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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
2012.08.17
And this week’s winner is… [Weekly Winners]
This week’s JU raffle winners are Benjamin and Brenda Murphy, who won a one-night stay at the Best Western Naha Inn, a comfortable business-class hotel located right next to Naha’s...
Retired U.S. Marine wins chemical exposure claim [CURRENT ISSUE]
A retired Marine who insisted that he suffered health damage because of exposure to defoliants containing dioxin while stationed on Okinawa between 1972 and 1973 during the Vietnam...
Miyako construction leads to red soil runoff to sea [News]
Miyakojima City port workers are accusing a construction company of causing red soil runoff into the ocean waters around the Maja Fishing Port in Nishihara-Hirara district of Miyak...
Controversial tax bill slides through Diet [News]
Japan’s Prime Minister scored a major victory with the Upper House of the Diet’s passage of his tax reform and social security tax bills that will double the nation’s sales tax to ...
Yuirail monorail marks 9th anniversary [News]
It was a somewhat low key celebration this week as Okinawa Urban Monorail Company held its “Yui-rail de Naha Machi-maii” marking the ninth year of operations in Naha City. Some 70 ...
Champion Golden Kings roll out schedule [News]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings, 2011-2012 champions of the Basketball Japan League, are posturing for the new season, announcing both the official schedule and the first pre-season compet...
Okinawa residents renew their opposition to Osprey [News]
Residents in Okinawa on Monday renewed their opposition to the planned deployment of the U.S. military’s MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at the Futenma Marine Corps Air Stat...
Live fire exercise causes fire near Hansen range [News]
A live fire exercise on Camp Hansen’s Range 2 on Saturday resulted in a fire near the range. The Okinawa Prefecture Base Countermeasure Division says it received a report from the ...
2012.08.17
Star-studded festival season kicks off in Yaeyama [CURRENT ISSUE]
Ishigaki Island has put out the welcome mat, and invited Okinawa to its Star Festival and the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful skies and the Milky Way. It’s a weekend event, with...
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