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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 fieldho...Read More
Okinawa Expressway Renewal Work Starts J… [CURRENT ISSUE LIFE]
NEXCO, the company operating the Okinawa Expressway announces that Expressway renewal work start from January 7th in 2020 to March 31st in 2...Read More
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 maratho...Read More
Unimat Precious to build luxury resort on Ishigaki [Business]
Unimat Precious, a company of the Unimat Group in charge of resort business, is planning to open a luxury resort named Hotel Allamanda Ishigaki, in Miyara, Ishigaki City, in the so...
Heavy rain in Naha causes road collapse [News]
Last week typhoon No.13 passed Okinawa without much effect, and continued to mainland Japan. But, although the winds here did not reach typhoon strength, the state of air became un...
Overseas bound passengers from Naha exceed 70,000 [Business]
According to Ministry of Justice figures, 72,751 Japanese passengers left for overseas destinations from Naha Airport in 2015 that is a 9.7-percent increase from a year ago, and th...
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...
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