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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
Fathers’ Day Festival invites to Tomari … [CURRENT ISSUE Festival]
Tomari Iyumachi Fish Market is a place where shopkeepers and restaurant chefs go every day in search of the freshest fish on Okinawa, to pre...Read More
Mud Run 2019 [Military Sports]
You had a feeling this was coming, so it’s time we come clean…The Camp Hansen World Famous Mud Run is back and it’s grimier than ever. On Su...Read More
New commercial/housing complex rising in Yamazato [News]
Old housing and shops in Yamazato, Okinawa City, along Route 330 are making way to a 3-story commercial complex now under construction. It’s all part of an urban redevelopment proj...
Woman Marine arrested for hit and run in Uruma [News]
Uruma Police arrested a woman Marine for failing to report her car accident and leaving the scene in Katsuren, Sunday morning. According to police, Herbie Valentina Avila, a 23-yea...
26 visitors infected with O-157 E.Coli bacteria [News]
Okinawa Prefecture Department of Public Health and Community Medical Care Division announced that 26 men and women who visited Okinawa since July 20 were infected with O-157 strain...
Marriott to open resort at Kabira Bay on Ishigaki [Business]
Marriott International, a U.S. based worldwide hotel chain is planning to open a new luxury resort at Kabira, Ishigaki City. The hotel will reportedly have about 360 guest rooms, w...
Three killed in two separate Friday motorcycle accidents [News]
Two separate fatal accidents involving motorcycles occurred in Yaese and Kadena Towns respectively early Friday morning, resulting in the deaths of three men. In Yaese Town, 35-yea...
Workers’ unions ask to discontinue civil safety patrols [News]
The Government sponsored civilian Okinawa safety teams that were set up in June using staff from the Okinawa General Bureau and Ministry of Defense to patrol low-traffic areas in l...
Taxi fares to rise on remote islands [News]
The Transport Department of the Okinawa General Bureau announced that taxi fares on the remote islands of Okinawa would rise Oct. 1st. The higher fares will be applied to 427 taxis...
Cruise liner brings 2,000 passengers to Toguchi Port [News]
A Hong Kong based Star Cruises’ cruise ship Super Star Virgo entered Toguchi Port in Motobu, Wednesday, marking the first time a cruise liner has made a call at Toguchi Port. The 7...
Volleyball player Zayasu to play next season in France [Sports]
Kotoki Zayasu, an Okinawan woman volleyball player and a member of the Japanese National Women’s Volleyball Team, will transfer to one of the top teams of the French volleyball lea...
Okinawa experiences record hot summer 2016 [News]
Okinawa experiences record hot summer Average temperature in Okinawa Prefecture during the three summer months from June to August was the highest on record, according to Okinawa M...
Rescuing child’s life earns letters of appreciation to two students [News]
Motobu Police has sent letters of appreciation to Kohei Higa and Ryudo Kato, for their rapid and effective rescue work. When the two men were swimming off Kouri Beach in Nakijin Vi...
New electric power retailer to start business in October [Business]
Okinawa Gas New Power, a new electric power retailer established in April as a joint venture of Okinawa Gas of Naha City and eREX CO. Ltd. of Tokyo, is scheduled to begin electric ...
National Tree Planting Ceremony for first time in Okinawa in 2019 [News]
The National Land Afforestation Promotion Organization decided in its general meeting on Tuesday in Tokyo to hold the 2019 National Tree Planting Ceremony in Okinawa. This marks th...
Okinawan mango wine earns four top prizes [News]
Mango Wine, made by Uchina Farm in Itoman, was awarded four prizes including the “Partum Gold Prize,” the top prize, at Asia’s largest wine competition “Japan Wine Challenge 2016”....
Okinawa collects ¥336.5 billion in taxes in 2015 [Business]
According to Okinawa National Tax Agency, the total tax receipts in the prefecture in fiscal 2015 were ¥336.531 billion, which is 11.5% or ¥34.805 billion higher than the year befo...
Friendship on LINE leads to attempted murder [News]
A friendship between two young women that they struck using a popular communications app LINE turned sour after the women met in person, and started an argument that ended with one...
Okinawa hotel occupancy rate, revenues increasing [Business]
A report from the Okinawa Development Finance Corporation, published on Aug. 26, says the occupancy rate of 71 major hotels in Okinawa in fiscal 2015 increased from the year before...
Cracked window forces ANA flight to land at Naha [News]
A cockpit window of an All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 airliner on its way from Haneda to Singapore developed a crack when the aircraft was flying over Ishigaki Island at about 3:10 ...
Agreement reached to fix Yui Rail elevators [News]
A fight among bureaucrats concerning who’d foot the bill to repair malfunctioning elevators at two stations on Okinawa Urban Monorail Line “Yui Rail” has been resolved, and the pub...
TripAdvisor names best 20 Japanese Castles [News]
TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel review website, announced the results of voting by the site’s users for the best 20 castles in Japan in 2016. From Okinawa, Nakagusuku Castl...
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