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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
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,...
Okinawa DUI cases show increase [News]
The number of DUI arrests in Okinawa is increasing. According to Prefectural Police, there have been 40 fatal accidents in the prefecture in 2015 as of Dec. 9th and eleven of them ...
Ginowan man nabbed for aiming laser at Marine helo [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police arrested a local businessman Monday, on suspicion of aiming a laser beam at a U.S. military aircraft flying near MCAS Futenma in July. Police arrested 56...
Peach Aviation to add Okinawa flights [Business]
Officials at Peach Aviation, a Japanese LCC airline, announced that the carrier starts to run a new route between Naha and Narita from Feb. 20th. Also, the company will increase fl...
2015.12.08
Kings and Akita split weekend matches [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings made mince meat of Akita Happinets on Saturday in front of a home court crowd of 2,994 winning the game 99-63. Unfortunately their momentum did not last, as...
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