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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
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. ...
Ishigaki Airport gets import/export customs office [News]
The Ministry of Finance has designated Painushima Ishigaki Airport as a customs airport allowing imports and exports of international cargo, as of Apr. 1st. The Ishigaki airport is...
Company demonstrates hand-held translation device [News]
Logbar Inc., a Tokyo company that is known as a developer of “Ring Zero,” the world’s smallest input device, and “ili,” a wearable translator device held a demonstration of the tra...
Two new orchid species found in Yambaru forest [News]
Kenji Suetsugu, an assistant professor at Kobe University Graduate School of Science, discovered two new species of orchids in a northern Okinawa forest. He named the new species “...
Means to fight crown of thorns starfish may be at hand [News]
A research team of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) has found that it’s a possibility that acanthasters, usually known as crown of thorns star...
Quarter of Okinawan men never marry [News]
It seems that marriage is losing its luster among Japanese despite of the best efforts by the government worried about the declining birthrate and shrinking population. According a...
CPoint Next helps foreign students to find jobs [News]
CPoint Next, a Tida Square group company, is helping foreign students who study at universities in Okinawa to find jobs. The company opened a website last December to introduce for...
Monorail Asahibashi station complex to open in 2018 [News]
The full image of the commercial complex currently under construction on the former Naha Bus Terminal site and adjacent to Monorail Asahibashi Station scheduled to open in 2018, wa...
Naha’s old Sogen-ji temple also found defaced [News]
Naha City Office staff discovered Monday that someone had sprayed oil-like substance on the first gate and other parts of Sogen-ji temple ruins, and reported the case to police the...
Cruise Liner “Genting Dream” makes first visit to Okinawa [News]
“Genting Dream,” one of the largest premium cruise ships in Asia, weighing 153,000 tons and with passenger capacity of 3,400 people, docked at Naha Port for the in first time at 3:...
Company bankruptcies at 40-year low in Okinawa [News]
According to Tokyo Shoko Research, Okinawa branch, 47 companies in Okinawa with liabilities over ¥10 million went bankrupt in fiscal 2016. The number is 14 less than the previous y...
Okinawan boxer to flight in World Championship match [Sports]
Okinawan 21-year-old Daigo Higa, the current Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) flyweight class champion and the No.1 in his weight class on the World Boxing Council lis...
People in Okinawa least interested in Hanami [News]
Hanami, or viewing of flowers, is one of Japan’s age-old traditions, in which people gather to view flowers, most famously cherry blossoms, and party under the trees in parks durin...
Shuri Castle sites defaced with oil-like substance [News]
A security guard at Shuri Castle noticed that someone had sprayed oil-like sticky substance on a pillar of the Shrurei-mon gate at Shuri Castle sometime between Apr. 2nd and 3rd. F...
2017.04.05
After weekend sweep, Kings catapult to 2nd place in the Western Conference [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Last weekend, The Golden Kings swept the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins at home in Okinawa City. In doing so, the Kings catapulted from fifth to second place in the Western Conference sta...
Bands invited to audit for Peaceful Love Rock Festival [News]
The annual Okinawa City tradition “Peaceful Love Tock Festival” is again gearing up and organizers are inviting bands to the audition of the “34th Peaceful Love Rock Festival 2017....
Regular flights between Daegu and Naha begin [News]
T’Way Airlines, a Korean low cost carrier, started a regular flight service between Daegu and Naha on Apr. 2nd, with 185 passengers onboard on the inaugural flight from Daegu. Miss...
Awamori shipments down for 12th year in row [News]
The Okinawa Awamori Distillers’ Association announced Mar. 31st that its member companies had shipped a total of 18,964 kiloliters of Awamori in 2016, a 2.9 percent decrease from t...
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