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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
Hwy 58 in Makiminato to be closed for bomb disposal [News]
A 5-inch unexploded bomb, apparently from the WWII era, was found at a demolition work site in the Makiminato area on Mar. 23rd. The bomb is scheduled for disposal on May 15th star...
Baby capybara born in Southeast Botanical Gardens [News]
A baby capybara was born to a female capybara in the Southeast Botanical Gardens on Apr. 8th. Capybara is the largest rodent in the world that can grow up to 134 cm in length and w...
White Beach Festival postponed [News]
Navy MWR officials have decided to postpone the annual White Beach Festival that was scheduled for this weekend. As for the reason, MWR officials cite “the tragedy of the earthquak...
Four Ospreys from Futenma dispatched to disaster site [News]
The Japanese Government announced Sunday that Japan will accept the U.S. Military support using Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft from MCAS Futenma on Okinawa to support recovery efforts ...
Okinawa Police officers dispatched to Kumamoto [News]
The National Police Agency announced Saturday that another 1,258 police officers including a number from Okinawa, has been dispatched to Kumamoto Prefecture to assist in the recove...
Tour provides visitors taste of Oki family life [Business]
A Taiwanese tour company Shonsu is selling a travel package that offers tourists accommodations with a local Okinawan family in Nakijin Village. According to Shonsu, the visitors w...
Record rainfall soaks Miyako, Nakagusuku [News]
Hirara and Kagamihara districts on Miyako Island experienced a record-setting rainfall for April in the morning of Apr. 13. The Hirara district on Miyako recorded 137.5mm rainfall ...
Chinese cruise ship calls to Nakagusuku Port [News]
Chinese cruise ship Superstar Libra made a port call to Nakagusuku Port for the first time on Apr. 13th. This was also the first time since 2011 for a cruise ship to moor at the po...
Okinawa zoo counted over 450,000 visitors in 2015 [CURRENT ISSUE]
The number of visitor to Okinawa Zoo, known as “Kodomo-no Kuni,” reached 457,868 for the year 2015 that is an increase of 32,301 over the previous year, and is the highest visitor ...
2016.04.12
Golden Kings tie regular season winning record [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Golden Kings took the thunder away from Hiroshima Lightning as they crushed their opponents on both days in the weekend series in Okinawa City. The Kings won 107-66 on Saturday...
OCVB opens international business match web page [Business]
Conjunction of Okinawa prefecture and Okinawa Convention Bureau has opened a new website aiming to match Okinawan tourism-related companies to their foreign counterparts. Okinawan ...
Miyako logs over 510,000 visitors in 2015, most ever [Business]
Miyakojima City tourism officials announced that the number of tourists visiting Miyako Island in 2015 reached 513,601, which is the highest ever on record for the city. The number...
Mitsuki, Okinawa Zoo escape artist, back in public [News]
Mitsuki, a 3-year-old female black bear who escaped twice from her cage in Okinawa Kodomo-no Kuni Zoo last year, is back in the public view at the zoo for the first time in about f...
Mystery of red flow into Mihama canal solved [News]
Chatan Town officials say that they have resolved the mystery of red liquid that was reported running out from a drainpipe into a canal at American Village in Mihama, Chatan Town, ...
Bedbugs making comeback to Okinawa [News]
Bedbugs, a pest that was thought to have been completely eradicated from Okinawa after the war are reportedly making a comeback. According to Okinawa Pest Control Association, the ...
Irukanda blooms first time in four years [News]
Legume plants, called ‘Irukanda’ or ‘Ujirukanda’ in Japanese (Mucuna macrocarpa), have come into bloom for the first time in four years at Kongo Sekirinzan Park in Ginama, Kunigami...
Women-only coin laundry shop opens in Naha [Business]
Sekaie Co., an operator of restaurants and service businesses, opened Okinawa’s first women-only coin laundry on Apr. 5th. Named ‘i-Laundry,’ the new store is located in Tabaru, Na...
Mystery red liquid flows into ocean from Sunset Beach [News]
A passerby noticed red fluid flowing from a drainpipe into the ocean at American Village in Mihama, Chatan Town, on Tuesday morning. The drainpipe is connected to buildings on Suns...
Mystery mass death of fish in Uruma river [News]
A large number of small striped mullet-like fish, called ‘bora’ in Japanese, was found dead in a river in Kawata, Uruma City, Monday. The Prefectural Chubu Regional Welfare and Pub...
2016.04.05
Golden Kings delivers solid pair of victories in weekend road games [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings had again a good weekend as they crushed Takamatsu Five Arrows on both days in a weekend road series, easily keeping their first place in the TKbj-League We...
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