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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
2012.10.19
Steak chain heki eyes for Tokyo Pro Market listing [Business]
An Okinawan teppanyaki-style steak restaurant chain has set its eyes on public listing on Tokyo Pro Market in March next year. This is a part of Okinawa Pregecture government’s eff...
2012.10.19
This week’s winner [Weekly Winners]
Natalya Cho is the lucky winner of the JU Raffle this week. She won a pair of tickets to the K-Pop Audition event on Oct. 17 and 18 at Okinawa Cellular Stadium in Onoyama Park, Nah...
Two sailors arrested for allegedly raping woman [News]
Two U.S. sailors have been arrested in Okinawa on suspicion of raping a Japanese woman in her 20s. Okinawa Police are withholding many details for the moment, but say the rape took...
Former Senkaku owner wants ICJ to determine sovereignty [News]
As tensions escalate between China, Taiwan and Japan over ownership and sovereignty of the uninhabited Senkaku islets in the far southern region of Okinawa Prefecture, the former o...
2012.10.12
Two championship Tenkaichi matches upcoming Oct. 21st [ENTERTAINMENT Sports]
Okinawa’s Tenkaichi Super Fights is featuring three main events in its October 21st program, with two of the main matches being for titles. The MMA Middle Weight Class Title Match ...
Police bike, bicycle crash [News]
イruma Police announced that a 36-year-old police officer riding on his motorcycle crashed with a bicycle at a crossing in Uruma City at night on Oct. 6, and two junior high school ...
2012.10.12
Ospreys on Futenma flightline, ready to work [Military News]
The MV-22 Ospreys have only been on Okinawa less than two weeks, but already the flight operations coordinators are getting them ready for workouts on Okinawa, and on the mainland....
Ospreys already stir concerns over flight patterns [Military News]
The MV-22 Osprey is barely ready to begin operations from Futenma Marine Corps Air Station in Ginowan City, but already it’s raising new ire from citizens from Kochi to Okinawa ove...
Chinese vessels again entering Japan’s Senkaku Islands area [Politics]
For a seventh consecutive day, Chinese surveillance vessels have made their way into the contiguous zone surrounding the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The...
China redraws Senkakus map to get U.N. attention [Politics]
The hottest seller in bookstores in Asia is a map; a map of the disputed Senkaku Islands in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture. The map of the Senkaku Islands is a modified version of what...
China’s flip-flops on Senkaku policy noted [Politics]
China’s claims regarding its sovereignty over the disputed Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture are all out of whack, says the Japanese Foreign Ministry. The Foreign Ministry says...
Centuries-old tree guarding shrine destroyed by typhoon [CURRENT ISSUE News]
A 300-year-old Hernandiaceae tree guarding both sides of a shrine in Nago City has been destroyed by Typhoon Sanba, which hammered the city early September. The huge tree was snapp...
Doctor busted for playing pachinko during duty [News]
A 63-year-old doctor working at a Naha government operated children’s medical rehabilitation facility was busted for slipping out of his working place to play pachinko at a near-by...
Construction worker’s leg crushed in accident [News]
A 55-year-old construction worker was seriously injured when a concrete reinforcement of a breakwater collapsed and slid on his leg along the Highway 58 in Sate, Kunigami Village, ...
Duty-Free Shops could open in arrival areas soon [News]
International airports, including Narita and presumably Naha, could soon find themselves offering up duty free goods in international arrival areas. The Land, Infrastructure, Trans...
Kadena airman busted for DUI [News]
Kadena police arrested 28-year-old A1C Goa Terrence O’Quinn of Kadena AB, on charge of violating the Road Traffic Law driving drunk on Oct. 7. O’Quinn admitted to drinking a bottle...
2012.10.10
Japanese car sales dip as the Senkaku issue lingers [Business News]
Japanese automobile sales in China dipped sharply in China last month as the anti-Japan demonstrations over the Senkaku Islands swept across China. Sales by Fuji Heavy Industries c...
Vietnam disturbed over Japan’s island disputes [News Politics]
Japan’s continuing clashes with China, Taiwan and South Korea over islands it claims has now raised concerns from Vietnam. At the ASEAN Maritime Forum in Manila, Vietnam has expres...
2012.10.10
Last ‘Elephant Cage’ antennas being abandoned at Misawa AB [News]
Five years after the Elephant Cage antennas array at Yomitan in Okinawa were shut down and destroyed, plans after been announced to scrap its twin at Misawa Air Base in northern Ja...
2012.10.10
JAL now extending its Japan-China flight cuts [Business News]
Temporary flight cuts now in effect between Japan and China by Japan Air Lines will be extended. Japan Air Lines says it will extend the cuts in service because it’s seeing no uptu...
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