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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
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
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...
Monorail fare for students of low-income families to be cut to half [News]
Monorail fare for high school students of low-income families on Okinawa will be cut to half from April. The 2nd board of directors meeting of the “Okinawa Prefectural Conference f...
Reported child abuse cases record high in 2016 [News]
According to figures compiled by the Okinawa Prefectural Police Juvenile Division, the number of reported child abuse cases in the prefecture rose to record high 384 cases in 2016 ...
Master habu catcher avoids slammer on technicality [News]
60-year-old Hiroyasu Makishi, a well-known master habu catcher who has caught habu snakes in the mountains of the northern Okinawa for more than 30 years, was arrested on suspicion...
U.S. Military produces 1.8 times more waste than Okinawans [News]
According to Okinawa Prefecture officials, the U.S. military produced a total of 26,332 tons of general waste in 2015, 11.4 percent more tan the previous year and the first time si...
Hijiki Seaweed Harvest Festival held on Camp Courtney beach [News]
The best season to harvest hijiki seaweed is now, and the beach on the premises of U.S. Marines’ Camp Courtney was open to public on Mar. 11 for picking up hijiki. About 100 people...
Mihama to experiment with driverless cart transportation [News]
Mihama area in Chatan will be the first area in Okinawa to experiment with driverless vehicle transportation. The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (...
Taiwane-Okinawa cosmetics joint venture in works [Business]
Tai Ho Group, a major Taiwanese cosmetics maker, and Point Pyuru, a company making basic skin-care products on Kume Island using deep-sea water, held a press conference at the Pref...
Ginowan fishing boat missing since March 8 [News]
An emergency call Saturday morning from Urasoe-Ginowan Fishermen’s Association to the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters reported that one of their member boats had failed to r...
2017.03.15
Golden Kings snatch two from the B-Corsairs away at Yokohama [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Golden Kings matched up against the Yokohama B-Corsairs for a weekend double header in Yokohama and stole both games at the B-Corsairs’ home court. The Kings still sit at 5th p...
Mitsubishi publishes Shimoji Airport development plans [Business]
Mitsubishi Estate Co., Japan’s second largest real estate developer that signed a contract last week to develop Shimoji Airport and surrounding areas in Miyakojima City is ready to...
Kadena Police to use drones for rescue missions [News]
Kadena Police and Yomitan Hikou Association concluded a contract to use drones at the time of disasters on Monday. The idea is to use drones under the direction of Kadena Police to...
Yomitan launches Zanpa Street revitalization project [News]
“Zanpa-Dori Okoshi Kai” or Zanpa Street Revitalization Project has just been launched in Yomitan Village. For the project, four local restaurant owners banded together in order to ...
San-A again favorite of job-seeking students [News]
According to an annual survey by Radical Okinawa, the publisher of the employment magazine “Rookie,” San-A supermarket and retail shop chain is the favorite company to work for amo...
Scientific amusement park to open at AEON Rycom Mall [News]
A new scientific amusement park is scheduled to open at AEON Rycom shopping mall from this Friday (Mar. 17). The park features optical illusion and 3D art in its 40 experimental ed...
Unpaid salaries to doctors exceed ¥900 million [News]
Doctors at two prefectural hospitals have reportedly been getting a short shrift from their employers as the Labor Standards Inspection Office has issued a recommendation for the h...
Man dead, another critical in separate traffic accidents [News]
One man dies and another was seriously hurt in two separate traffic accidents that occurred on Thursday. According to Urasoe Police, a light wagon hit the centerline and turned ove...
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