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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
DUI driver crashes into van carrying six tourists [News]
A 73-year-old unemployed man from Yomitan Village driving a car crashed into a rental car carrying six tourists from South Korea on Route 6 in Sobe, Yomitan Village, Saturday eveni...
Passenger from Naha to Minami-Daito missing [News]
A male passenger on a ferry from Naha to Minami-Daito Island is missing, and presumed to have fallen in the ocean. According to Nakagusuku Coast Guard officials, a crewmember on th...
Norovirus infection halts school lunch program [News]
Norovirus was detected from a member of the cooking staff at a school lunch center serving all schools in Tomigusuku City, and the city government temporarily suspended the school ...
Hiroshima Carp donates ¥100 million to Okinawa City [Sports]
Hiroshima Toyo Carp, a Japanese professional baseball team, made a donation of ¥100 million to Okinawa City on Monday. In a press conference on Tuesday, Okinawa City Mayor Sachio K...
U.S. does not expect completion of Henoko facility before 2025 [News]
Adm. Harry Harris, the head of the U.S. Pacific Command told the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington D.C. Tuesday that he does not expect the Henoko replacement faci...
Foreign children suspected of missing school [News]
According to an investigation by local newspaper Okinawa Times, there are a total of 136 foreign national children of compulsory education age in 11 municipalities on Okinawa who a...
Okinawa taxi fares to rise first time in 9 years [News]
Okinawa General Bureau is considering an increase of taxi fares by 9.1 to 29.3% on Okinawa main island, and an increase of 8.9 to 24.5% on outer Okinawa islands. According to offic...
Influenza threatens to swamp Chubu hospitals [News]
The Prefectural Chubu District Medical Association is sounding alarm bells as the seasonal flu cases threaten to overwhelm the emergency medical services of the hospitals in the mi...
Large rally held in Tokyo against Henoko construction [News]
A large rally opposing the construction of the MCAS Futenma replacement facility on Camp Schwab in Henoko, Nago City, was organized at nine places across the nation on Sunday. In T...
First time participants win Sunday’s Okinawa Marathon [Sports]
The 24th Okinawa Marathon took place Sunday in the central part of the island with both start and finish line at the Okinawa Prefecture Comprehensive Athletic Park in Okinawa City....
Lotte Marines infielder arrested at Naha Airport [News]
Professional baseball player Yamaico Navarro who is currently an infielder with the Japanese professional baseball team Chiba Lotte Marines was arrested on suspicion of violating t...
USJ sees no future for its theme park on Okinawa [Business]
Universal Studios Japan is reportedly leaning towards scrapping the plan to build a theme park in Motobu, according to sources familiar with the matter. The plan that was advocated...
2016.02.18
Marathon runners take over roads Sunday in central Okinawa [Sports]
The 24th Okinawa Marathon this Sunday is the second largest road race on the island after Naha Marathon that attracted more than 11,000 runners last year to the starting line at Ok...
Alleged Kiyohara’s drug dealer nabbed on Okinawa [News]
The arrest of popular 48-year-old former Japanese professional baseball player, Kazuhiro Kiyohara, sent a jolt through the national sports world. Kiyohara was arrested on suspicion...
Japan’s national women’s soccer team holds camp [Sports]
Nadeshiko Japan, the Japanese national women’s soccer team, preparing for the final Asian qualifier matches for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, has been conducting a training camp at ...
Dead whale washes up at Kadena Marina [News]
A 6.3-meter-long carcass of a humpback whale was found washed on the beach at Kadena Marina in Kaneku, Kadena Town, on Monday. According to Kadena Town officials, they received a r...
Naha man arrested for drugging, raping woman [News]
Naha City Police arrested a 30-year-old unemployed man from Mekaru, Naha City, on Monday, on suspicion of rendering a female acquaintance incapacitated and then raping her. Accordi...
Yomiuri Giants start annual spring training camp in Naha [Sports]
Arguably the most storied team in the Japanese professional baseball, Yomiuri Giants, started its annual training camp at Cellular Stadium in Onoyama, Naha City on Feb. 16th. This ...
Female teacher arrested for hit-and-run DUI [News]
A 25-year-old female temporary teacher working at a prefectural high school on Ishigaki Island was arrested Saturday on suspicion of a hit-and-run under influence alcohol. Accordin...
Court proposes settlement of Henoko reclamation lawsuit [News]
The Fukuoka High Court Naha Branch presented last week a provisional settlement plan for the dispute between the central government in Tokyo and Okinawa Prefecture who are in a cou...
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