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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
Higashi man arrested for trying to kill mother [News]
Nago Police arrested a 53-year-old man on Tuesday on suspicion of attempting to kill his 83-year-old mother. According to Nago Police, Seijun Takasato, a security guard from Higash...
Okinawa Washington Office head encountering visa problems [News]
According to several press reports, the head of Okinawa Prefecture’s office in Washington has yet to obtain the working visa needed for political activities. Hideo Henzan, a former...
Kishimoto chosen to Japan National Basketball team [Sports]
Japan Basketball Association announced Monday the names of 14 members for the national team to play in the 38th Men’s William Jones Cup tournament, which runs from July 23rd throug...
Express bus to start running Naha-Koza route in fall [News]
Okinawa Prefecture Traffic Department announced that it would start a trial service of an express bus between Naha and Koza in Okinawa City. The new express line is scheduled to st...
Pizza House to re-open main restaurant in new location [Business]
Pizza House Co., a company that runs Pizza House Jr. restaurants on Okinawa specializing in western-style dishes, announced that it would re-open a new Pizza House flagship restaur...
Worker dies at Kadena Air Base demolition site [News]
A construction worker died in a demolition work site accident on Kadena Air Base on Friday. According to Okinawa City Police, Masaki Miyazato, a construction worker from Naha City ...
Japanese man arrested for attack on American civilian [News]
Okinawa police arrested a 43-year-old man living in Misato, Okinawa City on suspicion of assaulting a male civilian worker of the U.S. military in the evening of July 8 in Chuo, Ok...
Helios Brewery celebrates 20 years of craft beer [Business]
Helios Brewery, a Nago based maker of alcoholic drinks and beer, is celebrating its 20th anniversary of making craft beer from July 6th through 18th at Helios Pub on Kokusai Street...
3rd generation Okinawan to represent Brazil in judo [Sports]
26-year-old Charles Chibana, whose grand parents emigrated from Yomitan Village to Brazil, has been selected to the national judo team of Brazil to represent his country at the Rio...
Toyosaki to have large resort hotel complex [Business]
Although it lost the new MICE facility to Agarihama in Yonabaru, the Toyosaki area in Tomigusuku City will be the site of a new large 400-room resort hotel complex. The Chia Shin C...
Okinawan boxer wins OPBF championship [Sports]
Daigo Higa, a 20-year-old pro-boxer from Urasoe, won the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) Championship title in a match held at the Kourakuen Hall in Tokyo on July 2nd...
Rape-murder suspect wants trial moved to Tokyo [News]
Toshimitsu Takaesu, the lawyer for Kenneth Franklin Shinzato, who is being held on suspicion of the rape and murder of a 20-year-old Okinawan girl in May, has submitted a written r...
Airman arrested on suspicion of DUI [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested a 27-year-old U.S. Air Force technical sergeant on suspicion of driving under influence in Mihama, Chatan Town early Monday morning. According to polic...
First typhoon of season approaching Okinawa [News]
The Japan Meteorological Agency has announced the formation of the first typhoon of this season. The formation of the typhoon was observed at 09:00 on July 3rd, making it the secon...
Abandoned newborn found on roadside bench in Naha [News]
A newborn baby was found abandoned on a roadside bench in the Tomari district of Naha early Saturday morning. A local resident heard the baby crying and called police about 02:30. ...
Shiraishi Car Beauty Pro Eneos is ready to pamper your car [Business]
The JX Nippon Oil & Energy Co. is the largest oil company in Japan, but most people, especially those who drive a car, know much better the label it uses to sell its oil produc...
Two Marines arrested for carrying live ammo at Naha Airport [News]
Two Marines were arrested at Naha Airport on Friday on suspicion of possessing live rifle rounds. According to police, the airport security check found the ammunition in their carr...
Discounts set for travel between Amami, Yoron and Okinawa [News]
Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures have set up as a joint project subsidized discounts for tickets for travel between Okinawa and Amami and Yoron islands in Kagoshima Prefecture. Th...
Okinawa population at 1,432,874 [News]
Okinawa Prefecture announced that the population of Okinawa stood at 1,432,874 as of June 1, 2016. The number shows a 1,310 increase from a month before, and is 6,685 larger than a...
U.S. congressional report fears further delay in Henoko plan [News]
A congressional research office published a report Tuesday, expressing concerns that the recent murder case involving a civilian worker of a base contractor would have an adverse e...