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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
2014.02.13
And this week’s winner is… [Weekly Winners]
The winner of the weekly raffle this time is Ken Gamon, who won a pair of tickets to the Ryukyu Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra “Io” concert that was held at Okinawa Convention Cent...
2014.02.12
Au Shop Kokutai projects new image [Business]
Au shop on Kokutai Street outside Kadena Air Base celebrated their renewal opening, Monday, after renovating the shop to give it a new and fresh image. To celebrate the occasion, t...
Marriage mall established in Ginowan [News]
As a way to tackle the declining birth rates, government and private businesses have established a center to provide support in finding a marriage partner. The new center is named ...
Ryu Shichinohe wins judo’s 100 kg weight class in Paris [Sports]
Naha Nishi High School alumni Ryu Shichinobe won the 100-kg class in the Judo Grand Slam tournament that was held in Paris. Sunday. In the tournament there were a total of seven we...
Kume Island erects monument to celebrate Rakuten’s baseball championship [Sports]
Kume Island unveiled a monument, Feb. 2, in honor of pro-baseball team Rakuten Eagles’ last season championship. Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles conducts their annual spring training ...
Electricity to cost more from April [News]
Because of the Japanese consumption tax is going up from 5% to 8% starting Apr. 1, the Okinawa Electric Co. will raise their rates as well. A typical home on Okinawa consumes on av...
2014.02.11
Golden Kings dominate at home [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Same song, but different verse, as the Golden Kings for the third time this season are on their way with another winning streak, this time hammering the hapless Osaka Evessa in fro...
Okiham aims to make softshell turtles new success product [Business]
Okiham Co. has succeeded in breeding and growing softshell turtles in an industrial scale, and has developed a new commercial product that has been for sale on store shelves from t...
Heavy rains cause landslides in Nakagusuku [News]
Heavy rains from Sunday evening through Monday caused two landslides in Tsuha, Nakagusuku, and Shimabukuro, Kitanakagusuku, Both occurred within home yards but there was no damage ...
18 Naha flights canceled because of snow in mainland [News]
Heavy snow in Tokyo and surrounding areas over the past couple of days has been recorded throughout the region. Sunday, at least 18 flights landing and departing from Naha Airport ...
2014.02.10
Kyued Up – using business to design the future of Okinawa! [Business]
By Edo Heinrich-Sanchez Kyued Up is a pioneering initiative that brings together scientists, designers and entrepreneurs to propose new businesses for Okinawa and you can be part o...
2014.02.09
Second Naha airport runway moves to construction [Business]
Talk of the need for Naha International Airport to expand with a second runway is over; full scale construction of the new 2,700-meter runway is set to begin this month. Land recla...
2014.02.08
New Kitanakagusuku AEON mall to be named “Okinawa Rycom” [Business]
The largest shopping mall complex in Okinawa now under construction at the former Awase Golf Course site in Kitanakagusuku is to be called AEON Mall Okinawa Rycom according to an A...
Drunk driver sentenced to five years in prison [News]
The 20-year-old university student who lost control of his car while drunk, and ran over two people on a sidewalk killing one and injuring the other in November, was sentenced to f...
Number of influenza cases reaches 4,000 [News]
People in Okinawa Prefecture are sneezing in the grip of a flu epidemic in increasing numbers, according to data compiled by Okinawa Prefecture Health Promotion Division, as the nu...
2014.02.07
Nago tinkering with ways to block Henoko move [Politics]
Little more than a month after Okinawa’s governor approved plans for a massive land reclamation project paving the way for creation of a new airfield in the Henoko district of Nago...
2014.02.07
Pro baseball teams start spring training on Okinawa [Sports]
By Bill Charles It’s hard to decide whether to be humming “Baby It’s Cold Outside” or “Take me out to the ball game”, because both fit the bill for this week’s blustery, windy weat...
China contemplates a southern ADIZ [Politics]
It’s not official yet, but international observers are echoing Japanese news reports that China is giving serious consideration to creating a new Air Defense Identification Zone (A...
Multinational Cobra Gold Exercise starts Tuesday [Military]
One of the largest Asia-Pacific military exercises involving U.S. Marines from Okinawa kicks off Tuesday at various locations around Thailand. The recurring multinational and multi...
2014.02.05
Golden Kings hit snag at Iwate [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Two people plunged the dagger into the collective heart of the high flying Ryukyu Golden Kings Saturday, smashing a seven-game winning stretch and causing only the team’s second lo...
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