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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
Ryukyu Golden Kings’ diary now on sale [Business]
Okinawa FamilyMart and Marumasa Printing Co. have collaborated to make “Okinawa Diary” as one of the cheering goods for the Ryukyu Golden Kings, the local pro-basketball team that ...
Leptospirosis bacteria lurks in northern Okinawa rivers [News]
The Okinawa Prefecture Health and Longevity Division announced Wednesday that in Kunigami there has been a mass infection of leptospirosis, a bacteria-caused infection that is most...
Export of used clothing boom, largest ever [Business]
According to statistics of Okinawa Customs, the volume of used clothes exported from Okinawa in 2015 was 1,416 tons that is 13.4% more than the previous year. The value of the clot...
Typhoon Megi causes damage on Sakishima islands [News]
Typhoon Megi, the 17th typhoon of the season, passed Yaeyama and Yonaguni islands on its track westward on Tuesday. On Yonaguni, maximum winds of 52.8 m/s lashed the island. 1,990 ...
Flu prompts suspension of two classes in Okinawa City [News]
Two classes at Mito Junior High School in Okinawa City have been suspended because of a breakout of flu. The classes are cancelled for four days from Sep. 27 through Oct. 1. Okinaw...
Intensity Low 5 earthquake occurs off Amami Island [News]
An earthquake with an intensity of Low 5 took place off Amami Island yesterday. The quake registered with an intensity of 3 on the northern part of Okinawa Island about 14:20 on Mo...
One month to go to 6th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival [News]
6,702 participants from overseas, as of Sep. 26, have registered to be part of the 6th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival, according to the Organizing Committee Office that is the most ...
Roman coins found at Katsuren Castle ruins [News]
Archaeologists digging at the ruins of Katsuren Castle in Uruma City have excavated four bronze coins among ten coin-like metal objects that an X-ray analysis has determined to be ...
Storm warning issued for Sakishima area tonight [News]
A strong typhoon No.17 named “Megi,” currently located southwest of Okinawa, is heading to west-northwest at 20 kilometers per hour, . According to Okinawa Meteorological Agency, a...
Police nabs elderly robber of Nago convenience store [News]
Nago Police arrested a 69-year-old man on suspicion of robbing a convenience store Sunday in Nago. Police arrested Yoshikuni Maekawa after he walked into a convenience store in Miy...
Over 90 million have visited Ocean Expo Park [News]
The Ocean Expo Park in Motobu is by far the most popular place for visitors to Okinawa, and on Saturday the park welcomed its 90 millionth visitor, Nysa Shawn of Thailand. 38-year-...
2016.09.26
What you need to know buying your first surfboard [Sports]
By David Higgins Purchasing your first surfboard is an extremely special experience but without correct information you could very easily end up with a wrong board for your level o...
Okinawa files appeal on high court Henoko ruling [Politics]
Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga filed an appeal Friday against a high court ruling that deemed illegal his refusal to withdraw his order to revoke a Henoko landfill permit that had ...
Golden Kings lose inaugural series of games in B. League [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Ryukyu Golden Kings faced Alvark Tokyo in the inaugural pair of regular season games of the B. League that combines the National Basketball League (NBL) and the TKbj-League. The se...
Destination weddings showing strong increase [Business]
Okinawa Prefecture Department of Culture, Tourism and Sports announced Wednesday that 6,553 couples came to Okinawa to have destination weddings during the period from January to J...
Okinawa residential land prices increase fastest pace in nation [Business]
The Land Policy Division of Okinawa Prefecture announced Tuesday results of its land price survey of July 1, 2016. According to the survey, the price of residential, commercial, an...
Tokyo temp agency acquires American Engineering [Business]
Outsourcing Inc., a temporary employment agency based in Tokyo, has reached a basic agreement to acquire American Engineering Corporation (AEC), a general contractor with head offi...
FamilyMart stores in Okinawa exceed 300 [Business]
Okinawa FamilyMart announced Wednesday that the number of their stores in Okinawa has exceeded 300. FamilyMart Ishigaki Isobe store and Ishigaki Seed store were just opened on the ...
Multilingual medical services offered in Okinawa [News]
Nanbu Tokushukai Hospital became the first hospital in Okinawa to acquire the Japan Medical Service Accreditation for International Patients (JMIP) certification in August his year...
Naming rights for Comprehensive Athletic Park for sale [News]
Okinawa Prefecture started accepting applications Tuesday for the naming rights of the Okinawa Comprehensive Athletic Park in Hiyagon, Okinawa City. The winning bid for the naming ...
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