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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
Okinawa sets cold records across island Sunday [News]
Due to strong cold air mass flowing from Siberia over all of Japan including Okinawa, sleet was observed in Nago City and Kume Island, Sunday. This was the first time sleet has bee...
Inclement weather forces cancellation of business fairs [Business]
Organizers of three business fairs scheduled for his weekend cancelled the events because of bad weather. Kadena, Tomigusuku and Okinawa City Busines Fairs were all cancelled becau...
Mori Trust purchases second property in prefecture [Business]
Mori Trust Co., Ltd., one of the largest real estate developers in Japan that specializes in hotel and urban-development projects announced the purchase of 7,338 square meters of l...
Noa Onaga leaves for U.S. for heart transplant [News]
Noa Onaga, one-year-old girl who suffers from severe dilated cardiomyopathy, left Kansai Airport to New York on Jan. 19th with her parents onboard a medical jet for a heart transpl...
2016.01.19
Golden Kings back on second place in Western Conference [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings delighted their fans on their home court in Okinawa City Gym by winning both games of the weekend series. That also means that the team is back on the secon...
Police gun goes off while he cleans it [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police said that a 24-year-old male riot police officer’s gun went off by accident at the Prefectural Riot Police Unit Office in Ota, Uruma City, Friday evening...
Uruma man accused of attempted murder [News]
Uruma City Police arrested on Jan. 16th a 59-year-old Uruma City man on suspicion of attempted murder. According to police, the man stabbed a 55-year-old electrician in the back wi...
Woman sailor faces DUI, hit-and-run charges [News]
A car and a motorcycle collided at Kitamae intersection on Highway 58 Sunday morning. The car left the scene without stopping, but police found the car and driver about an hour lat...
Marijuana use in Okinawa increasing [News]
The number of arrests related to possession of marijuana among young people on the island is increasing. According to Okinawa Prefectural Police, the number of arrests of offenders...
17-year-old nabbed for snatching woman’s purse [News]
Ginowan Police arrested a 17-year-old unemployed boy without a permanent address, Jan. 12th, on suspicion of snatching a purse from a 71-year-old woman. According to police, the bo...
Disney parade tour to start from Tomigusuku [News]
Oriental Land Co., the manager of Tokyo Disney Resort, announced on Jan. 14th that Tokyo Disney Resort is organizing a parade tour covering 15 selected locations across the country...
Taxi driver arrested for Matsuyama hit and run [News]
A passerby found a 36-year-old man from Naha City lying down bleeding from his head on a street in Matsuyama, Naha City, early in the morning on Jan. 12th. The man was taken to a h...
Norovirus detected in Chatan school lunch worker [News]
Health officials discovered a member of the staff at Chatan Town School Lunch Center had been infected with norovirus. The center prepares the school lunches for four pre-schools, ...
Elderly man arrested for fatally assaulting woman [News]
Naha Police arrested a 74-year-old man on suspicion of fatally assaulting a 54-year-old woman on Jan. 12th. According to police, three people, including the man and the woman, had ...
J-League teams to start winter training on Okinawa [Sports]
Okinawa is getting more popular by the year as a location for professional sports teams’ winter training camps. 17 top soccer teams of men’s professional J-League are scheduled to ...
Season’s first flu warning issued in Naha [News]
Naha City Healthcare Center has issued the first influenza warning of the winter on Jan. 13th. According to Naha City Board of Education, an elementary school class in Naha City wa...
2016.01.14
Ogimi Village Fair highlights fresh produce, clean nature [CURRENT ISSUE]
Ogimi Village in northern Okinawa is a community known to have the longest living residents in Japan. Its 3,500 residents are also exceptionally active in various business ventures...
Okinawa CLIP website opens view to Ishigaki Island [News]
Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company has opened a new page “Ishigaki Island CLIP” on its “Okinawa CLIP” website. The new addition introduces sightseeing information about Ishigaki Is...
High school student arrested for marijuana possession [News]
Okinawa City Police has arrested a 18-year-old high school boy, a student at a local public high school, on suspicion of possessing marijuana. According to persons familiar with th...
NPO opens children’s diner in Okinawa City [News]
“Kodomo Shokudo Yugafuu” children’s diner managed by NPO Promise Keepers that supports the homeless, poor and needy opened on Jan. 4th, The facility serves free meals for children ...
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