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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
Okinawa Expressway Renewal Work Starts J… [CURRENT ISSUE]
NEXCO, the company operating the Okinawa Expressway announces that Expressway renewal works start from January 9th in 2024 to late April in ...Read More
2012.09.15
Festivals scheduled for weekend postponed [News]
Festivals scheduled for this weekend are postponed to following weekend because of typhoon Sanba. The new dates are Kinser Festival Sep. 22, 23 Uruma Eisa Sep. 22, 23 Kitanakagusu...
Hosono withdrawal gives Prime Minister a boost [Politics]
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s political party affiliation is secure, at least for the future, as his challenger decided not to run for the Democratic Party of Japan presidency. N...
Typhoon’s rains cause cracks, damage to Highway 58 slopes [News]
Heavy rains spawned by Typhoon Bolaven on its sweep across Okinawa several weeks ago are still wreaking havoc in the Nerome district of Ogimi Village, where cracks, slips and slide...
Unexploded shell disposal triggers Hansen forest fire [News]
A forest fire swept across a section of forest at Camp Hansen in Kin Town, not far from a section of a firing range. U.S. Forces firefighting equipment and a helicopter spent nearl...
Suspected bomb parts found at Tonaki Island [News]
Investigators aren’t exactly sure what they’ve found, but at first glance, objects found about 400-500 meters from Tonaki Island are parts of an American training bomb. A resident ...
Bird migration patterns making ready for fall [News]
Autumn is in the air, as evidenced by scenes of winter birds migrating back across the sea to Okinawa to spend the autumn through spring season. Already gracing Okinawa shores are ...
Cultivator accident claims life of elderly Chatan man [News]
An elderly Chatan Town resident has bled to death after getting his hand caught in a small cultivator in a Kitamae district farm. The 85-year-old Morimasa Inamine was working with ...
Senkaku Islands purchase by government being formalized [News]
The paperwork’s being finalized between Japan’s government and the private owner of secluded islands in the East China Sea, a move that is certain to irritate China. The purchase o...
Golden Kings ready to tackle South Koreans in Championship Series [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Four exhibition basketball matches are on tap the coming couple weeks as the Ryukyu Golden Kings prepare for the season debut in October. A friendly match with fellow Basketball Ja...
2012.09.15
And this week’s winner is… [Weekly Winners]
The winner of this week’s Japan Update raffle is Kim Nguyen, who won a free night for two at the Best Western Naha Inn, a high-class and comfortable business hotel located right ne...
Golden Kings unveiling 2012-13 new style [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The hardwood season’s only days away from preliminary action, and the Ryukyu Golden Kings are gearing up for what they hope will be a powerhouse season. The Okinawa squad was the B...
Marine arrested for having ammunition in his bag [News]
A Marine Corporal winding up a three-year tour on Okinawa ran afoul of the Japanese Firearm and Sword Control Law, which prohibits keeping ammunition in his personal property. Corp...
H.S. students, two construction workers, rip off Urasoe school [News]
A pair of 16-year-old high school students and two teenage construction workers have been arrested for breaking into a Urasoe City high school. The four boys have confessed to the ...
Real Madrid opens soccer school in Ishigaki [News]
One of the world’s strongest soccer clubs, Real Madrid, has teamed with its Foundation from Spain’s First League and is preparing to open a school in Ishigaki City. The Real Madrid...
Visiting tourists run afoul of water while swimming [CURRENT ISSUE]
A pair of swimmers visiting from mainland Japan found themselves in trouble in northern Okinawa, when an emergency call to the Nakijin Fire Station reported one of the men was miss...
Two new mango species being grown in Okinawa [News]
Okinawa’s put it seal of production and approval on two new species of mango, the Natsu-Kobeni and the Ti-rara. Until now, these kind of mangoes were imported from America, and the...
OIST steps forward with new programs [News]
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University is moving ahead with new science and technology program. The new university programs at the Tancha district of Onna ...
Anti-Osprey Demonstration set for Sunday [News]
Okinawans opposed to deployment of the MV -22 Osprey aircraft to the island this fall are mustering up demonstrators to share the weekend with them. Residents seeking to block depl...
Possible arson cause of car, motorcycle fires [News]
A 5 a.m. call to the Itoman Fire Department 119 emergency number quickly scrambled a pair of fire engines to the scene of two cases of suspected arson. Fire fighters say a bicycle ...
Tokyo sends team to study Senkaku islands [News]
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which along with the national government wants to buy the disputed Senkaku Islands in southwestern Okinawa Prefecture, has had a team drifting in wat...
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