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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
English teacher’s assistant arrested for alleged sexual assault [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested Tuesday a 46-year-old American English teacher’s assistant from Uruma City on suspicion of a sexual assault. According to police, the man is suspected ...
Motorcyclist dies in crash after losing control [News]
A 39-year-old self-employed man from Okinawa City lost control of his large motorcycle on a road between Namihira and Sobe in Zakimi, Yomitan Village, and crashed into a guardrail,...
U.S. Soldier arrested after refusing breathalyzer test [News]
Naha Police arrested a 25-year-old U.S. Army Specialist from Torii Station, Sunday, for refusing a breathalyzer test. According to police, the soldier refused to take a breathalyze...
Okinawa athletes shine in National Sports Festival [Sports]
In the final doubles match of the female junior tennis players in the 70th National Sports Festival 2015 in Wakayama Prefecture, Sep. 30th, Lisa-Marie Rioux and Nana Shimoji of Oki...
2015.10.05
Yanbaru Business Fair in Nago highlights northern Okinawa [Business]
The northern parts of Okinawa Island is often referred to as ‘Yanbaru’ that means ‘Mountain Field,” because it’s the part of the island that has the highest mountains and least inh...
2015.10.05
Floating playgrounds provide fun for whole families [Business]
Anyone who has recently visited beaches at some of Okinawa’s bigger resorts has noticed that many of them sport huge floating playgrounds anchored a few meters offshore from the be...
2015.10.05
Golden Kings trounces Hiroshima in season opening games [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings played its first pair of TKbj-League 2015-16 regular season games at the Asaminami-ku Sports Center in Hiroshima against the Hiroshima Lighting, an expansio...
San-A to build rival to AEON Rycom in Urasoe [Business]
Urasoe City Mayor Tetsuji Matsumoto announced Thursday that the city and the local supermarket and department store operator San-A have signed a contract for a lot of reclaimed lan...
Fire destroys apartment on Highway 58 in Isa [News]
A fire destroyed a 5th floor apartment in a building on Highway 58 in Isa, Ginowan City, Thursday. The fire started in the top floor apartment of the concrete building about 6 p.m....
Okinawa population keeps increasing [News]
According to the Okinawa Prefecture Statistics Division numbers made public on Sep. 30, the population of Okinawa stood at 1,428,647 people as of Sep. 1st. That’s an increase of 1,...
Orion Beer to build resort to Nakijin [Business]
Orion Beer Co. Ltd. is going ahead with its plan to build a 200-to-300-room resort hotel on the 32,623-square-meter site of the former Deigo-sou in Yonamine, Nakijin Village. The a...
Kagoshima Bank opens first shop in Naha [Business]
Kagoshima Bank, a regional bank based in Kagoshima Prefecture, opened its first branch office on Okinawa in Mekaru, Naha City, with an opening ceremony on Monday. This marks the fi...
Comcast takeover of USJ casts shadow on Okinawa plan [Business]
Comcast, an American mass media company and the largest cable and broadcast company in the U.S. and the world, announced Monday that it is going to acquire a controlling stake in t...
Mitsui-Sumitomo Bank planning to enter Okinawa [Business]
Mitsui-Sumitomo Bank, one of the three largest banks in the nation, is reportedly making plans to open a branch office in Okinawa. According to persons familiar with the matter, th...
Mother of newborn found abandoned arrested [News]
Uruma Police arrested Monday a 14-year-old junior high school girl living in the middle part of the island, on suspicion of abandoning a child that she was responsible for protecti...
Dujuan whips up second strongest winds on record [News]
Typhoon Dujuan, the 21st typhoon of the year, had a direct hit on Ishigaki and Yonaguni Islands, Monday, before continuing to Taiwan. Yonaguni Island was hit especially hard. The m...
Man arrested for paying underage girl for sex [News]
Urasoe Police arrested a 41-year-old store worker on Sep. 26, on suspicion of violating the Child Prostitution and Child Pornography Laws. According to investigators, Rikiya Yamaka...
Man arrested for running illegal bar, employing minors [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested a 32-year-old self-employed Chatan man on suspicion of employing three underage girls in his unauthorized bar. According to investigators, the man enti...
Two U.S. servicemen nabbed for DUI on Sunday [News]
Two U.S. military members were nabbed on suspicion of DUI, Sunday. The incidents occurred in Naha and Ginowan. In Naha, police arrested 21-year-old Marine Corporal stationed on Cam...
Prefectural Police officer nabbed for DUI in park [News]
A male police officer assigned to the Prefectural Police Headquarters has been caught driving under the influence during the Silver Week. The Prefectural Police made the incident p...
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