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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
U.S. sailor arrested for failing to report accident [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police arrested a U.S. Navy sailor Sunday after he allegedly failed to report a traffic accident to police. According to police, 31-year-old Petty Officer 1st C...
Two drown in weekend Onna diving accidents [News]
Naha Maritime Safety Agency received a report though the emergency center of Okinawa Sunday afternoon of a man drowning in an apparent diving accident at a famous snorkeling and di...
Two sharks appear off Chatan Sunset Beach [News]
Two sharks were spotted swimming in the waters near Sunset Beach in Mihama, Chatan Town, prompting authorities to prohibit swimming at Sunset and Araha beaches until Friday. The ba...
Korean café chain Mangosix opens store on Miyako [Business]
Mangosix, a chain of cafés with headquarters in Korea, opened Saturday its first branch in Japan in Don Quijote Miyakojima store in Nishisato, Hirara. Mangosix has mango juice as t...
OCVB set to manage new Okinawa Karate Kaikan [News]
Okinawa Karate Kaikan, a new martial arts hall dedicated to Karate, currently under construction in Tomigusuku and scheduled to open Mar. 4, 2017, will be under management of Okina...
Lightning causes power failure in Yaeyama area [News]
An apparent lightning strike caused a power outage on Thursday in all areas of Yaeyama islands, except on Yonaguni and Hateruma. Officials at the Okinawa Electric Power Co. said th...
Engine fire on bus forces evacuation of passengers [News]
The engine of a bus caught fire Thursday afternoon in Kokuba, Naha City, forcing the bus to stop and passengers to evacuate. No one was hurt in the incident, but the traffic on the...
Nanto Shuzo replaces Nihede Beer with new craft beer [News]
Nanto Shuzo, a maker of craft beer in Okinawa World theme park in Nanjo City, has developed a new craft beer called “Okinawa Sango Beer” (Okinawa Coral Beer) that uses ground water...
Typhoon wreaks havoc on Kume prawn farm [News]
Typhoon Chaba that made a direct hit to Kume Island wrought havoc on a prawn farm on the island when the storm cut the power off for an extended time to pond aerators that provide ...
Typhoon Chaba lashes Kume Island with 59.7 m/s winds [News]
The 18th typhoon of the season, Chaba, that approached Okinawa Main Island Monday and Tuesday, developed into the strongest of the season so far to approach Japan with a central at...
Convenience store robbery suspect arrested in Miyagi [News]
Police arrested 22-year-old Keisuke Onaga in Miyagi Prefecture Sep. 29, on suspicion of theft. Onaga was placed on the national wanted list after he allegedly stole ¥1,010,000 in c...
Nakagusuku welcomes 20,000th resident [News]
Nakagusuku Village held a ceremony at the Village Office to celebrate its population exceeding 20,000. At the ceremony, Chihiro Miyagi, who was deemed the 20,000th resident of the ...
Conflicting typhoon closings confuse working parents [News]
All public schools on Okinawa Main Island were closed Oct. 3rd because of passing of the Typhoon No.18. However, some businesses and municipal offices were open as usual during the...
Airbnb prompts complaints among local residents [News]
About 40 people have lodged a complaint with Naha City Office concerning “Airbnb” accommodation information website that allows house and condo owners to rent vacant rooms to trave...
New machine to shorten passport control lines [News]
The Japanese government decided Friday to introduce a new machine to passport checkpoints at airport immigration counters to speed up the process of acquiring a facial photo and fi...
Tourist information center opens in DFS Galleria [Business]
JTB Okinawa opened Saturday “Tourist Information Center T Galleria Okinawa”, a tourist information center for foreign tourists on the second floor of the DFS Galleria Okinawa build...
Okinawa population increases [News]
The Statistics Division of the Okinawa Prefecture Department of Planning has announced that the estimated population of the prefecture was 1,435,233 as of Sep. 1st. The figure show...
2016.10.03
Kings redeem themselves with weekend sweep against Shiga [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Although the Ryukyu Golden Kings had a disappointing start with the inaugural series of games in the B. League against Alvark Tokyo, the weekend pair of matches against Shiga Lakes...
All broken elevators on Yui Rail stations fixed [News]
All six elevators on various Yui Rail stations in Naha City that had been broken for a long period are now all fixed and in service as of Wednesday. Both the elevator at the Gibo S...
Vacant Ichibangai Mall stores to become hotel [Business]
NPO Machizukuri Kozamachi is planning to open a hotel in renovated vacant stores in Ichibangai shopping mall in Okinawa City. The renovation is scheduled to begin as early as this ...
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