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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
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 ...
Miyako receives over 100,000 visitors on cruise ships [Business]
The number of passengers on cruise ships visiting Miyako Island by the end of August this year exceeded 100,000 for the first time. According to local officials, a total of 105,276...
41% of Okinawans in 20’s have thought about suicide [News]
The Nippon Foundation announced results of a large-scale awareness survey about suicide that was conducted among 40,000 men and women in Japan aged over 20. According to the result...
Road in Ishimine caves in after typhoon [News]
Although Okinawa has been spared so far from direct hits of any of the season’s typhoons, some of them have brought heavy rains while passing by in the distance. A 20-meter-long po...
Makishi public market to be reconstructed on same site [News]
Naha City has published plans to rebuild the Makishi public market due to the deterioration of the current structure that mostly dates back to the ‘50s. The new market facility wil...
One in five Okinawans is over 65 years old [News]
According to Okinawa Prefecture Elderly Care and Nursing Division, 19.2% of the population in Okinawa was over 65 years old, as of Oct. 1, 2015. The rate is the lowest among all th...
Only 5.1% of managers in Okinawa are female [Business]
Teikoku Data Bank, Okinawa Branch, has announced results of its survey on attitudes regarding female employment in Okinawa. According to the survey, females hold only 5.1% of manag...
Hoshino Resort Hotel to open in 2019 in Yomitan [Business]
Hoshino Resorts, a company operating 35 resorts and hotels both at domestic and international destinations, is proceeding to construct a high-class resort with 100 separate villas ...
AEON Mall impact on neighbors surveyed [Business]
The Okinawa Prefecture Small and Medium Enterprise Support Division has announced the results of a study on economic effects of the mega shopping mall AEON Mall Rycom that opened a...
Strong winds for ships to change schedules [Business]
Three cruise ships that were scheduled to enter or leave Naha and Hirara ports were forced to change their schedule, Tuesday, and about 6,200 passengers were left stranded on the s...
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...
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