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‘Year of the Dragon’ 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
Pro-Baseball Spring Training 2024 [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
Okinawa Expressway Renewal Work Starts J… [CURRENT ISSUE]
NEXCO, the company operating the Okinawa Expressway announces that Expressway renewal works start from January 9th in 2024 to late April in ...Read More
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...
Car crashes into children’s goods store in Okinawa City [News]
A car that had a minor collision with another car crashed into a children goods store in Mihara, Okinawa City, Thursday afternoon. The glass wall of the storefront broke in the acc...
Okinawa’s Ueyonabaru 4th in Rio Paralympics 1,500m [Sports]
45-year-old Hirokazu Ueyonabaru, a native of Okinawa, grabbed the fourth place in the men’s 1,500-meter T52-class wheelchair race on the 9th day of the Rio 2016 Paralympics athleti...
Willcom Okinawa looking for “Y! mobile OKINAWA girl” [News]
Willcom Okinawa, a local telecommunications subsidiary of SoftBank Corp., is looking to recruit a female campaign model “Y! mobile OKINAWA girl” to appear on TV commerc...
Yonaguni Town Council to add four more members [Politics]
Yonaguni Town Council has unanimously approved a revision bill to change the number of town council from 6 to 10. The council approved the resolution at its regular Sep. meeting on...
2016.09.15
Camp Kinser to host open bicycle race [Sports]
On Sunday, Sep. 25, MCCS Okinawa is hosting an open bicycle race on Camp Kinser. The event is open to participants island-wide. The race has two categories, one for road bikes and ...
Typhoon Malakas closing in on Okinawa this weekend [News]
According to Japan Meteorological Agency, a tropical cyclone currently located east of the Philippines has evolved into the 16th typhoon of the season and named Malakas. The typhoo...
Okinawa pro-soccer stadium project starts taking shape [News]
Okinawa Prefecture started Tuesday to issue requests for proposals for constructing a new soccer stadium in Naha that would meet the requirements for playing regular games of the J...
Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival seeks sanshin players, event participants [News]
The executive committee of the 6th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival taking place from Oct. 26 through 30 is inviting participants to “Umanchu Grand Sanshin Celebration” concert schedu...
Apartment room burns down in Maejima, Naha [News]
An emergency call from a resident of an apartment building in Maejima, Naha City, Monday evening, said a fire had broken out from an electric teapot. According to Naha Fire Station...
Majority of company presidents are from local universities [News]
Tokyo Shoko Research conducted a survey among company presidents in Okinawa regarding their university education. According to results, most of the presidents, 373 of them, were gr...
Naha convenience store robbed at knifepoint [News]
A man wielding a knife entered a convenience store in Asahi-machi, Naha City, about 3:45 a.m. Monday, demanding money. A shore clerk handed the money about ¥20,000 from the registe...
Okinawa milk production decreasing [News]
Production of raw milk on Okinawa is decreasing because the number of dairy farmers keeping milk cows is diminishing. According to Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, ...
Donations sought for traditional music project [News]
Daiichi Hirata, the chairman of the Culture Promotion Association of Okinawa and a group of volunteers are calling for donations to support the conservation activities of Kazufumi ...
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