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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 54th anniversary of revers… [Politics]
May 15th marked the 54th anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion to the Japanese administration in 1972. According to published figures, the Japa...Read More
2020.12.09
Less than 1,000 days until the FIBA 2023 Basketball World Cup [Sports]
The FIBA 2023 Basketball World Cup will be held in three countries. The locations are the Philippines, Okinawa Japan, and Indonesia, starting August 25 through September 10 in 2023...
2020.11.29
Recording services offered to the public at Ashibina hall [News]
Okinawa Public Theater Ashibina in Okinawa city is offering recording services in the hall of the facility. Due to COVID-19, a lot of events are cancelled or postponed and the hall...
2020.11.25
Orion Beer offers the 75 Beer Weizen [CURRENT ISSUE]
Orion Beer Company announced that they will offer the brand new “75 Beer Weizen” from November 24th in Nago city, and from Dec. 1st for all of Okinawa. This is part of the celebrat...
2020.11.20
Go To Eat Campaign begins [Gourmet News]
The “Go To Eat Premium Ticket Campaign” has started and began on Nov. 17th. The “Go To Eat Campaign” is focused on supporting food service establishments in Japan which are struggl...
2020.11.18
Ocean Expo Park will be closed on December 2nd and 3rd [Family News]
All facilities at Ocean Expo Park will be closed on December 2nd and 3rd for maintenance and safety checks to include the Churaumi Aquarium. They anticipate a high number of visito...
2020.11.15
Chura-Sun Beach receives temporary new name [News Park]
The name of the Chura-Sun beach which is located in Tomigusuku city will be changed to “Orion Eco Chura-Sun beach” starting November 1st for three years. It’s a naming right projec...
A town in Okinawa city has the same name as the American vice president elect [Community CURRENT ISSUE]
Kamala Harris is going to be the first female vice president of the United States. The locals of the Kamara district in Okinawa city are delighted because they pronounce the name o...
Guinness World Record holder Ryo Kyuna is recognized as the highest medal holder for karate [Sports]
Ryo Kyuna is from Okinawa and is a member of the Ryuei-ryu style of Karate. He has been certified as the Guinness record holder with the highest gold medal count in the World Karat...
3 players from Okinawa selected to the Japan Pro-Baseball draft 2020! [News Sports]
The draft conference for the Japan Pro-baseball Association was held on October 26th in Tokyo and 3 players from Okinawa have been selected! Takuma Uchima is from Ginoza High Schoo...
2020.11.01
Chatan town wins the #1 most comfortable town in Okinawa [News]
Daito Kentaku is one of the leading real estate service companies in Japan and recently took a poll on the internet. The results are in and they have announced the rankings for the...
The head coach of the MLB World Champion is borne at Okinawa [Sports]
Major League Baseball coach from Okinawa won the World Series Dave Roberts and the Los Angeles Dodgers won the MLB World Championship 2020 on 27th Oct for the first time since 1988...
2020.10.22
Unten Tunnel celebrates being 96 years old! [CURRENT ISSUE]
The Unten Tunnel is located in Unten district in Nakijin Village and celebrated being 96 years old this month. The memorial ceremony was held on October 11. The age of 96 is a very...
Okinawa has been voted the third most attractive location in Japan! [CURRENT ISSUE]
The Brand Research Institute, INC. has announced the rankings for the most attractive prefectures in Japan this year to include the top three most attractive places in Japan. The f...
Yukiya Arashiro joins the team for Tokyo Olympics! [News Sports]
Yukiya Arashiro is from Ishigaki island in Okinawa prefecture. He has been selected to join the team as a Japan national member of the Road Bicycle Racing team for the Tokyo Olympi...
Retort Shima Tofu Coming Soon [CURRENT ISSUE Gourmet]
Retort style “Shima tofu” also known as Island tofu will soon be available on Okinawa. This special Okinawa Shima tofu is different from tofu on mainland Japan due to its unique te...
2020.10.01
Cherry Blossoms Festival 2021 has been cancelled [CURRENT ISSUE Festival]
The organizers of the Cherry Blossoms Festivals in northern part of Okinawa, such as Nago city and Nakijin village, has announced that the festivals in 2021 will be cancelled due t...
2020.01.28
MMA Fight Night …on Camp Foster [ENTERTAINMENT Sports]
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is coming to Camp Foster for a competition you don’t want to miss—MMA Fight Night! It’ll all go down in the fieldhouse on Saturday, February 15. Two fighte...
2019.12.18
Common Kings Concert [CURRENT ISSUE]
As fun as the holidays can be, it’s likely that people everywhere will breathe a collective sigh of relief come January 1. After the marathon race of parties, shopping sprees, potl...
2019.11.30
Warm weather promised for Sunday Naha Marathon [Sports]
30,000 runners picked from a much larger number of applicants will line up behind the starting line at Meiji Bridge on Highway 58 in Naha to start the 35th Naha Marathon. The weath...
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