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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
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...
2015.10.27
Kings split tough pair of weekend games with Osaka [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings faced Osaka Evessa over the pair of weekend on-the-road games ending up with a loss on Saturday, but edging a win in the Sunday game. Both matches were toug...
2015.10.26
Okinawa celebrated “Karate Day” on Sunday [Sports]
Two large Karate events took place to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the ‘Karate Day’ of October 25th. Karate is also expected to be as one of the additio...
Japan to provide $11.3 million to U.S. training facility on Guam [News]
The Japanese Government has decided to provide a fund of $11.3 million for the U.S. Government towards the relocation costs of the U.S. Marines on Okinawa to Guam. Fumio Kishida, t...
Okinawan designer shows creations at Tokyo Fashion Week [Business]
Issei Higa, a 35-year-old fashion designer from Okinawa, had his line of fashions under his own ‘Higa’-brand shown during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo that was held at a co...
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