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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
First new parking building opens at Naha Airport [Business]
Naha Airport Building Co., Ltd. held a ceremony Dec. 15th for the completion of the first new multi-story parking building at Naha Airport. The new parking building started operati...
Fukushima elephants to spend second winter on Okinawa [News]
Two Asian elephants, 28-year-old Tonsai and 19-year-old Boonthong, came to Okinawa Kodomo-no-Kuni Zoo from Tohoku Safari Park in Fukushima Prefecture for the winter, and were intro...
Large hotel complex to rise on Nashiro Beach [Business]
Okinawa Resort Co. announced that it would construct a resort facility that includes a hotel, pool, and chapel on Nashiro Beach in Itoman City. Ken Corporation, a high-class real e...
National badminton team to hold camp in Itoman [Sports]
The Itoman City Board of Education officially announced that the Nippon Badminton Association has decided that the Japan national team training camp in January will take place for ...
First students take entrance exams to Kaiho and Kyuyo junior high schools [News]
The first joint entrance examination to the prefectural public junior high schools, ‘Kaiho Junior High School’ and ‘Kyuyo Junior High School,’ took place in Haebaru Town and Okinaw...
Arrests for drug offenses on rise [News]
As of the end of November, 146 people have been arrested in Okinawa Prefecture during 2015 on offenses related to drugs and illegal substances, according to Okinawa Prefectural Pol...
U.S. military, civilian DUIs up 40% in year [News]
According to officials at the Okinawa Prefectural Police Traffic Enforcement Division, the number of DUI arrests of U.S. military personnel and civilians has increased about 40% in...
Fisherman missing off Ishigaki, empty boat found [News]
Ishigaki Coast Guard received an emergency call from a family member of a male fishing boat owner, Sunday morning, reporting that the man has not returned from a fishing trip to th...
Kadena civilian nabbed on suspicion of DUI in Naha [News]
Naha City Police arrested a civilian employee of Kadena Air Base, Sunday, on suspicion of drinking and driving in Naha. According to Naha Police, a police patrol stopped 33-year-ol...
2015.12.14
Kings take pair of reassuring wins over Toyama Grouses [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings faced Toyama Grouses last weekend at Okinawa City Gym, and assured both themselves and their fans that they still have what it takes to win. The Kings won t...
2015.12.13
Second Okinawa Corporate Games to run Mar. 11~13 [Sports]
Corporate Games, a unique sports event that began in England and spread to San Francisco in 1988, is taking place on Okinawa for the second time March11th ~ 13th, 2016. More than 1...
Money and promises flow over Henoko plan [Politics]
Demonstrations and public opposition to the Henoko plan are well documented in daily TV news, but for many businesses building the Futenma replacement facility to Henoko would mean...
Naha construction worker nabbed for hit-and-run [News]
Naha City Police arrested a 35-year-old construction worker, Naoya Shinzato from Makabi, Naha City, on Dec. 10th, on suspicion of hit-and-run. The man is suspected of hitting a 15-...
Company offers sanshin players for hire on web [Business]
WiseBank, a local information and communications company in Ginowan City, started a new service on Dec. 8th, of dispatching Sanshin players for entertainment at parties and wedding...
Laser beams pointed also at Kadena aircraft [News]
Officials at Kadena Air Base say there have been three cases of laser beams directed at U.S. military aircraft flying near the base. U.S. Marine Corps officials reported similar in...
Ishigaki to get second Grandvrio resort hotel [Business]
Route Inn Group, which does hotel business across the country, will construct a new resort hotel ‘Grandvrio Resort Ishigaki Villa’ in Arakawa, Ishigaki. The new hotel is scheduled ...
Woman plunges mini car into Ryutan Pond [News]
A mini car broke through a fence and plunged into the Ryutan Pond next to Shuri Castle in Shuri, Naha City, Wednesday. A 23-year-old woman from Naha City driving the mini car manag...
Sakima floats idea of luring Disney to Ginowan [News]
Ginowan City Mayor Atsushi Sakima met with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga Dec. 8th at the office of the Prime Minister, and called for the government support and preferenti...
Kariyushi Group opens 2nd low-cost city hotel, plans more [Business]
Kariyushi Group, which manages several resort hotels in Okinawa opened its second low-priced city resort hotel ‘Kariyushi LCH’ in Izumizaki, Naha City on Dec. 4th. The second Kariy...
Okiko to enter Taiwan in joint venture with FamilyMart [Business]
Okiko Co., Ltd, a local bakery company in Nishihara Town, announced that it has reached an agreement with Taiwan FamilyMart Co., to launch a joint company to supply bread to the 3,...
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