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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 March 31st in 2027 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
Obon is time for family gathering to rem… [CULTURE CURRENT ISSUE]
For three days starting on Tuesday, August 25th through Thursday, August 27th, many privately owned businesses on Okinawa will close their ...Read More
Abe not bending on Senkaku Islands being Japanese [News]
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed Japan’s resolve to maintain its sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea and defend the islands on its own. In a spe...
Sailors found guilty of raping Okinawa woman [News]
A pair of U.S. Navy sailors whose rape of a woman in Okinawa City last fall led to curfews and restrictions on off-base drinking have been found guilty of the crime by a Japanese c...
Marines show off Osprey to local residents on MCAS [News]
The III MEF of the USMC invited 300 people, including families, to MCAS Futenma for a showing of the MV-22 Osprey aircraft, Mar. 3. People who were invited were local residents who...
Private house in Okinawa City completely burns down [News]
A call to Okinawa City emergency number reached the city Fire Department Sunday sfternoon informing the firefighters that the second floor of a private house appeared to be on fire...
2013.03.04
Chatan’s Fisherina Project transforming coastline [Business]
With every passing day, the west coastline of Chatan, behind Mihama American Village, is changing as a major reclamation project is redefining the central Okinawa town. The heart o...
U.S. Secretary of State sides with Japan on Senkakus [News]
It didn’t take long for the new American Secretary of State to become potentially embroiled in a political hot potato, taking side with Japan in the dispute of the Senkaku Islands ...
Japan to initiate request for landfill process approval [News]
Even as Japan’s Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, was in Washington a few days ago for a summit with American President Barack Obama, the wheels began turning to reenergize the relocatio...
2013.03.01
And this week’s winner is… [Weekly Winners]
Reginald Polexi won a pair of tickets to the next Ryukyu Golden Kings home game that will take place on Mar. 2 and 3 against Yokohama B-Corsairs at Ginowan Gym. Reginald is from Or...
Anti-Osprey group to disband [News]
Defining its group as having “served a certain mission,” a major opponent to the Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys says it’s calling it quits. The organizing committee of the group which ...
MV-22 Osprey Family Day set for MCAS Futenma [Military]
III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific are hosting an MV-22 Osprey Family Day for 300 parents and children from the local community at MCAS Futenma o...
Prefecture signals neutrality on landfill application [Politics]
The Okinawa prefectural government will not block or reject a central government application for reclamation work needed to carry out a key U.S. air base relocation plan in the sou...
2013.03.01
Golden Kings again rolling in high gear [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Viewing their five losses over a nine-game period as an anomaly, the Ryukyu Golden Kings ripped their closest competitor in the hotly contested Western Conference of the Basketball...
Civilian arrested for violence [News]
Okinawa Police arrested Joseph Green, a civilian working with the U.S. military, Saturday morning, on suspicion of committing a violent act in Okinawa City. According to Okinawa Ci...
Man robs ¥500,000 from office in Okinawa City [News]
A man wearing a ski mask robbed ¥500,000 in cash from the office of a company running a junk recycling business in the Koja district of Okinawa City, Friday. According to Okinawa C...
Woman arrested for attempted robbery [News]
A woman was arrested at a Yakiniku (roasted beef) restaurant in Nishihara because on suspicion of an attempted robbery. Police say she had pointed a knife to the staff of the resta...
Ai Miyazato in car accident in Thailand [News]
Okinawan lady pro-golfer Ai Miyazato got into a car accident in Thailand, Sunday. The car, in which Miyazato was a passenger was caught in a pileup while on the way to the airport....
WWII-era ammunition discovered in Itoman [News]
861 unused rounds of ammunition were found in an underground bunker by a private house in Maesato district of Itoman City. Five hand grenades and one unexploded bombshell was found...
Motobu Town Assembly member drowns [News]
A Motobu Town Assembly Member Masaaki Maeda, representing the Communist Party of Japan, Was found floating in Motobu Fishing Port early in the morning of Feb. 24. He was taken to a...
2013.02.23
And this week’s winner is… [Weekly Winners]
Patrick McHugh won a pair of tickets to Ryukyu Golden Kings’ basketball match in last week’s raffle. Patrick is originally from Boston, MA, and has lived on Okinawa a little over t...
Gate design contest for Okinawa Zoo Park [News]
Okinawa City officials have announced a contest for designing a gate to be installed at the entrance of the road leading to Okinawa Kodomo-no Kuni Zoo. According to Okinawa City sp...
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