curfew [News]
The newly elected mayor of Okinawa City, Sachio Kuwae, did not wait long to let it be known that he has the ear of local Okinawa City businesses. In an interview after the election...
Habu discovered to have swallowed four Yambaru Kuina [News]
Yasuhiro Makishi was on a hunt for habu snakes to use to make habu sake on Monday when he caught one. What he did not expect was the surprise when he opened the poisonous snake and...
Ichibangai welcomes Hokkaido and Tohoku specialty shop [Business]
A store selling products from Hokkaido and Tohoku region, the six northernmost prefectures of mainland Japan, opened in the Ichibangai shopping mall in Chuo, Okinawa City, on Satur...
House fire leaves father and son dead in Yomitan [News]
A wooden house caught fire and a neighbor alerted local fire department in Kina, Yomitan Village, late Saturday afternoon. According to Kadena Police and Nirai Fire Station, the 60...
2014.04.30
Chura Umi Aquarium antenna shop opens [Business]
The first antenna shop of the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, “Umi Churara”, opened on Kokusai Street in Kumoji, Naha City, on Apr. 26th. The shop stocks some 400 original Churaumi Aqua...
Chinese ships once again venture into the Senkakus [News]
Only days after U.S. President Barack Obama promised Japan he’d support this Asian nation against anyone messing with it, China responded by sending a pair of its Coast Guard ships...
2014.04.28
Golden Kings set new season record [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings closed the season in flamboyant style, sweeping the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix in front of the mainland team’s home fans, while at the same time establ...
Sachio Kuwae elected new Okinawa City Mayor [Politics]
Sachio Kuwae won the Okinawa City mayoral election, Sunday. In the election, in which 58-year-old Kuwae faced 64-year-old former Okinawa City Deputy Mayor Yoshinori Shimabukuro, Ku...
New book depicts Okinawa from foreigners’ perspective [News]
Tuttle Publishing Singapore has published an Okinawa guidebook in English titled “Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands” aimed at foreign visitors to the islands. The guidebook is availab...
Observatory predicts cold Golden Week [News]
The Okinawa Meteorological Observatory sent out an early warning on Apr. 24th, saying Okinawa is likely to experience abnormal weather during the Golden Week holidays from Apr. 29 ...
LDP requests reconsideration of inter-island airfare hikes [News]
The Okinawa Chapter of the Liberal Democratic Party has requested two local airlines to reconsider their planned hike of airfares between Okinawa and outer islands of the prefectur...
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