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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
June 23rd, Okinawa’s Peace Memorial Day [CURRENT ISSUE]
June 23rd is ‘Irei-no Hi’. This is Okinawa’s Peace Memorial Day. It is a prefectural holiday formally recognized in 1961. It is to memoriali...Read More
Okinawa marks 54th anniversary of revers… [Politics]
May 15th marked the 54th anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion to the Japanese administration in 1972. According to published figures, the Japa...Read More
Fishing man dies in Naha [News]
A passerby noticed a man floating face down in the sea at Aja Harbor in Naha in the morning of Jul. 9th and called the police. A Naha Fire Station rescue team took the 31-year-old ...
Prosecutors drop robbery and assault charges against Marine sergeant [News]
Naha District Public Prosecutors Office announced that they dropped the case against a 26-year-old Marine Sergeant from Camp Hansen because of insufficient evidence, on Jul. 6th. T...
June was warmest on record [News]
According to the Okinawa Meteorological Bureau, the average temperature on Okinawa in June was the highest since records were started in 1946. Bureau officials explain that a warm ...
2015.07.10
Golden Kings building up 2015-2016 season team [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Preparing for the upcoming TKbj-League 2015-2016 season, the Ryukyu Golden Kings announced Jul. 3 that the team has retained nine players from its last season squad. The nine who h...
Onaga expects ‘serious talks to start from now’ [News]
Business circles in Okinawa are growing exceedingly worried about the apparent inability of the Okinawa governor and the central government in Tokyo to see each other eye-to-eye am...
Businessman nabbed for DUI hit-and-run [News]
Ishikawa Police arrested a 48-year-old businessman suspected of a hit-and-run accident that happened on a street in Ishikawa, Uruma City on Jul. 4th, According to Ishikawa Police, ...
New wedding organizer to open in Mihama [Business]
ESCRIT, a bridal facility management company in Tokyo, will open a new wedding center ‘Centlegenda Okinawa’ in Mihama, Chatan, in October in cooperation with Hilton Okinawa Chatan ...
China Eastern connects Naha and Fuzhou; Hangzhou from 17th [Business]
The China Eastern Airlines started regular flights between Naha and Fuzhou in China on Jul. 1st. The inauguration of the new route marks the first time ever for regular flights bet...
Naha land value sees first increase since 1992 [Business]
The National Tax Agency Okinawa Division announced Jul. 1st estimated prefectural roadside land values, which are the standard used for calculating inheritance and gift taxes. Acco...
Prefecture pays summer bonuses to workers [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Government paid the semiannual bonus to prefectural office workers on Jun. 30th. The average bonus for employees working in general administration, except t...
Hyatt Regency opens in Naha [Business]
The world famous luxury hotel chain, Hyatt Regency, opened its first hotel on Okinawa in the Sakurazaka area of Makishi, Naha City, on Jul. 2nd. The new hotel is the 10th Hyatt Reg...
Health insurance documents fell off truck, missing [News]
The prefectural association responsible for operating the health-care system for the elderly aged 75 and older, announced Jul. 1st that insurance documents of 36 of individuals had...
Woman arrested for stabbing father to death [News]
Yaeyama Police arrested Kazumi Sato, a 46-year-old female restaurant worker, on Jul. 1st, on suspicion of an attempted murder of her father, 75-year-old Zensho Higashiyamamori. Pol...
Tigerair begins Taipei – Naha fights [Business]
Still another airline began flying an international route to Okinawa, as the Taiwanese LCC airline, Tigerair Taiwan, started regular flights between Naha and Taipei on Jul. 29th. S...
JTA flight makes emergency descent [News]
An alarm indicating a drop in the air pressure in the cabin went off on a Japan Transocean Air flight 002 from Naha to Kansai International Airport in the morning of Jun. 30th. pro...
Kings’ Namizato becomes free agent [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
TKbj -League pro basketball team Ryukyu Golden Kings announced that the team’s contract with Narito Namizato has expired on June 30th. Namizato took up a challenge to play in the U...
Dioxins, other toxins confirmed from soccer field drum cans [News]
In June 2013 fifteen drum cans were discovered buried in an Okinawa City soccer field that was built on a returned former base land by the Okinawa Minami Exit of Okinawa Expressway...
Miyamori Elementary School crash memorial service held [News]
59 years ago today, a U.S. military fighter jet from Kadena Air Base crashed into the Miyamori Elementary School and residential neighborhood next to the school in former Ishikawa ...
Man arrested on suspicion of groping girl in Yui-rail [News]
Naha Police on arrested a 62-year-old male part time worker from Kiyohara, Naha, Monday, on suspicion of groping a high school girl aboard the Naha monorail train. According to Nah...
Junior LDP members raise media ire over control suggestions [Politics]
A nationwide condemnation of proposals by some junior LDP legislators to control media threatens to derail Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s proposed revisions to the nation’s security l...
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