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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
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 ...
Student’s suicide link to bullying confirmed [News]
Investigators have concluded that a fourth-grade elementary-school boy from Tomigusuku City, who hanged himself at home and died nine days later in a hospital in October last year,...
Okinawa celebrated 16,666 new adults on Monday [News]
January 11th was a Japanese national holiday, the ‘Coming-of Age Day’ that marks the day all young people who had their 20th birthday the previous year officially celebrated their ...
First “medical tourism” group from China arrives [News]
The first group of 17 Chinese tourists arrived at Naha Airport from Amoy, China, on Jan. 7th, for a special tour called “medical tourism” that includes both a medical health examin...
Discovery of norovirus halts school lunch service [News]
A worker at a kitchen that prepares school lunches in Uruma and Okinawa cities was confirmed infected with norovirus, and the lunch service was halted at 10 schools for the time be...
Two Vietnamese arrested for shoplifting spree [News]
Ginowan Police arrested two unemployed Vietnamese men on Jan 6th on suspicion of theft. One of them, a 23-year-old man, has admitted to the charges, but the other, a 27-year-old ma...
Churaumi’s great white dies after three days [News]
Churaumi Aquarium in Motobu, the most popular tourist attraction in the prefecture, added a great white shark to its residents with high expectations, but the shark died after just...
2016.01.06
Kings splits New Year series with Kanazawa Samuraiz [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings started their new year with a somewhat less auspicious way as they lost their first match of the year against Kanazawa Samuraiz 84-86 at Okinawa City Gym on...
Japan’s judo team holds training camp in Tomigusuku [Sports]
The 24 members of Japanese men’s national judo team came to Okinawa Jan. 4th to train for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro scheduled for this summer. The team is holding a five-...
Okinawa enjoys warmest New Year in memory [News]
Okinawa was blessed with an unusually warm weather over the first two days of 2016. According to the Okinawa Meteorological Bureau, the highest temperature, 26.5 degrees centigrade...
2016.01.02
Coffee shop opens car wash & garage family friendly Bright Factory [Business]
Usually when an entrepreneur opens a car service business, the first thing he or she adds is a small coffee shot to keep the customers happy while they wait for their vehicle to be...
New company to take over airport services [Business]
Japan Airlines affiliated companies, JAL Sky Naha, Okinawa Airport Service (OAS) and JTA Southern Sky Service will merge in July to launch a new company. These three companies are ...
Ryukyu Bank to install ATMs for foreign cards [Business]
One of the biggest complaints of foreign visitors to Okinawa has been the inability to withdraw cash from their credit and debit cards anywhere on the island. But now help is on th...
High school graduate jobs higher, but many quit soon [News]
The number of high school students in Okinawa graduating in March 2016 and who have received informal job offers, has increased compared to the same time period previous year. Acco...
Okinawa posts best employment figures since reversion [News]
The ratio of job offers to job seekers in Okinawa has reached the highest level since Okinawa’s reversion in 1972. According to Okinawa Labor Bureau, the number of available jobs a...
2015.12.31
Mori Trust buys defunct Sesoko Beach property [Business]
Mori Trust Co., Ltd,, one of the largest real estate developers in Japan, announced that they have obtained a 335,131-square-meter property on Sesoko Island, Motobu Town, from Seso...
2015.12.29
Golden Kings bring present of two wins from Christmas game series [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
In the year’s last series of matches, the Ryukyu Golden Kings, playing on the road, presented a Christmas gift to their fans by winning both contests against Yokohama B-Corsairs. T...
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