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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
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...
Karate gets own division in Okinawa government [Sports]
The Okinawa Prefectural Government has decided to set up a new division to promote karate and ancient Japanese martial arts. The new division that will start working from April wil...
Professionals give free advice to home builders [Business]
Architects Studio Japan, the largest nationwide network of architects in the country, is organizing a free exhibition and counseling event at Okinawa Convention Center this today a...
Fireman crashes into taxi, arrested for DUI [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested Feb. 11th a 34-year-old Uruma City Fire Department firefighter on suspicion of drinking and driving. Police say the fireman crashed into a taxi that ha...
Noa Onaga gets new heart in the U.S. [News]
Noa Onaga, the one-year-old girl suffering from a serious cardiac disease, who went to the U.S. to wait for a suitable donor heart mid January, underwent a successful heart transpl...
2016.02.11
Kings drop to third place after splitting weekend series against Kyoto [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The weekend pair of on-the-road games against Kyoto Hannaryz started well enough for the Ryukyu Golden Kings as they won the Saturday’s game 84-76 in front The game was pure ecstas...
Prefecture presents largest initial budget bill ever [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Government approved the initial budget for the fiscal 2016 at a government board meeting on Feb. 8th, and presented the plan informally to each government d...
New chocolate made with awamori for Valentine’s Day [Business]
Edelweiss Okinawa, a high-class pastry shop, and Chuko Awamori Distillery have jointly created a new pastry that is made using Belgique chocolate and awamori. The new ‘Premium Choc...
Eriko Imai of pop group SPEED to run in Upper House election [Politics]
Eriko Imai, a member of the Okinawan all-female pop group SPEED is set to tun as a candidate representing the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the upcoming Upper House election e...
Average company presidents older, women increase [Business]
The Okinawa Branch of Teikoku Databank, a business information company, has released a survey putting the average age of a company president in Okinawa at 58.2 years of age as of t...
Number of foreign workers increased by 44.6% [Business]
According to statistics of Okinawa Labor Bureau, released on Feb. 5th, the number of foreigners working in the prefecture increased 44.6 % to 4,898 people, as of the end of October...
Majority of motorcycle thefts committed by young boys [News]
According to Okinawa Prefectural Police, 103 of the 113 persons arrested on suspicion of motorcycle thefts in 2015 were boys between 14 and 20 years of age. The proportion of boys ...
Farm worker drowns after falling into irrigation pond [News]
A farm worker accidentally fell into an irrigation pond and drowned in the Okayo district of Motobu Town, Wednesday. According to Motobu Police, a male emergency caller informed po...
High school boy nabbed for forgery [News]
Yaeyama Police on arrested a 17-year-old high school boy from Haebaru Town on Feb. 2nd on suspicion of forging a driver’s license and using it for illegal purpose. According to inv...
2016.02.03
Kings split home series against Oita-Ehime Heat Devils [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
3,746 people were in audience on Saturday to witness the Ryukyu Golden Kings to win handsomely 101-80 on their home turf against visiting Oita-Ehime Heat Devils. However, the home ...
Runners invited to Nanbu Trim Marathon [Sports]
The 28th Nanbu Trim Marathon is scheduled to take place Sunday, Mar. 20th. The trim marathon was first organized in April 1989, and has by now grown to become one of the largest fa...
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