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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
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...
“Hotel Koza” to open in Okinawa City in August [News]
Nippon Digital Co. has announced the opening of a business hotel named “Hotel Koza” in Uechi, Okinawa City in August. The new hotel will be a 7-story building with 80 guest rooms. ...
29% of high school students come from needy families [News]
Okinawa Prefecture published this week an interim report of a survey of high school students aimed at finding out how household economic conditions affect students’ choices after g...
Higashi Village Culture and Sports Memorial Hall opens [News]
The inauguration ceremony of the Higashi Village Culture & Sports Memorial Hall was held Monday. The hall honors achievements of local celebrities like female pro-golfer Ai Miy...
Magazine presents free entry to FC Ryukyu soccer game ticket [Sports]
A restaurant information and discount coupon magazine, “Chura Gourmet Lunch Map,” issued by Pam Local Media that sells for ¥1,000 including tax has joined forces with Okinawan socc...
15-year-old girl arrested for DUI on motorbike [News]
Naha Police arrested a 15-year-old junior high school girl Sunday in Naha, on suspicion of driving a motorbike under influence of alcohol. According to Naha Police, about twice the...
Drug-related arrests at highest level since 2004 [News]
According to statistics by the Okinawa Prefectural Police, the total number of people nabbed in Okinawa for cannabis and other drug-related offenses in 2016 rose to 175 that is the...
U.S. staff sergeant arrested for failing to pay taxi fare [News]
Kadena Police arrested Sunday a 34-year-old female staff sergeant stationed at Kadena Air Base. According to Kadena Police, SSgt. Matsuko Victor is suspected of failing to pay a ¥3...
High school students suspended for drinking [News]
19 high school students, both male and female and all in the 3rd grade of a high school in the southern part of Okinawa Main Island, were discovered having drunk alcohol at a lodgi...
Elderly driver hits two men in Kumoji [News]
A car driven by a 69-year-old man hit two men walking on a street in Kumoji, Naha City on Mar. 2. After hitting the two pedestrians, the car crashed into a building. A 66-year-old ...
Many workers in Okinawa labor under minimum wage [News]
According to information of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and Okinawa Prefecture Bureau of Labor, 5.2% of workers in the prefecture were paid less than the minimum wage...
Google puts eight Okinawa underwater sites on line [News]
Google has added eight sites on different parts of Okinawa to its underwater views on Wednesday. The sites include Kerama Islands that is one of the most popular and well-known div...
Regular Naha – Xian flights start from Apr. 3 [News]
China Eastern Airlines will start the new regular flight service connecting Xian, the largest city in the northwestern China, with Naha from April 3. China Eastern Airlines current...
2017.03.01
Kings swept at home by the Chiba Jets [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Golden Kings were swept by the Chiba Jets in last weekend’s series, 89-71 Saturday and 80-71 Sunday. With a record of 17-24, the Kings still sit at fifth in the Western Confere...
Kings Sink the Dolphins at the Buzzer [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Golden Kings, currently 5th place in the Western Conference, matched up against 2nd place Nagoya Diamond Dolphins on Wednesday in Nagoya. Kings’ captain, Ryuichi Kishimoto, set...
2017.02.22
Golden Kings Split the Weekend Games Against Hitachi Shibuya Sun Rockers [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Golden Kings split a two-game set last weekend against the Hitachi Shibuya (Tokyo) Sun Rockers at home in Okinawa City. With a record of 16-21, the Kings still remain at 5th pl...
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