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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
Okinawa marks 52nd anniversary of revers… [Politics]
May 15th marked the 52nd anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion to the Japanese administration in 1972. According to published figures, the Japa...Read More
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...
High school entrance tests today and tomorrow [News]
The annual general entrance examinations to the prefectural public high schools for the April 1 start of the school year are taking place at all 78 prefectural public high and spec...
Vandals destroy 123 bashofu trees in Ogimi [News]
123 Bashofu trees, Japanese fiber banana trees that are the source of raw material for woven local textile called ‘Bashofu’, were found cut and overran in Kijyoka, Ogimi Village on...
Nikko Alivila ranked best in Japan for 3rd time [Business]
Hotel Nikko Alivila Yomitan Resort Okinawa in Yomitan Village was selected as the No.1 hotel for families in Japan in TripAdvisor’s ‘Travelers’ Choice Hotel Awards 2016’ contest. T...
University of Ryukyus admits 1,223 new students [News]
The University of the Ryukyus announced its general entrance examination results Monday with 1,223 students passing the test. At 11:00, as soon as the names of successful students ...
Teresa Lu of Taiwan repeats Daikin Orchid win [Sports]
The final round of the 29th Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament took place at Ryukyu Golf Club in Nanjo City on Sunday. Teresa Lu of Taiwan, the defending winner of the last year’...
2016.03.07
Kings win series against Takamatsu Five Arrows, secure place in play-offs [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
On Saturday, the Ryukyu Golden Kings scored a solid 77-65 victory against the Takamatsu Five Arrows at Okinawa City Gym in front of 3,728 fans. The win also meant that the team sec...
Chairman of Japan’s new basketball pro-league visits [News]
Masaaki Okawa, the chairman of the Japanese men’s professional basketball B-league that combines the current competing TK-bj and JBL leagues and is scheduled to start this fall vis...
Okinawa population grows at highest rate in nation [News]
The Japanese Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications has announced the preliminary figures of the latest Population Census as of October 1st, 2015...
Tokyo agrees to proposed settlement, halts Henoko landfill [News]
In a big compromise move, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has agreed to accept a court-mediated settlement plan over the construction of the replacement facility to MCAS Futenma in Henok...
Sanshin Day performance held at Schwab Gate [News]
Today is ‘Sanshin Day,’ Mar. 4. Early this morning about 30 people played Sanshin on the street in front of the Camp Schwab main gate and with sun shining, more than 100 people per...
2016.03.03
2016 All Star Motocross in Okinawa roars to Nago [Sports]
Tsuyoshi Matsuda, a former IA motocross rider and now an owner of a bike shop owner, organized the first Nago All Star Motocross race in Nago last year. The event was the first mot...
2016.03.03
First Chatan Cup wakeboard contest at Fisherina Port Saturday [Sports]
Wakeboarding contest is a rather unknown sport to Okinawa, although many resorts and beaches offer wakeboarding to visitors willing to try. But there are a growing group of enthusi...
2016.03.02
JLPGA Tour kicks of with Daikin Orchid on Ryukyu Golf Club [Sports]
The Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament was played for the first time at the Ryukyu Golf Club in 1988. It was then, as it continues to be, the season opening game of the Ladies’ P...
Northern Okinawa area to become national park [News]
The Japanese Ministry of Environment announced Feb. 27th a decision to designate the area surrounding three villages in the northern part of the island, Kunigami, Higashi and Ogimi...
Woman’s body found in river in Toyosaki [News]
An unidentified woman’s body was found in shallow water in a river north of Toyosaki Bridge in Toyosaki, Tomigusuku City, in the morning of Feb. 24th. According to Tomigusuku City ...
Orion Beer opens sales office in Taipei [Business]
Orion Beer Co., Ltd. opened its first overseas office in Taiwan on Feb. 27th. According to Orion Beer Co. officials, the company regards Taiwan as a promising lucrative market and ...
Okinawan girl aces national abacus test [News]
Noa Azama, a 7-year-old first grade student of Shimabukuro Elementary School, passed the highest 10 Dan level test of the National Abacus Education Association that took place on J...
Asia’s largest cruise ship to run China-Okinawa route [Business]
Dream Cruise Co., a new cruise line company, based in Hong Kong and launched last December, is planning to open a regular route with a new cruise liner linking Guangzhou in China a...
Japan records most foreigners’ hotel stays ever [Business]
The number of foreign visitors’ overnight stays in hotels and Japanese inns (ryokan) increased by a whopping 48.1% in 2015 from the year before, which helped the hotel industry to ...
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