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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 53rd anniversary of revers… [Politics]
May 15th marked the 53rd anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion to the Japanese administration in 1972. According to published figures, the Japa...Read More
2017.01.24
Fashion Candy introduces new confectionary brand [Business]
Fashion Candy, one of Okinawa’s best-known confectionary makers, especially for its “chinsuko” cookies, introduced Monday a new brand “Makukuru.” According to Fashion Candy, the ne...
7-Eleven plans to open 200 stores in Okinawa [Business]
7-Eleven Japan, the largest convenience store chain in the nation, is scheduled to expand their business to Okinawa, the only prefecture the chain is not present. According to the ...
Police calls for proper use of emergency number [News]
January 10th was the “Day of 110” and 110 is the number of reserved for emergency calls in all of Japan. According to Okinawa Police Communications Command Division, Okinawa Police...
Awamori makers making overseas sales push [Business]
Blueship Okinawa, a consulting company in Naha, and three awamori distillery companies held a press conference Saturday, to announce a plan to expand sales of Ryukyu awamori in ove...
Nago group building wooden sailing sabani [News]
A group of enthusiasts is currently in the process of constructing a wooden sabani sailboat at a public space Seseragi Square in Nago Castle Park, and anyone interested is invited ...
Six new adults arrested for Road Traffic Law violations [News]
The Coming of Age Day, a Japanese national holiday celebrating all young people who turned 20 years old during the previous year, is today, January 9th. All municipalities usually ...
Drive into biker gets man attempted murder rap [News]
A driver crashed his car on purpose into a group of motorcyclists Tuesday afternoon on Hwy 58 at Yafuso, Onna Village. According to Ishikawa Police, 39-year-old Yutaka Takeda was d...
Traffic fatalities decrease to 3rd lowest since 1948 [News]
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, the number of fatalities in traffic accidents in 2016 sank to the third lowest level since the statistics were started in 1948. It’s als...
7.67 million New Year cards delivered on Jan. 1st in Okinawa [News]
The ceremony marking the delivery of the traditional Japanese New Year cards called ‘nengajo’ was held at Naha Central Post Office at 7:15 on Jan. 1st when about 120 mail carriers ...
2017.01.06
Golden Kings swipe Levanga Hokkaido in weekend road game [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings earned a much welcomed weekend swipe in their last pair of games of 2016 in a road game at Hokkai Kitaeru Sports Center in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 30 and...
Okinawa schools have 71 female principals [News]
According to a human resource survey by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, there were 11,279 female executives in public schools nationwide as of 1 Apr...
Naha company starts direct export of awamori to U.S. [Business]
Okinawa Products Associated Co. Ltd., a Naha based trader of agricultural foods, is starting to export awamori directly to the U.S., the first time a local company is exporting the...
Children’s vision weaker, dental condition improves [News]
According to a Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology survey of school children’s health statistics, published Thursday, the portion of students in the nati...
False rumor of terrorism threat spreads on Okinawa [News]
A rumor of “a man from Afghanistan planning a terrorist attack in Mihama, Chatan Town” spread over the weekend among local residents in the central Okinawa. It seems that someone i...
Two nabbed for smuggling 15kg of gold from Taiwan [News]
Ishigaki Maritime Safety Agency and Okinawa Customs Ishigaki Branch Office arrested two Taiwanese nationals on suspicion of trying to smuggle gold into Japan without declaring it t...
Teenage boys in trouble, arrested over weekend [News]
Police arrested several teenage boys in two separate incidents over the Christmas weekend. Naha Police arrested a 15-year-old male junior high school student, on suspicion of forci...
2016.12.27
Kings woes continue with split weekend series [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings faced Akita Northern Happinets in its Christmas game series last weekend. The result was a split series; the Kings won on Saturday and Happinets took the po...
Aja Elementary School brass band wins first prize [News]
The 4th National Brass Band Championships for elementary school bands was held Friday at Amity Hall in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. Aja Elementary School brass band from Naha rep...
Angler drowns after washed into sea in Yonaguni [News]
An angler fishing from the shore drowned on Sunday after he was caught by a large wave and washed out to the sea off Yonaguni Island. 52-year-old Masami Kinjo had been fishing with...
Whale watching season off Zamami begins [News]
The season’s first humpback whale was observed off Zamami Island Sunday. A member of the Zamami Whale Watching Association was able to take a picture of the whale while it was swim...
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