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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
Ikei go-cart circuit to close end of this month [News]
The Okinawa Circuit Ikei Island, a much loved venue for go-cart and motorcycle racers for 20 years is going to close at end of June. The new owner of the hotel next to the circuit ...
2013.06.27
Princess Moon sweets set earns highest confectionary prize [Gourmet News]
The Princess Moon mango and shiqwasa set made by Okashi no Porshe, a confectionary company in Yomitan Village, was awarded the highest prize, the Honorary President’s Award, at the...
Couple arrested for selling fake brand name goods [News]
Okinawa Prefecture Police arrested a Chinese couple living in Tomigusuku City, June 20, on suspicion of selling fake brand name goods. According to the police, the man has admitted...
Ginowan City temp worker nabbed for trespassing [News]
28-year-old Yoshihiro Hokama was arrested on suspicion of entering illegally into an apartment room of a woman in the Kakazu district in Ginowan, Monday. He has admitted to the cha...
2013.06.27
And this week’s winner is… [Weekly Winners]
This week’s lucky winner of JU Raffle is Donna Zimmerman, who won a one-night free stay at the Best Western Naha Inn hotel. The Best Western Naha Inn is located in Naha’s Asato dis...
Drunk serviceman breaks into shop, runs away in taxi [News]
A U.S. military man, supposedly an Army serviceman, broke a glass door and entered a shop about 6 a.m., on June 21, in Chatan, and once inside, went on a rampage breaking several i...
Bomb alert in Nago [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Police received an email stating “There will be a bomb exploding in a park in Nago City” in the morning of June 20. Nago Police, Prefectural Police and Nago...
Police arrest military contractor for drinking and driving [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested 37-year-old Eric Lee Vegas, a military contractor from Uruma City, on suspicion of drunk driving, and causing an accident, Saturday morning. According ...
2013.06.21
Ballet theme of Sunday’s Story of Dance [CURRENT ISSUE]
Yukimi Ballet Contempora Square is sponsoring a Sunday late afternoon performance at the smaller of the halls at Tedako Hall in Urasoe City. The ballet is free, but those wanting t...
2013.06.21
JSDF exercise simulates re-taking home islands from enemy [Military]
The Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military conducted a joint exercise for island recapture off California earlier this week. The exercise on California’s San Clem...
Another intruder spotted In Japan’s Senkaku zone [News]
The Japan Coast Guard says that a Bahamas-registered marine research vessel has been spotted in Japan’s exclusive economic zone off the Senkaku Islands southwest of Okinawa. ...
Seven boys nabbed for years of car break-ins [News]
Okinawa Prefecture Police and Okinawa City Police have arrested four boys, and sent papers to prosecutors on three more on suspicion of a series of car break-ins that took place ov...
Rainy season gives way to tropical storms [News]
The Okinawa Metrological Observatory announced that the annual rainy season is over, surrendering the weather attention to tropical storm season, which has quickly produced a coupl...
Junior high students running from police hit by car [News]
Two junior high school students, who rode a motorcycle escaping a chasing police car, were hit by a car driven by a woman at the Kouei intersection, in Urasoe City, in the evening ...
Many dignitaries to attend Peace Memorial Ceremony [News]
The Japanese Government announced May 12 that Fumio Kishida, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera are going to attend the Peace Memorial ...
Suspicious drum cans found on Okinawa city soccer field [News]
15 drum cans were found buried underground in a soccer field in Okinawa City in the morning of June 13. According to city officials, the drum cans seemed to have been pressed flat,...
62 new names added to Peace Memorial Cornerstone [News]
Names of 62 people who died during the Battle of Okinawa at the end of the WWII have been added to a new stone slab at the Cornerstone of Peace Memorial monument in Mabuni, Itoman ...
Man held for stealing baby goat “because it’s cute” [News]
Miyakojima City police arrested a local farmer, Jun. 11, on suspicion of stealing a baby goat and an unlawful entry. The man has admitted to taking the goat from a acquaintance’s h...
Construction of monorail extension to start in November [News]
Okinawa Monorail Extension Field Office has been opened in the Maeda district of Urasoe City, June 13, which is the planned final destination of the Monorail extension project. Cur...
Woman found dead inside bakery shop in Yomitan [News]
A relative of the owner of a bakery shop in Kina, Yomitan Village, called the police emergency number about 3 p.m. on June 12th, reporting that two people were lying down on the fl...
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