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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
OkiEvents this Week!! [CURRENT ISSUE ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
・11/3~11/5 Shuri Castle Restoration Festival @ Shuri Castle 10:00~ https://oki-park.jp/shurijo/en/event/8414 PIN: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Qj...Read More
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...
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...