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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
Typhoon Soudelor causes huge damage, spares Okinawa [News]
Although typhoon Soudelor, the 13th typhoon this season, missed Okinawa’s main island last week, it made almost direct hit to the southwestern islands of Ishikgaki and Yonaguni. On...
Okinawan pair wins title in high school tennis c’ships [Sports]
An Okinawan pair of tennis players taking part in the National High School Championships took the first place in the women’s doubles, Saturday. Lisamari Ryu and Kiko Nishizato repr...
Riot policeman nabbed for shooting video up woman’s skirt [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police has completed an investigation to a case involving a member of the Prefectural Riot Police unit in his 20’s, who is suspected of trying to take a video u...
16-year-old boy on stolen motorcycle crashes into taxi [News]
A 16-year-old unemployed boy driving a stolen motorcycle crashed into a taxi at an intersection in Kumoji, Naha City, early in the morning on Wednesday. According to Naha Police, a...
Okinawa Festival attracts 10,000 in Hong Kong [Business]
Hong Kong based Japanese restaurant owners organized an Okinawa Festival in the city to promote special Okinawan products and tourism to Hong Kong residents. The festival took plac...
2015.08.05
Henoko seabed survey on hold for month [News]
The fight between the central government and Okinawa Prefectural government over the landfill preparation work for the Furenma replacement facility off Henoko was obviously getting...
U.S. soldier nabbed for DWI after driving wrong way [News]
Naha Police arrested 28-year-old U.S. Army soldier Curtis Mann stationed at Camp Foster, on suspicion of driving intoxicated on a street in Kumoji, Naha City, Sunday. According to ...
Largest ship ever docks Naha Port Aug. 1st [News]
One of the largest cruise ships in the fleet of the Royal Caribbean International of the U.S., Quantum of the Seas, visited Naha Port for the first time in the morning of Aug. 1st....
Okinawa aims to get ¥300 billion for fiscal 2016 [News]
Shunichi Yamaguchi, the Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, announced officially on Aug. 2nd that he’s requesting the budget guidelines for the Okinawa ...
Two Marines hurt in crash; driver tests twice the limit [News]
A car driven by a 27-year-old male Marine Sergeant stationed on Camp Kinser, crashed into a bus about 6:20 in the morning on Aug. 1st, on Highway 58 in Uchidomari, Ginowan City. Ac...
Governor ready to nullify Henoko landfill permit [News]
Based on the findings of a special report on the approval process of the Henoko landfill, Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga stressed in a meeting with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihid...
Vandals smash car windows in Tomigusuku [News]
Windows of eleven cars were smashed on a parking lot of Tomigusuku municipal housing complex in Taira, Tomigusuku City, in the evening of Jul. 29th. According to Tomigusuku Police,...
12 teams picked up for Japan’s new pro-basketball top division [Sports]
The new Japanese men’s pro basketball league, JPBL, replacing the existing two competing pro-leagues and scheduled to start fall 2016 has announced the line-up of its top twelve te...
Bickering over Henoko landfill start continues [Politics]
Although the administration of Governor Takeshi Onaga has requested the central government to withdraw a partial blueprint on the construction of embankments for the V-shaped runwa...
Study; Okinawa population continues to grow [News]
Nansei Soto Industrial Advancement Center, a think tank for research and study of industrial vitalization of the southwestern islands of Japan that includes Okinawa Prefecture, and...
2015.07.31
From Havana to Henoko, democracy and genies [Politics]
By E. Heinrich-Sanchez On July 20th, Japan’s Ocean Day, known as “Umi No HI”, the Cuban flag was raised in Washington D.C. as the Stars & Stripes was raised i...
Miyako man arrested for killing 3-year-old daughter [News]
Miyako Police arrested 21-year-old construction worker Kazushi Irabu, Tuesday, on suspicion of assaulting his three-year-old daughter resulting in the little girl’s death. Accordin...
Large demonstration to take place in Naha Friday [News]
A large scale demonstration against the new national security legislation pushed by the government of prime Minister Shinjo Abe is scheduled to take place Jul. 31st starting 6 p.m....
USJ CEO meets governor, asks for better transport infra [Business]
Universal Studios Japan CEO Glenn Gumpel visited Okinawa to meet Governor Takashi Onaga for the first time, Jul. 17th. The meeting took place at the prefectural office. IN the meet...
Police not amused about man’s ‘prank’ message on bulleting board [News]
Tomigusuku Police and Okinawa Prefectural Police sent a report of a 27-year-old unemployed man from Yonabaru Town to the Naha District Public Prosecutor Office on Jul. 23rd. Accord...
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