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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
OkiEvents this Week!! [CURRENT ISSUE ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
・11/3~11/5 Shuri Castle Restoration Festival @ Shuri Castle 10:00~ https://oki-park.jp/shurijo/en/event/8414 PIN: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Qj...Read More
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...
Man arrested for selling two police uniforms on Internet [News]
Police has arrested a 48-year-old man after he sold two police uniforms on an Internet auction site. Investigators say Kouji Isoe was arrested on Mar. 17th, on suspicion of counter...
Kitadaito doctor leaves island after threat from DUI driver [News]
The Kitadaito Island Medical Clinic has been without its only permanent doctor since the beginning of February, when the female doctor of the clinic was involved in a traffic accid...
Miyako product specialty shop opens in Makishi [Business]
Paradise Plan, a company manufacturing and selling salt-related products on Miyako Island, opened a store called “Shima-no Eki Miyako,” at Sakurazaka Ichiba public market in Makish...
2017.03.21
The Golden Kings edge the NeoPhoenix, move into 4th place in the Western Conference [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings have been on a tear of late with four straight wins and so far remain undefeated in the month of March. The recent upswing in play is much needed as the Kin...
High school students create Sanpin cha-shiqwasa cake [News]
Okinawa Kogyo High School and Okiko Pan Co. bakery have jointly developed a cake using Okinawan sanpin cha (local jasmine tea) “Ryukyu no Hana” and shiqwasa juice as major ingredie...
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