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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
Office worker arrested for using counterfeit bills [News]
Urasoe Police has arrested a 25-year-old office worker, Jan. 23, on suspicion of using a fake 10,000-yen bill.. According to police investigators, Yasushi Yamashita is suspected of...
AAFES movies Jan. 25 ~ 31 [CURRENT ISSUE]
Kadena Theater ADMISSION PRICES Adult $6.00, Child $3.25 3D movies Adult $8.00 Child $5.25 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 01/25 (Sat) 1200 The Nut Job 3D PG 1500 Ride Along PG13 1800...
Prosecutors demand 6-year jail term for drunk driver [News]
Prosecutors are demanding a six-year jail term for a 20-year-old university student that ran over two persons on a sidewalk while drunk, killing one and injuring the other in Novem...
Cruise ship with 2,200 Chinese tourists visits Naha [News]
An Italian large cruise ship Costa Atlantica entered Naha Port, Wednesday morning with some 2,200 passengers onboard. The cruise was a round trip from Shanghai exclusively for Chin...
Yonago – Naha flight service inaugurated [News]
Skymark Airlines announced on Wednesday the addition of four new routes in their regular schedule. The new routes connect Yonago, in Tottori Prefecture with Haneda in Tokyo, Yonago...
One dead in house fire [News]
Naha Fire Department received a call, late Wednesday evening, of a fire that had broken out in a house in Kohagura, Naha City. According to Naha Fire Department, by the time the fi...
Okinawa International Movie Festival scheduled for March [News]
The 6th Okinawa International Movie Festival is scheduled to take place Mar. 20 through 24 at Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan. According to Yoshimoto Kogyo Entertainment Compa...
Base relocation plan to continue despite Nago election [Politics]
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s central government has dismissed Sunday’s Nago mayoral election results as meaning little, and vows plans for a replacement airfield in northern Okinawa...
Ruling LDP ‘stunned’ by Nago election outcome [Politics]
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party is shocked by the defeat of an Liberal Democratic Party-backed candidate in Sunday’s Nago City mayoral election. In the waning d...
2014.01.23
And this week’s winner is… [Weekly Winners]
This week’s winner of the Japan Update weekly raffle is Riad El-Bdour. He won a pair of tickets to the trick art exhibition that amazes visitors at Okinawa Outlet Mall in Toyosaki....
Peach Aviation to start daily Fukuoka – Naha flights [News]
Low Cost Carrier (LLC) Peach Aviation announced Tuesday that they will start daily round-trip flights between Fukuoka and Naha from July 19th. One-way fares are set to be between \...
Camp Kinser to open gates in case of natural disasters [News]
Urasoe City Mayor Tetsuji Matsumoto and Maj. Gen, Charles L. Hudson, the commanding general of U.S. Marine Corps Installations Pacific and Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler,...
Man arrested on suspicion of kicking older brother to death [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested 52-year-old real estate broker Morinao Yamauchi, Jan. 18, for assaulting his 54-year-old taxi driver brother from Okinawa City, and kicking him on the ...
Miracle brings quadruplet grandchildren to U.S.-Oki couple [News]
North Daito Island born Satoko Courtland and her husband Carl, current residents of Ohio, U.S., welcomed the birth of quadruplet grandchildren last October 24th. What makes the eve...
Number of visitors to Okinawa in 2013 set new record [News]
The Okinawa Prefecture Tourism Policy Division announced Monday, the new statistics on the number of visitors to the prefecture during 2013. Citing the expansion of flight routes, ...
Fire in Itoman City trash incineration facility [News]
Fire broke out in the non-burnable refuse storage area in Itoman and Tomigusuku incineration facility in Tsukazato, Itoman City, Monday. Employees alerted the Itoman City Fire Depa...
2014.01.21
Can you say ‘Darn hard to beat!?’ [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings are virtually unstoppable, now on a seven-in-a-row win streak, the latest pair of victories in front of the home fans The Basketball Japan League defending ...
Susumu Inamine wins Nago mayoral election [Politics]
Incumbent Susumu Inamine has won the mayoral election in Nago, Sunday, ensuring the plan to build a new facility to Nago’s Henoko district to replace MCAS Futenma faces further com...
26-year-old arrested for hit and run [News]
Urasoe Police arrested a 26-year-old restaurant employee on suspicion of causing a car accident and leaving the scene. According to Urasoe Police, Souta Nakamoto crashed into a tax...
Number of young flu patients surges [News]
The Okinawa Infectious Disease Surveillance Center announced Jan. 16th that the number of flu patients under 19 years of age has suddenly increased to twice of that of other age gr...
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