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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
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...
Man arrested for using counterfeit ¥10,000 bill [News]
Urasoe Police arrested Tuesday a man on suspicion of counterfeiting a ¥10,000 banknote and using it at a supermarket. According to police, 61-year-old Ken Arakaki was arrested afte...
LEGO School Okinawa Naha to open in April [News]
Lexues Co. is opening a “LEGO School Okinawa Naha,” a school for children 3 to 11 of age officially licensed by Danish toy maker LEGO. The school is scheduled to open in April at A...
Prefecture to remove 110,000 waste tires from Nishihara lot [News]
Okinawa Prefecture decided Wednesday to remove about 112,000 old tires left on a lot of private land in Onaha, Nishihara Town. Dream Corporation, an industrial waste disposal compa...
Mitsubishi Estate to develop and operate Shimoji Airport [News]
Okinawa Prefecture signed Wednesday a letter of intent with Mitsubishi Estate Company and FSO, a Japanese flight simulator training service company currently nominated to manage fl...
Electric assist bicycles offered for rent in Naha [Business]
Wi-Fi provider NTTBP and docomo Bike Share Inc. started a joint venture demonstration experiment of bike sharing in Naha City, Monday. The experiment features 20 electric assist bi...
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