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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 marks 54th anniversary of revers… [Politics]
May 15th marked the 54th anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion to the Japanese administration in 1972. According to published figures, the Japa...Read More
Artifacts found at Henoko landfill site [News]
Earthen vessels and stone artifacts were reportedly found on the seacoast in Camp Schwab at the location of the planned landfill of the replacement base for MCAS Futenma. Earlier, ...
Drunk mini bike driver falls during police chase [News]
A mini motorbike chased by a police patrol car ran into a curb and fell on the ground on a street in Ameku, Naha City after midnight on Nov. 2nd. The river of the bike, a 27-year-o...
Salmonella food poisoning affects five in Haebaru [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Community Health Division on announced Nov. 2nd that a food poisoning case had occurred at a food stall in Miyagi, Haebaru Town. According to the Health Div...
Yaeyama police seek help for ID’ing body [News]
Yaeyama Police announced that an unidentified man’s body was found at Misashi Seacoast on Nov. 1st. According police, a local resident found the body lying face up washed ashore. Y...
Reputed Taiwanese mafia boss visits , meets local gangsters [News]
A reputed boss of the Taiwanese mafia, Chang An-lo, a.k.a. ‘White Wolf,’ visited Okinawa from Oct. 15th through 18th, according to Okinawa Prefectural Police sources. He was on the...
Okinawa Government files complaint over restart of Henoko landfill work [Politics]
As a first step towards a full-scale court battle, the Okinawa Prefectural Government filed a complaint with the Central and Local Government Dispute Management Council, a third-pa...
2015.11.03
Golden Kings score season’s first back-to-back wins on the road [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings scored the season’s first consecutive wins of a road game against Shimane Susanoo Magic in a pair of games played at Matsue City Comprehensive Gymnasium on ...
TripAdvisor users vote Oki-chan Show best among free in Japan [News]
TripAdvisor, the owner and manager of the world’s largest travel-related word-of-mouth website announced on its Japanese website the winner of its web poll titled “The best free si...
Kariyushi Beach Resort turns on year-end illumination LEDs [News]
Large illumination displays are the norm during the year-end holiday and winter season in Japan, with many resorts and public parks twinkling with elaborate creations of LED lights...
Greenpeace joins Henoko construction opposition [News]
Rainbow Warrior, a campaign ship of Greenpeace, a non-governmental international environmental activist organization, moored at Naha New Port on Okinawa, Nov. 1st, for a protest ag...
Korean LCC starts new route between Naha and Incheon [Business]
Easter Jet, a Korean low-cost carrier, is the newest airline to introduce regular international flights to Okinawa, as the company started flights between Naha and Incheon Airport ...
Police looking for motorcyclist after hit-and-run [News]
A man riding a motorcycle ran into and knocked down a 68-year-old woman in Gusukuma, Urasoe City, about 1 a.m. on Oct. 27th and left the scene without stopping. According to Urasoe...
Two Marines arrested on suspicion of assault [News]
Urasoe City Police arrested two marine sergeants stationed on Camp Hansen Tuesday, on suspicion of an assault. According to Urasoe Police, of 22-year-old Ryan Tipton and 22-year-ol...
AEON Mihama renovates, reopens [Business]
AEON Ryukyu reopened its renovated AEON Chatan Shopping Center in Mihama, Chatan, Thursday. The renovated shop has expanded a health & beauty area and family & children’s z...
Tokyo to dole out money directly to Henoko area communities [News]
The Japanese Government held a meeting at the office of the Prime Minister on Oct. 26th, to discuss regional development with representatives from “The three regions of Kube,” whic...
Okinawa’s top civil servants’ pay deliberated [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Department of General Affairs had a meeting at the prefectural government office on Oct. 26th, to deliberate on the salary of the prefectural governor, depu...
Shark attack injures stand-up paddler off Itoman coast [News]
A man in his 40’s riding on his stand-up paddle board was thrown off his board and bitten on the right leg by something believed to be a shark, off Odohama coast in Itoman City, in...
UN child sex abuse investigator visits Okinawa [News]
Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, a special rapporteur of the United Nations on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, visited Okinawa from Oct. 22 to 24th for an i...
Drunk party robbed of belongings [News]
Robbers hit a party of drunken restaurant patrons early Sunday morning who were sleeping off their intoxication in a private room in a restaurant in Kumoji, Naha City. According to...
Sakima gets rival for Ginowan mayor election [Politics]
63-year-old Keiichiro Shimura held a press conference in Ginowan City, Friday, to officially announce his run for the Ginowan City Mayor’s seat next January. Incumbent Atsushi Saki...
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