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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
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
Prefecture starts survey of coral damage off Henoko [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Government started the ocean floor survey in the restricted area off the coast of Henoko, Monday. The purpose of the survey is to find out if the concrete b...
Rally against Abe’s security bills held at Yogi Park [News]
A large-scale protest rally against the Security Bills currently waiting for approval in the Upper House of the national parliament in Tokyo, was held at Yogi Park in Naha, Sunday....
Suga-Onaga meeting fails again to narrow gap [News]
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga met for the second time at a hotel in Naha, Saturday, for the fourth round of “intensive” talk...
Drunk U.S. sailor beats, robs taxi driver in Chatan [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested a 34-year-old U.S. Navy sailor stationed on Guam on suspicion of robbing a taxi in Chatan, Saturday. According to police, U.S. Navy Petty Officer First...
2015.08.30
Island Boat in Ginowan Marina is dream maker [Business]
By Jun Ikemura How many of us have not dreamed of sailing to the sunset onboard our own yacht, chasing the big ones on a full-blooded fishing machine, or just lounging under the su...
Ryuichi Kishimoto named Golden Kings’ captain [Sports]
Ryukyu Golden Kings, the Okinawan pro-basketball team playing in the TKbj-League, announced Aug. 24th the selection of Ryuichi Kishimoto for the captain of the team for the upcomin...
13-year-old heart transplant recipient returns home [News]
The Okinawan heart-transplant recipient, 13-year-old Rai Matsushima from Chatan Town, has returned home to Okinawa. Rai, who underwent the heart transplant operation in the U.S. be...
Yokozuna Hakuho visits to promote sumo exhibition tournament [Sports]
The highest-ranking sumo wrestler, Yokozuna Hakuho, visited Okinawa Aug. 25th, to promote the winter season sumo exhibition tournament scheduled to take place here on Dec. 12th and...
New Sakamoto album to support Henoko opposition fund [News]
World famous Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto is scheduled to release a new album titled ‘Mirukuyugafu-Undercooled’ in collaboration with local Okinawa folk singer Misako Koja on...
Okinawa remains popular destination for school trips [News]
The Prefectural Department of Culture, Tourism and Sports released Aug. 20th the statistics on school trips to Okinawa in 2014. According to the department figures, the number of s...
Third round of ‘intensive’ talks yield scarce results [Politics]
The third round of the ‘intensive’ discussions between the Japanese central government and Okinawa Prefecture in Naha, Monday, brought a first agreement between the fighting sides ...
Urasoe High School team wins sumo championship [Sports]
Students of the Urasoe Junior High School took the top spot in the team competition of the 45th All Japan Junior High School Sumo Tournament in Towada City, Aomori Prefecture, Sund...
Okinawan goods sold on line at discount with gov. subsidy [Business]
A new internet shop outsourced by the Prefectural Department of Commerce, Industry and Labor to sell Okinawan local products at a 30 % discount started Monday. The goods are sold a...
New U.S. Consul General in Naha takes post [News]
The United States Consulate General has a new boss as the new consul general took his post on Aug. 18th. The new consul general is 52-year-old Joel Ehrendreich, who officially took...
Army corporal nabbed for DUI Saturday morning [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested a 22-year-old Army corporal on Highway 58 in Sunabe, Chatan, Saturday morning on suspicion of drinking and driving. According to Okinawa Police, Cpl. T...
Third round of ‘intense’ talks held Monday [Politics]
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kazuhiro Sugita arrived at Okinawa Sunday morning for the third round of ‘intensive’ talks between the Okinawa Prefectural Government and the Central...
Students protest against security bills in Mihama [Politics]
‘SEALDs Ryukyu’, a protest group in Okinawa against the new security bills, consisting mainly of young students of colleges and universities on Okinawa, organized a protest rally i...
Skymark announces new flight schedules for winter and spring [Business]
Skymark Airlines, a budget airline currently in bankruptcy protection, announced Aug. 21 its planned changes to its flight schedules during the winter season between Oct. 25th and ...
Prefecture mulling expanding OKICA fare payment system [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Government is mulling the feasibility of expanding the IC-card based OKICA payment system to replace the current ticket system in ferries serving Okinawa’s ...
Young Chatan heart transplant recipient to return home [News]
The doctor of 13-year-old Rai Matsushima from Chatan, a recipient of a heart transplant in February at the Colombia University Hospital in New York, has granted him the permission ...
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