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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
OCVB publishes Okinawa guidebook for Muslims [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Government and Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau, OCVB, have published a guidebook for Muslim tourists. 7,000 copies of the guidebook will be released an...
Okinawa continues worst in nation in DUI fatalities [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Police announced that the rate of traffic accidents resulting in injury or death in Okinawa related to DUI last year was the worst in the nation for the 26t...
U.S. Navy sailor indicted for raping tourist [News]
The Naha District Public Prosecutors Office indicted U.S. Navy sailor Justin Castellanos on Friday. He had been arrested Mar. 13th after he allegedly raped a Japanese tourist from ...
Nago civil servant nabbed for sex with minor [News]
Yonabaru Police on arrested 32-year-old Nago City government worker Wednesday on suspicion of engaging in sexual relationship with an underage girl. According to police, Hideki Yoh...
Drifter arrested for slashing pachinko employee’s neck [News]
Naha Police arrested a 65-year-old unemployed homeless man Tuesday evening on suspicion of attempted murder. According to police, the man was arrested on spot in a pachinko parlor ...
Mixed martial arts champ opens day care service [News]
Mitsuhisa Sunabe, an Okinawan mixed martial arts champion opened Mar. 1st an after school day care service for children with physical challenges. The facility, named CrossLine Day ...
MS Queen Elizabeth makes port call to Naha [News]
One of most recognizable names among world’s cruise ships is without doubt MS Queen Elizabeth. The 99,000-ton and 2081-passenger-capacity Cunard cruise liner moored at Naha Port fo...
Direct flights begin between Naha and Iwakuni [News]
All Nippon Airways, ANA, has opened a new route between Naha and Iwakuni, a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The inaugural flight on the daily round trip took place Sunday, Mar. 27th....
11 million customers so far visit AEON Rycom [Business]
AEON Rycom shopping mall has counted over 11 million customers by the end of Feb. since the mall opened last April. The number is expected to exceed 12 million by the end of March,...
Marine found dead in ocean off Schwab [Military]
A U.S. Marine was found dead in the ocean off the coast of Camp Schwab, before noon on Monday, Mar. 28. Japan Coast Guard assisted in searching for and locating the Marine. The Nav...
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Kings hit top spot in conference with double wins over Shiga [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings, playing in Tomigusuku Gym, swiped Shiga Lakestars in both weekend games. The game on Saturday ended 98–86 while the number on Sunday were 93–84. The win on...
Ginoza reports success in growing strawberries [Business]
Ginoza Village on the northwestern coast of Okinawa’s main island boasts it has succeeded to become a village known for its strawberries. The Ginoza Road Station reports that it so...
OCVB survey finds half of tourist industry confused about foreign visitors [Business]
Okinawa Prefecture and Okinawa Convention and Visitors Bureau conducted a field survey to gauge the support for foreign tourists in Okinawan tourism industry companies, such as hot...
Park Avenue to change into two-way street [News]
Officials in Okinawa City say Chuo Park Avenue will become a two-way street by 2020 to improve the flow of traffic in the area. The change is also expected to help in the area re-v...
Singer Natchy invited to perform in U.S. event [News]
Okinawan singer Natchy has received an invitation to perform at the International Festival of Language & Culture (INTFLC) scheduled to be held in the second half of April in Wa...
Center uses social media to ask for specific donations [CURRENT ISSUE]
“Please donate a school bag to my son who will start primary school from this April,” was a request from a mother who contacted Okinawa City Personal Support Center. Subsequently, ...
U.S. Navy sailor admits to raping tourist [News]
Police investigators say that the U.S. Navy sailor under arrest on suspicion of raping a tourist from Fukuoka has admitted to the charge under questioning. Naha Police arrested 24-...
Graduation ceremonies at prefecture universities held [News]
The graduation ceremony of the University of the Ryukyus took place at Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan City on Mar. 18th. 1,806 students graduated from the university in fisca...
Okinawa’s economy grew 9th year in row [Business]
The Okinawa Prefecture Statistics Division has compiled a brief summary of the local economy during the fiscal 2013. According to the summary, the real GDP in the prefecture was 4 ...
Body of missing seaman found at Gushikawa coast [News]
Nakagusuku Coast Guard officials announced that the body of a 19-year-old oil tanker crew member, who had been missing since Mar. 10th, was found by a seawall south of Gushikawa Th...
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