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‘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 Expressway Renewal Work Starts J… [CURRENT ISSUE]
NEXCO, the company operating the Okinawa Expressway announces that Expressway renewal works start from January 9th in 2024 to late April in ...Read More
Two Chinese women wanted for defacing cultural assets [News]
Tokyo Metropolitan Police has issued an arrest warrant for two Chinese national women suspected off spraying oil-like substance on wooden strictures at several Shinto shrines in To...
Fraudsters milk ¥54 million from elderly man [News]
Two fraudsters, one pretending to be a police officer and others claiming to be officers at a financial institution, deceived a 69-year-old man from Naha City to hand over a total ...
ASDF fighters from Naha scramble most ever in 2016 [News]
Ministry of Defense announced that fighter jets from the Air Self-Defense Force Naha Base flew a record number of scrambling missions in 2016 against foreign aircraft suspected of ...
Okinawa dams water levels unusually low [News]
According to Okinawa Prefecture General Bureau, Cabinet Office and Okinawa Enterprise Bureau, water levels at the eleven dams on the island are all under 50% of capacity, as of Apr...
Moromi vinegar with new flavors sold as super-food [News]
Moromi vinegar, known locally as “moromisu.” Is a by-product of awamori making that has long been sold as a health drink on local markets. It has been especially popular among midd...
Ginowan elementary students get IC tag security system [News]
Ginowan Elementary School introduced a new security system for its student called “Tsuitamon” on the first day of the new school year. The system gives each school child an IC tag ...
Yomitan marine product complex opens at Toya Port [News]
An inauguration ceremony of the new Yomitan local marine product complex was held on Tuesday. Yomitan Village Fishermen’s Association built the facility on the premises of Toya Fis...
Okinawa consumer price index highest in nation [News]
The consumer price index calculated by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications that compares prices of food and daily necessities in cities throughout the nation found that...
Miyako police officer issued ticket for DUI [News]
A police officer in Miyakojima City on Miyako Island was found to have driven his car under the influence after he arrived at work hangover, and was punished with a fine. The incid...
Naha civil servant arrested trying to sneak upskirt photos [News]
Naha Police arrested a Naha City civil servant Monday on suspicion of trying to take photos up women’s skirts. According to police, 39-year-old Jin Kohagura, a civil servant at Nah...
Yanbarukuina under attack by wild dogs [News]
A research by the Ministry of Environment Yanbaru Wildlife Conservation Center concluded that the number of Yanbarukuina, a.k.a. Okinawa rail, in Sosu, Kunigami Village, has declin...
2017.04.12
Shiga Lakestars shock the Kings, snapping a 3-game win streak. [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Last weekend the Golden Kings traveled to Shiga Prefecture and split a two-game series against the Shiga Lakestars. The Kings took Saturday’s game, 75-73, and dropped Sunday’s game...
Parents’ lacking interest causes juvenile crimes [News]
According to a survey of children who entered the Naha juvenile home system in 2016, one big reason for underage drinking and other bad behavior seems to be that many parents show ...
Okinawa Urban Monorail carries over 17 million passengers [News]
The Okinawa Urban Monorail Co. carried 17,323,988 passengers in fiscal 2016 that ended Mar. 31st that is 1,167,086 (7.22%) more than the previous year, and the most ever since the ...
Ryudai program produces two new consumer products [News]
A program at the University of the Ryukyus aimed at developing new commercial products to help local economy produced two new products during its inaugural year 2016 that will be p...
Mitsubishi to build major resort on Miyako Island [News]
A major Japanese real estate company, Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Estate has bought a large lot of reclaimed land in Turibah, near Hirara Port, on Miyako Island in order to build a reso...
Prospects for Okinawa economy remain good [News]
The Bank of Japan, Naha Branch, has published its monthly financial and economic overview of February 2017. The bank sums up its assessment of the current situation as, “On the who...
Junior high school kids found drinking in park [News]
A local resident in Itoman called police after seeing four junior high school boys and girls having a party and drinking alcohol in a park in Maesato, Itoman City, on Apr. 6th. Ito...
GODAC opens website showing deep sea marine litter [News]
The Global Oceanographic Data Center (GODAC) in Nago City has opened a website that includes a database and images and videos of marine litter in the deep sea within the Japanese e...
Bireley’s shiqwasa-flavor soft drink now on sale [News]
Asahi Orion Inryo, the maker of Bireley’s brand soft drinks, has launched a new soft drink called “Okinawa Bireley’s Shiqwasa” using shiqwasa (hirami lemon) juice made in Okinawa. ...
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