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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
2,500 protest in Henoko against rape of tourist [News]
According to organizers, about 2,500 people gathered Monday in front of the main gate of Camp Schwab in Henoko to protest the alleged rape of a female tourist in Naha. A U.S. sailo...
2016.03.21
Kings on road beat Oita-Ehime Heat Devils with solid pair [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings scored their eight and ninth wins in a row by mauling Oita-Ehime Heat Devils in a weekend pair of road games in Iyo-Shiosai Gym in Ehime. First on Saturday,...
2016.03.21
Fast & Furious of Okinawa! Definitely exhilarating and definitely illegal [Sports]
By David Higgins If you were a fan of the ‘The Fast and The Furious: One through Seven’ movies, (I can’t believe they were able to make seven, either) then you mi...
Influenza death rate in Okinawa highest in Japan [News]
Yoshihiro Takayama, a doctor specializing in infectious diseases at the Okinawa Prefectural Chubu Hospital reported Mar. 17th that the death rate of influenza in Okinawa is the hig...
New hotel aimed at Asian tourists planned for Nago [Business]
Felice Co., a company that manages business hotels in Naha and elsewhere in the country is planning to construct a new hotel in Yamanoha, Nago City. The company is currently waitin...
First international roller derby in Asia to kick off [Sports]
The Japan Open Roller Derby Tournament 2016 will kick off at Okinawa Prefectural Comprehensive Park Gym in Okinawa City this Friday. The two-day tournament that runs on Friday and ...
Okinawan cyclists selected to represent Japan at Rio Olympics [Sports]
Japan Cycling Federation announced on Mar. 17th that 31-year-old Yukiya Arashiro from Ishigaki Island and 27-year-old Kohei Uchima from Urasoe City have been chosen to represent Ja...
Prefecture sets up IT-based tourist guidebook [News]
The Prefecture Urban Planning and Monorail Division has made a multilingual combination of a guidebook, website and Internet application to encourage foreign visitors to take advan...
Kume Island company obtains halal certificate for products [Business]
Point Pyuru Co., a cosmetics maker that produces and sells cosmetics made using Kume Island’s deep sea water and local Okinawan ingredients, has obtained a Halal Certification for ...
Uza Terrace Beach Club Villas opens Friday [Business]
Terrace Hotels, the operator of luxury hotels on Okinawa, is scheduled to open its 5th hotel in Uza, Yomitan Village, on Mar. 15th. The Uza Terrace Beach Club Villas is the first v...
Junior high school graduations commence [CURRENT ISSUE]
70 percent of the junior high schools in the prefecture held their graduation ceremonies on Mar. 12th. The rest of the junior high schools are scheduled to have their graduation ce...
Japan’s earliest picking of tealeaves begins in Nago [News]
Picking of ‘Ichibancha’, the first tea leaves of the season, started at a tea plantation in Isagawa, Nago City, in the morning of Mar. 15th. The harvest is the earliest in the coun...
2016.03.15
Kings crush Nara in weekend pair of games [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Ryukyu Golden Kings scored a pair of convincing wins against Nara Bambitious in their weekend road game series at Yamatokoriyama Comprehensive Park Gym in Nara Prefecture. The scor...
U.S. Navy sailor arrested for raping tourist in Naha [News]
Naha Police arrested a U.S. Navy sailor, Sunday, on suspicion of raping a female tourist in a hotel in Naha. According to police, 24-year-old seaman Justin Castellanos from Camp Sc...
Elderly woman killed in traffic accident [News]
A mini car driven by a 32-year-old housewife hit a 74-year-old unemployed woman at the entrance of a supermarket parking lot in Akamichi, Ginowan, Thursday morning. According to Gi...
San-A, local banks top most desirable workplace list [Business]
Radical Okinawa Co., Ltd., the publisher of a free Okinawan job search magazine has published a list of companies ranked according to the preference of new graduates. San-A was vot...
Woman’s skeleton found on Mt. Yaedake [News]
A skeleton female body was discovered on Mt. Yaedake in Okayo, Motobu Town on Mar. 10th. According to Motobu Police, the body has not been identified, and based on the condition of...
HAPiNAHA to be closed, turned into commercial complex [Business]
Ryubo Holdings, the owner of department stores and supermarkets in Okinawa, announced that it would close the HAPiNAHA entertainment facility in the former Mitsukoshi Department St...
King’s Tsuyama sidelined with facial injury [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings guard Shota Tsuyama broke his right orbital floor in the game against Takamatsu Five Arrows at Okinawa City Gymnasium on Sunday. According to Golden Kings’ ...
Collision with police lands pair on motorbike to hospital [News]
A police patrol car collided with a motorcycle on Route 6 in Zakimi, Yomitan Village at 03:15 on Tuesday. The motorcycle fell down, and a 19-year-old man from Urasoe who had been d...
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