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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
Junior high boys arrested on suspicion of robbery [News]
Naha Police arrested two junior high school boys Jul. 23rd on suspicion of robbery. The two are suspected of robbing a woman of her handbag on a street in Asato, Naha. According to...
China Eastern starts regular Naha-Hangzhou flights [Business]
China Eastern Airlines started Jul. 21st regular two round trip fights a week between Naha and Hangzhou in China. The flights take place on Tuesdays and Fridays. The inaugural flig...
Airman draws one year on assault charges [News]
Naha District Court has sentenced a 28-year-old airman to one year in prison for an assault and causing a bodily injury. The sentence is suspended for three years. The Naha Distric...
Heavy rain fills up Okinawa’s reservoirs [News]
Thanks to the heavy rain on Jul. 20th, the water volume in the 11 dams of Okinawa, increased to 84.4 % of their capacity as of midnight Jul. 21st, which is 5.3 % more than the aver...
Okinawan player selected for Japan National Women’s Soccer Team [Sports]
Okinawa-born Ryoko Takara was selected to play for Japan’s National Women’s Soccer Team known as ‘Nadeshiko Japan’ in the EAFF East Asian Cup taking place in Wuhan, China, in Augus...
Weekend festivals cancelled or postponed [News]
Because of the approaching typhoon Halola, the 12th typhoon of the season in the Western Pacific, organizers of most of the eight major festivals that were scheduled for this weeke...
Collision with car seriously injures high school student [News]
A car and bicycle collided on a street crossing on Miyako Island Thursday afternoon. The accident left a 16-year-old high school boy unconscious in serious condition. According to ...
Businessman injured in hit-and-run in Nishihara [News]
A hit-and-run accident left a 42-year-old businessman seriously injured in Onaga, Nishihara Town early Tuesday morning. According to Urasoe Police, the businessman, a resident of Y...
Nanjo business group reaches out to U.S. Military community [Business]
13 Southern Okinawa business operators including Chinen Fisheries Cooperative Association and Nanjo City Tourist Association, have joined forces setting up ‘Discovery Nanjo,’ a Fac...
Okinawa hit with record rainfall Monday evening [News]
Record-setting rainfall hit all areas of Okinawa and surrounding islands Monday afternoon through Tuesday morning. In Taira, Higashi Village, 255.5 mm of rain was recorded over 24 ...
Woman drowns in Ogimi [News]
A woman drowned Saturday afternoon off the shore of Ogimi Village. A person who had been fishing at the shore called the police emergency number stating, “One of my friends who wen...
Elementary school boy drowns in Tomigusuku [News]
On the first day of the summer vacation for school children, an 8-year-old elementary school boy from Itoman City drowned in a water accident at Yone, Tomigusuku, Sunday. According...
Marine arrested on suspicion of stealing package of steaks [News]
Okinawa Police arrested Sunday a 21-year-old Marine Sergeant on suspicion of theft. Police say that a supermarket staff had caught him red-handed stealing one package of beef value...
Body found in burning mini car on parking lot [News]
A badly burned body was discovered on the front seat of a mini car that was burning on a parking lot in Kunigami Village, Sunday evening. A passerby made an emergency call to the p...
Kadena airman nabbed for DUI [News]
Okinawa Police on arrested a Kadena airman, Saturday, on suspicion of driving under influence. According to Okinawa City Police, TSgt Timothy Ericsson was stopped and arrested on s...
III MEF gets new boss [Military]
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson has been named new commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force based at Camp Courtney. Nicholson, the current commanding gen...
Naha declares itself LGBT-friendly at ‘Pink Dot’ event [News]
Naha City Government declared Sunday itself a city that respects gender diversity at the ‘Pink Dot Okinawa’ event. The Pink Dot Okinawa is an annual event aiming at making the soci...
Expo Park festival attracts record crowds [News]
The 37th Expo Park Summer Festival that took place at the Ocean Expo Park in Ishikawa, Motobu Town, Jul. 18th, attracted record crowds to the largest fireworks show on the island. ...
ANA starts summertime Tokyo-Naha night flights [Business]
ANA, All Nippon Airways has started its limited-time, summer-season-only service of so called ‘ANA Galaxy Flights’ between Naha and Haneda in Tokyo. The Galaxy Flight makes only on...
Nago police nabs drifter on lam after DUI, hit-and-run [News]
Nago Police arrested 59-year-old unemployed drifter, Kokin Maja, Thursday, on suspicion of a hit-and-run, driving under influence, and other offenses. According to police, the man ...
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