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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
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
Cancer vaccine likely cause for ailments in women [News]
24 people in Okinawa Prefecture are reported to have experienced adverse effects related to vaccination against cervical cancer, as of Jun. 15th. Medical facilities report that tho...
Urasoe ready for emergency calls in five languages [News]
Urasoe City Fire Headquarters has started a test of a new service that responds to emergency calls placed to the general emergency number 119 in five languages 24 hours a day. The ...
In-fight meal plant at Naha Airport ready to start [News]
Fukuoka In-Fight Catering Co., an affiliate company of Royal Holdings that manages catering and in-flight meal services in the country, has finished the construction of a new plant...
Dams emptier than average, weekend may bring relief [News]
According to Okinawa Prefecture officials, because the rainy season was shorter than the average, water levels in the eleven Okinawan dams stood at 63.5 percent as of Jun. 15th. Th...
2015.06.19
Fathers’ Day bullfighting tournament offers exotic fun [Sports]
Bullfighting tournaments on Okinawa are a world away from those seen on television or in Spain or Mexico, but they’re equally exciting, and exotic, to watch. Okinawa bullfights are...
2015.06.18
Kokusai Street Yatai-mura to open Friday [Business]
People love to eat food at Japanese style food stalls called “yatai” that are mostly present at various festivals that the island has almost every weekend, especially during the su...
Union workers protesting AAFES employment policy [News]
Members of All Japan Garrison Forces Labor Union are currently conducting a sit-in protest in front of the Ishinda Gate of Camp Butler in Kitanakagusuku. The sit-in started at 8 a....
Henoko fight goes on [Politics]
The latest moves in the fight over the Henoko construction plan were made Tuesday, when ruling parties in the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly submitted a draft of an ordinance that wo...
Trainee doctor nabbed for stealing money from co-worker [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police arrested 29-year-old Daigo Asahi Jun. 15th on suspicion of theft. Asahi is a trainee doctor at the medical emergency center at Okinawa Prefectural Chubu ...
Young boy, man nabbed for using fake money [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police has nabbed a young boy on suspicion of using counterfeited ¥1,000 bills that were discovered at convenience stores in the middle part of the island. The...
Two Japanese former boxing champs inducted to Hall of Fame [Sports]
Two more Japanese former professional boxing champions are now members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York. The induction ceremony at the IBHOF took pla...
Twitter comment nets student suspension, parents disagree [News]
A student in a public high school in the middle part of the island was suspended from school for five days for slandering a teacher on Twitter. School officials explained they deci...
World Unchinachu Festival to take place in Oct. 2016 [News]
The World Uchinanchu Festival Planning Committee announced Jun. 12th that the 6th World Uchinanchu Festival will take place from Oct. 27th through 30th next year. The festival is a...
Police faxes documents to wrong number by mistake [News]
Naha Police announced Thursday that a male assistant police inspector whjo’s in his 40’s, had mistakenly sent by fax two documents containing a disease history of a man who had die...
Okinawa Police traffic check nets 165 violators [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police gave citations in 165 cases of traffic law violations in an operation that was conducted overnight between in the evening of Jun. 12th and following morn...
2015.06.16
Locked On! Cage Impact! fighters to face off Sunday [Sports]
Fighting matches that began in Okinawa as ‘The Outsider’ matches aimed at attracting delinquent youth to organized sports in order to bring order and discipline to their lives have...
Two more U.S. servicemen nabbed for DUI on weekend [News]
Naha Police arrested two U.S. military service members on suspicion of DUI in separate incidents on Saturday and Sunday in Naha City. This brings the number of U.S. military perso...
3-year-old boy ran over by mini car in Agarihama [News]
A mini vehicle driven by a 38-year-old businessman hit a 3-year-old boy Sunday morning on a supermarket’s parking lot in Agarihama, Yonabaru Town. According to Yonabaru Police, the...
Residents win compensation over Futenma noise complaint [News]
The Naha District Court ordered Thursday the Japanese government on to pay a total of ¥754 million in compensation to residents near the MCAS Futenma air station over aircraft nois...
Pair of 14-year-olds nabbed for robbery [News]
Naha Police arrested a girl and a boy who both go to the same junior high school in the southern part of the island, Thursday. Both are 14 years old. According to Naha Police, the ...
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