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Obon is time for family gathering to rem… [CULTURE CURRENT ISSUE]
For three days starting on Tuesday, August 25th through Thursday, August 27th, many privately owned businesses on Okinawa will close their ...Read More
Day of Naha: Immerse Yourself in the Cap… [Community CURRENT ISSUE]
July 8th is Naha Day in Okinawa. This special occasion originated from the use of play-on-words or rather, a play-on-numbers. Naha’s two syl...Read More
June 23rd, Okinawa’s Peace Memorial Day [CURRENT ISSUE]
June 23rd is ‘Irei-no Hi’. This is Okinawa’s Peace Memorial Day. It is a prefectural holiday formally recognized in 1961. It is to memoriali...Read More
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...
2015.12.08
NEXCO narrows express lanes between Ginoza and Kyoda [News]
Expressway traffic between Ginoza and Kyoda interchanges becomes potentially snarled for a nearly three-month period. A part of the Okinawa Expressway between #9 Ginoza and #10 Ky...
Man dies in police custody; sudden illness suspected [News]
A 58-year-old unemployed man with no fixed address died in Naha Police custody on Friday. According Naha police, the man had been arrested on suspicion of a robbery attempt on Dec....
58 suffer food poisoning from bento lunch [News]
The Okinawa Prefecture Community Health Division announced Friday that 58 people who ate bento (lunch box) made on Nov. 24th at JA Okinawa A-COOP Mall in Nago had shown symptoms of...
18,326 complete Sunday’s Naha Marathon race [Sports]
The 31st NAHA Marathon was ran Sunday with 26,679 people starting on the course at 9 a.m. at Meiji-bashi Crossing on Highway 58 in Naha City. The full-marathon course wound along r...
Ojyana Lawson robbed at knife-point [News]
A robber entered a Lawson convenience store in Ojyana, Ginowan City, Friday afternoon, and threatened the female sole clerk in the store with a knife demanding money. He grabbed ab...
Leader of group arrested for trespassing into Schwab [News]
Hiroji Yamashiro, the chairman of the Okinawa Heiwa Undou Center (Okinawa Peace Movement Center), a group opposing construction work at Henoko, was arrested on suspicion of trespas...
Aiko Shimajiri confirms support to Henoko plan [Politics]
Aiko Shimajiri, Japan’s minister in charge of Okinawa affairs, who’s currently visiting Washington D.C., stated at a symposium that she agrees that the plan to relocate the MCAS Fu...
Sun Marina Hotel to become Sheraton [Business]
Starwood Hotels & Resorts, the operators of Sheraton and Westin hotel chains worldwide, announced officially on Dec. 2nd a plan to renovate Sun Marina Hotel in Onna Village, an...
Annual Nago Half-Marathon invites runners [Sports]
Organizers of the 57th Nago Half-Marathon announced that they are now accepting registrations from participants through the 13th of this month. The marathon takes place from 9:00 a...
Man arrested for trespassing into welfare facility [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested Dec. 2nd a U.S. military civilian employee working on Kadena Air Base on suspicion of unlawful entry. According to Okinawa City Police, the 32-year-old...
Miyako man arrested for possession of illegal plants [News]
Miyakojima City Police arrested a 54-year-old man working at National Miyako Nanseien Sanatorium, Wednesday, on suspicion of possessing pieces of dried plants that included illegal...
Luggage from Incheon to Naha ends up in Narita [News]
Passengers on Korean LLC Jeju Air from Incheon International Airport in Seoul to Naha on Nov. 31st were in for not so pleasant surprise when they discovered that the luggage that h...
Norovirus infects visiting high school students [News]
The Okinawa Prefecture Community Health Division announced Wednesday that six of high school students visiting Okinawa on a school trip had developed a food poisoning caused by nor...
Groundbreaking ceremony Hotel Blossom Naha held [Business]
Orion Beer Co., Ltd and JR Kyushu Hotels Co., an affiliate of Kyushu Railway Company, or JR Kyushu, held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new city hotel named ‘Blossom Naha’ at the ...
Tokashiki Marathon invites runners [Sports]
Organizers of the 11th Tokashiki Marathon scheduled for Feb. 6th, 2016 are now accepting runner registrations. The demanding course winds around the island with 90-meter elevation-...
Bingata masters’ exhibition in Prefectural Museum [News]
Bingata is the most valued of Ryukyu textiles, and one of the three Bingata schools dating back to the Ryukyu Kingdom era is Shiroma Bingata Atelier in Shuri-Yamakawa Town, Naha Ci...
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