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Okinawa Expressway Renewal Work Starts J… [CURRENT ISSUE LIFE Living]
NEXCO, the company operating the Okinawa Expressway announces that Expressway renewal works start from January 6th to April 28th in 2026 bet...Read More
Itoman Tug-of-War marks end of summer [CULTURE CURRENT ISSUE ENTERTAINMENT]
Many Okinawan farmers and fishermen, in some form or fashion, pay tribute to the Gods, seeking their blessing and favor for a great harvest ...Read More
Awamori "Ku-su" Day [CURRENT ISSUE LIFE]
September 4th is the “Ku-su Day”, with September = ‘9’ which is pronounced ‘kyu’ or ‘ku’ in Japanese, and ‘4’ being pronounced ‘...Read More
OPG to set special fund to fight child poverty [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Government has investigated children’s poverty in Okinawa for the first time and, based on the findings, concluded that 29.9% of children in the prefecture ...
JTA adds flights to Miyako, changes to larger aircraft [News]
Japan Transocean Air Co., Ltd, announced that it has decided to add one more daily flight between Miyako and Naha in March in order to respond to increasing demand from tourists to...
Gangster arrested for stabbing woman [News]
Okinawa City Police on arrested a 53-year-old unemployed man living in Teruya, Okinawa City Saturday on suspicion of attempted murder. The man is reportedly a member of gangster gr...
Marijuana lands SOFA dependent boy in jail [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested a 16-year-old dependent son of a SOFA employee on Jan. 30th on suspicion of violating the Cannabis Control Law. The boy works part-time and is living i...
One dead in Nago house fire [News]
A fire broke out in one-story wooden house in Taira, Nago City, about 01:00 on Jan. 31st. Five fire trucks were dispatched to the scene, and the blaze was put out by 03:20. After t...
Petty Officer nabbed for DUI [News]
Urasoe City Police arrested 25-year-old Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class stationed on White Beach early Sunday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence on Highway 58. The sa...
Man arrested for having rifle ammo round in bag [News]
Tomigusuku Police arrested a 44-year-old system engineer on Jan. 31st at Naha Airport, on suspicion of violating the Explosives Control Law. According to police, an inspector disco...
Woman dies in snorkeling accident off Sunabe coast [News]
An American woman who was snorkeling was found in cardiac and respiratory arrest about 400 meters offshore north of Sunabe coast in Chatan Sunday afternoon. The woman, identified a...
2016.02.01
Okinawa welcomes annual baseball spring training camps [Sports]
As February begins, so begin the annual Japanese pro-baseball spring camps on Okinawa. During the month, nine of the 12 Japanese top league professional baseball teams will hold th...
PFOS contamination found at Chatan water facility [News]
The Prefectural Enterprise Bureau announced that organic fluorine compound perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) was discovered in higher concentration than any other location at Chatan...
Police ask public help to identity robbery suspect [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police is asking help from the public to identify the culprit of a robbery of a Lawson convenience store that took place in Ojyana, Ginowan City, last year. The...
Governor unveils details of new Okinawa MICE facility [Business]
Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga held a press conference on Jan. 20th at the Prefectural Government Office to officially announce details of the planned new MICE facility to be const...
Grand Castle to become Double Tree by Hilton [Business]
Hotel Nikko Naha Grand Castle in Shuri, Naha City, will become Double Tree by Hilton Naha Shuri Castle on July 1st. The management company of the hotel, Ryukyu Hotel Resort Naha, h...
Couple in hospital after house fire in Ginowan [News]
A fire broke out in a two-story concrete house in Aragusuku, Ginowan City, about 3 in the morning on Jan. 25th that completely destroyed the second floor of the house. Firefighters...
Okinawa starts new talks with central government [News]
When the talks between Okinawa Prefecture and the central government on the dispute over building the replacement facility in Henoko for MCAS Futenma collapsed last September, both...
Bank employee gets boot for giving out irregular loans [News]
A male employee of the Bank of Okinawa Co. in his 30’s, who was in charge of the bank’s business transactions with several companies on the island, was terminated after he was foun...
Kume Island Triathlon invites participants [Sports]
The 2nd Kume Island Triathlon scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 28th, is now accepting registrations for participants through Jan. 31st. The race is touted as being the earliest triathlon...
Number of visitors in 2015 hit new record [Business]
According to the Okinawa Prefectural Department of Culture, Tourism and Sports, the number of visitors to Okinawa between January and December 2015 reached a new record. The number...
2016.01.28
Golden Kings’ Shuhei Kitagawa elected TKbj-League MVP of the Week [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Shuhei Kitagawa of the Ryukyu Golden Kings was elected the TKbj-League MVP of the Week on the week of Jan. 2nd to 19th for his performance in the Kings’ home game against Hamamatsu...
2016.01.28
Minions to take over Bibi Beach in March Funrun & Music Festival [Sports]
‘Minions’ are a set of characters based on a 2015 Universal Pictures film that, despite of a rather damning view of most critics, went on to become the 11th highest grossing film o...
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