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Okinawa marks 52nd anniversary of revers… [Politics]
May 15th marked the 52nd anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion to the Japanese administration in 1972. According to published figures, the Japa...Read More
‘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 population in 2015 rises to 1,433,566 [News]
The Okinawa Prefecture Department of Planning finished Friday the summary of population and number of households in the prefecture by the municipality based on the census of 2015. ...
Two U.S. servicemen nabbed on suspicion of DUI [News]
Two U.S. servicemen were arrested on suspicion of DUI in two separate cases Friday night and Saturday morning. 29-year-old U,S. Army Staff Sergeant stationed on Torii Station was a...
Naha Airport operates ¥3.3 billion in red [Business]
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation announced Tuesday its estimate of the balance of payments for FY2015 for the 27 national airports. The total aggregated busi...
60% of high school grads leave job within 3 years [Business]
Okinawa Department of Labor says that about 60% of high school and 40% of college graduates in Okinawa who graduated in March 2013 and started working left their jobs within three ...
OIST student magazine publishes first issue [News]
Students of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) recently launched the first issue of the school student magazine “KUROSHIO”. Articles in the firs...
2016.11.10
Slackline challenges sense of balance and provides good workout [Sports]
Slacklining is one of the new trends of street workouts that is gaining popularity in various parts of the world including Japan. Persons engaged in slacklining walk or balance alo...
2016.11.10
Free presentation on library systems [CURRENT ISSUE]
Sari Feldman, the president of American Library Association, is presenting a special lecture “Library Transform” at ANA Crowne Plaza Okinawa Harborview Hotel in Naha, on Nov. 11. T...
San-A, PARCO join forces for giant shopping mall [Business]
Tessei Uechi, the president of San-A, one of the largest supermarket chains in Okinawa, and Kozo Makiyama, the president of PARCO, one of the largest commercial building developers...
Two men suspected of illegal waste disposal [News]
Two men, the owner of an industrial waste disposal company and his former employee, are suspected of illegally disposing of waste from local businesses on a roadside on Irabu Islan...
Four houses destroyed by fire in Mihara, Naha [News]
A fire in the Mihara district of Naha City destroyed four private and vacant houses around noon on Monday. An emergency call reporting smoke from the houses from a nearby resident ...
Reyshawn Terry joins Ryukyu Golden Kings [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings signed Nov. 7 a contract with Reyshawn Terry, a native of North Carolina, to play with the team as a forward. His first appearance on the court will be the ...
Churashima Foundation takes over historical Mie Restaurant [Business]
Okinawa Churashima Foundation announced Friday the establishing of a new company, “Ryukyu Food Culture Research Co.” in Kumoji, Naha City that will take over the management of “Mie...
New ideas mulled to ease Naha traffic congestion [News]
Okinawa Prefecture reportedly considers introducing a “Park and Ride” plan, that would allow people traveling to Naha from the central parts of the island park their cars at Aeon R...
Radio-controlled model plane fatally crashes into operator [News]
The operator of a radio-controlled model plane was killed Sunday afternoon when the place crashed on his face in the Haebaru district of Katsuren, Uruma City. According to Uruma Po...
Unexploded bomb found at Ishigaki road work site [News]
Workers unearthed a WWII-era unexploded bomb with a fuse intact during a maintenance work on a drainpipe on prefectural road 79 in Ohkawa, Ishigaki City. A crew from the Japan Grou...
2016.11.07
Osaka beats Kings in weekend series [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Osaka Evessa greased the floor with the Golden Kings on Saturday in front of the King’s home crowd, and the added insult to injury by scoring the winning points in the Sunday match...
Railroad would be popular among residents, tourists [News]
Okinawa Prefecture Department of Planning published Tuesday a summary of the results of a survey about introducing a railroad to Okinawa to serve residents and tourists. Up to 80% ...
Okinawans prefer taco rice to conventional tacos [News]
Noise Value, a company that develops products and supporting brand strategies, conducted a survey among 400 randomly selected consumers in Okinawa Prefecture about their preference...
Funeral home chairman arrested on suspicion of fraud [News]
The chairman of a company providing funeral services has been arrested on suspicion of fraud. According to police investigators, Yoshito Naka, the chairman of an undertaking compan...
Two teens injured in crash after police chase [News]
A motorcycle chased by police crashed into a car at noon on Wednesday in Makiminato, Urasoe, after the bike made a turn on the oncoming traffic lane. According to Prefectural Polic...
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