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Okinawa Beach Opening Information 2026! [CURRENT ISSUE LIFE]
Okinawa Beach Opening Information 2026! Ginowan Tropical Beach (Apr. 18) Chatan Sunset Beach (Apr. 10) Chatan Araha Beach (Mid. Apr.) Nishih...Read More
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 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...
Okinawa residents’ average income up 1.4% in 2014 [News]
Okinawa Prefecture Government Department of Planning and Statistics Division has announced an overview of residents’ income in fiscal 2014. According to the overview, the average i...
DUI rap dropped against man pushing motorcycle [News]
The Naha District Public Prosecutors Office dropped DUI charges against a man in his 40’s living in Naha City, who was arrested by Okinawa Prefectural Police in October last year, ...
Ryubo planning “Small World” theme park [News]
Ryubo Industries Ltd., the operator of Ryubo department stores and supermarkets on Okinawa, is planning to open a theme park in the southern part of the island that features miniat...
Hotels nearly full for June 17 AKB48 General Election event [News]
The 9th AKB48 “General Election” event scheduled for Chura Sun Beach in Tomigusuku City on Jun. 17th looks to become a bonanaza to travel agencies and local hotels that report bein...
Yaese Town Assembly vice chairman caught for DUI [News]
Itoman Police caught Tsutomu Nakamura, the 69-year-old vice chairman of Yaese Town Assembly, driving under influence on Jan. 15, after he gt into a minor accident. The incident was...
Bags made of Ryukyu textiles on sale at Ryubo [News]
Ryubo Department Store in Naha is presenting a new limited edition line of bags made in collaboration with PORTER, one of the most popular Japanese bag brands, at Ryubo Department ...
Four young men run afoul of Cannabis Control Law [News]
A 18-year-old correspondence student of a high school and a 18-year-old demolition worker were sent to a trial at Naha Family Court, while the Naha District Court sentenced a 24-ye...
2017.03.29
Kings five game win streak come to end against Kyoto Hannrayz [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Golden Kings split last weekends’ matchup against the Kyoto Hannrayz, winning the first game 89-78, and dropping the second 79-83. Before the weekend, the Kings and Hannrazy we...
Nearly half of companies in Kyshu-Okinawa lack workers [News]
Teikoku Databank Fukuoka Branch announced last week results of its annual survey on the employment situation in companies in Kyushu and Okinawa. According to the survey, 45.9% of t...
Website highlights sightseeing spots with 360-degree views [News]
Students at the Ryukyu University Faculty of Tourism have started a website called “Sinka360” that introduces sightseeing spots in Okinawa with photos and videos of a 360-degree vi...
Naha call center CEO to face prosecutors for unpaid wages [News]
The Naha Labor Standards Inspection Office sent papers resulting from its inspection of Surgery, a call center company in Naha, and its 37-year-old CEO, to the Public Prosecutors O...
Okinawa “Resort Weddings” exceeded 15,000 in 2016 [News]
Okinawa Prefecture Visitors’ Bureau 15,399 couples came last year to the prefecture to tie the knot on so called “Resort Wedding” trips, making 2016 the first year that the number ...
FamilyMart to sell AKB48 “General Election” tickets [News]
Okinawa FamilyMart has concluded a contract sell the entrance tickets for the 9th AKB48 “General Election” event scheduled for Chura Sun Beach in Tomigusuku, in June. FamilyMart wi...
Pizza House Restaurant to re-open in Minatogawa [News]
Pizza House, an iconic western style restaurant that first opened in 1958 in Okinawa City and closed in 2010 in Gusukuma, Urasoe, is scheduled to re-open its main restaurant in Min...
Yonabaru Town opens new Internet portal site [News]
Yonabaru Town has opened its “YONABARUNAVI” sightseeing portal site to introduce sightseeing places, events, and history of Yonabaru Town. A ceremony to announce the opening was he...
Okinawa Expressway to be extended from Kyoda past Nago [News]
The government is studying plans to extend the Okinawa Expressway to north past Nago by connecting the Expressway and Nago Higashi (East) Road in order to improve access to the nor...
Next “general election” of new AKB48 members slated for Okinawa [News]
The 9th “general election” of new members for the hugely popular girls’ pop group “AKB48” is scheduled for Chura Sun Beach in Toyosaki Seaside Park on Jun. 17th. The event will be ...
Motorbikes to be banned from Highway 58 in Onna [News]
A stretch of Highway 58 in Onna Village will be off-limits to motorbikes, including scooters, between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. starting Apr. 1st. According to Ishikawa Police, the 5.5-ki...
Okinawa land prices increase by 3.1% from previous year [News]
In its annual survey of land prices covering 26,000 locations throughout the country, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced Tuesday that the land pr...
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