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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
Okinawa marks 54th anniversary of revers… [Politics]
May 15th marked the 54th anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion to the Japanese administration in 1972. According to published figures, the Japa...Read More
Okinawa arrest follows discovery of two missing peoples’ bodies [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police have taken a 41-year-old unemployed man into custody in Miyakojima in connection with the deaths of a wealthy Swiss-based financier and his wife in mainl...
Japan PM Abe to visit Okinawa Saturday [News]
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is visiting Okinawa on Saturday for talks with Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on issues such as the stalled Japan-U.S. plan to relocate a U.S. Marine base within t...
Thousands turn out in Tokyo for anti-Osprey rally [News]
Representatives from Okinawa held a rally in central Tokyo Sunday opposing the deployment of the U.S. Marine Corps’ controversial MV-22 Osprey aircraft to the island prefecture. Th...
2013.01.31
And this week’s winner is… [Weekly Winners]
The lucky winner of this week’s Japan Update weekly raffle is Bruce Hidaka-Gordon. He won a pair of tickets to Kinoshita Circus that has still a few days great shows left in Tomigu...
Hit-and-run in Nago leaves motorcyclist injured [News]
There was traffic accident involving a large motorcycle and a car on Highway 58 in Miyazato district of Nago City Saturday morning. The male driver of the motorcycle suffered a bro...
2013.01.29
Flower & Food Festival in Onoyama Feb. 2nd & 3rd [Business]
It’s big, it’s beautiful and it fills Onoyama Comprehensive Athletic Park in Naha City for a free two-day run February 2nd and 3rd. The Okinawa Flower & Food Festival, which go...
Marines, sailors begin medical training exercise in Cambodia [Military]
The sixth year of bilateral medical engagements with the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces is under way in Phnom Penh, Kampot Province. The exercise that began Monday is taking place at...
2013.01.26
Classic burgers, taco rice, nostalgia mix at 50’s Café [CURRENT ISSUE Gourmet]
There are burgers, and there are really great burgers Hayashi Oshiro knows the difference, and has opened a new 50’s Café to make it easier for Americans to enjoy his creations. T...
New Navy Hospital siren testing raises locals’ ire [News]
Local residents are complaining to Ginowan City Military Base Liaison Section of “a piercing siren sound” emitting from the new Navy Hospital now under construction on Camp Foster ...
Year End Jumbo Lottery winners in Okinawa [News]
The biggest lottery in Japan is called “the Year End Jumbo Lottery,” which is raffled on national TV on New Year Eve. The shops, which sold the winning tickets were announced on Ja...
Fire destroys private house [News]
A fire destroyed a wooden one-story private house owned by a 68-year-old woman in Ishikawa, Uruma City, in the morning of Jan. 17. According to Ishikawa Police, three people of the...
Elderly woman seriously injured in traffic accident [News]
A mini-car driven by a 41-year-old female nurse hit a 74-year-old woman who was crossing the road at a city crossing in Miyazato, Okinawa City at 2:15 p.m., Sunday. The elderly wom...
Airman killed in motorcycle accident [News]
An airman riding on a motorcycle crashed into a mini car in Sunabe on Jan. 18. According to Okinawa Police, 28-year-old Douglas Bearson, a military member assigned to Kadena Air Ba...
Naha Hotel closes after 46 years [Business]
The owners of Hotel Nikko in Matsuo district of Naha City, announced their final decision to close the hotel, Jan. 17. The hotel has been closed for business since Dec. 19 last yea...
Purse snatcher strikes in Ginowan [News]
A man approaching from behind snatched a shoulder bag containing a bank cash card and ¥30,000 in cash from a 42-year-old woman who was walking on a street in Nodake, Ginowan City, ...
Okito Taxi introduces taxi ordering app for smartphones [News]
Okito Kotsu Cooperative Association, also known as Okito Taxi Group, has introduced an application for requesting a taxi from a smart phone starting the 10th of January. To use his...
This one almost got away [News]
A black male calf being prepared for transshipment from Miyako Island to Kagoshima decided he wasn’t thrilled with the notion, so slipped from his container, evaded would-be rescue...
U.S. Navy eases its ban on nighttime drinking [Military]
The U.S. Navy has eased its nighttime ban on sailors drinking alcohol outside their homes in Japan, a measure that was imposed a few months ago in response to a string of alleged c...
U.S. Navy sailor arrested in Yokusuka for trespassing, another for assaulting security guard [News]
A 20-year-old U.S. Navy sailor is in Japanese custody after being arrested on suspicion of trespassing at a residence in Yokusuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. Seaman Manuel Silva was take...
U.S. warns China to be careful on messing with Senkakus [Politics]
America’s globe-hopping Secretary of State has put forth a clear warning to China it must be careful about taking any action in and around the Senkaku Islands in southwest Okinawa ...
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