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・2/25 – 2/26 Yomitan Yachimun Market @ Farmers Market Yunta Ichiba in Yomitan village 10:00~17:00 Free to enter https://www.yomitan-sy...Read More
Pro-Baseball Spring Training 2023 [Family Sports]
Okinawa is the southernmost prefecture in Japan, and that means it’s the warmest place in the country in the wintertime. Because of that, ma...Read More
‘Year of the Rabbit’ begins in Okinawan … [CULTURE CURRENT ISSUE]
Legend has it that Buddha asked all animals to meet him on the Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after each one, and an...Read More
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 ...
Serviceman nabbed for DUI [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested an American serviceman on suspicion of diving under influence in Mihama, Wednesday. According to police, a police patrol stopped 22-year-old Pfc Jonath...
U.S. Marine Corps AV-8 Harrier crashes off Okinawa [News]
A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8 Harrier crashed into the ocean off Okinawa, about 14:00 today. The pilot ejected safely from his aircraft and was rescued successfully by the 33rd Rescue S...
B.League opening match live on giant TV at Koza Music Town [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The inaugural regular season match of the new Japanese professional basketball league, known as B.League, is played today between Ryukyu Golden Kings and Alcark Tokyo at Yoyogi Gym...
Man dies in worksite accident in Itoman [News]
A man died when a power shovel he was operating accidentally fell, and he was pinned down under the machine in Itoman City, Monday. The worker had been doing landscaping work with ...
Snorkelers stranded in cove off Yomitan [News]
Five people on a snorkeling tour were stranded in a cove off the shore of Yomitan Village, Monday. An emergency call Monday morning alerted the rescue team at Nirai Fire Station in...
World’s oldest fishhooks found in cave in Nanjo [News]
Archaeologists have unearthed 23,000-year-old fishhooks in Sakitari Cave in Nanjo City. The limestone cave is located at a sightseeing site Gangala Valley in Tamagusuku. The Okinaw...
Unimat opens first cabin-style hotel on Ishigaki [Business]
Unimat Precious Co., a company in charge of resort business of the Unimat Group, is opening “Blue Cabin Ishigakijima” on Oct. 15, which is the first low-cost cabin-style hotel for ...
New King and Queen named at Shuri Castle Festival [News]
The selection of a new King and Queen to appear at the festivals in Shuri Castle was originally scheduled to be a part of the Mid-autumn Celebration, Chushu-no Utage at Shuri Castl...
Malakas damages houses on Yonaguni, crops on Ishigaki [News]
Malakas, the strong 16th typhoon of the season is currently located south of Shikoku and heading east north-east at the speed of 35 km per hour. It caused scattered rain showers an...
Onaga asks to host 2020 Tokyo Olympics Karate [News]
Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga formally requested at a meeting with Tamayo Marukawa, the Minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, to hold the karate competition of the T...
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