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Okinawa marks 52nd anniversary of revers… [Politics]
May 15th marked the 52nd anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion to the Japanese administration in 1972. According to published figures, the Japa...Read More
‘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
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...
Ginowan man fined ¥500,000 for pointing laser at U.S. helo [News]
A summary court in Naha ordered a Ginowan man to pay a ¥500,000 fine, Monday, for pointing a laser beam at a Marine helicopter near MCAS Futenma in July. Police had arrested 56-yea...
OPG takes Tokyo to court over Henoko plan [Politics]
The fight over the MCAS Futenma relocation to Henoko again escalated as the Okinawa Prefectural Government took the central government to the court after the legal moves the centra...
Naha Rec Center to become hotel, duty free shop [Business]
Japan Post Holdings owned recreation facility Kanpo-no-Yado Naha Recreation Center in Minatomachi, Naha City, will become a duty-free shop and hotel next year. The facility closed ...
Draft budget earmarks ¥335 billion for Okinawa [News]
The cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved a ¥335 billion draft budget for Okinawa for fiscal 2016 on Dec. 24th. That is a little over two percent below the budgetary reques...
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