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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
Airman arrested on suspicion of assault [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested an American airman early Sunday morning on suspicion of an assault and causing a bodily injury. According to Okinawa City Police, a witness saw 28-year...
First group of Chinese visit Okinawa under new visa rules [News]
Some 2,000 tourists from China visited Okinawa on Apr. 22nd on a big cruise ship. This was the first group of Chinese to visit Okinawa without having to apply for visas in advance ...
New Tokushu-kai Hospital half-way done in Kitanakagusuku [News]
The construction of the new Chubu Tokushu-kai Hospital has been in progress at a site in front of the AEON Mall Okinawa Rycom in Kitanakagusuku Village. Once the construction is fi...
2015.04.25
AEON Mall Okinawa Rycom opens Saturday [Business]
The largest shopping center in Okinawa Prefecture –a behemoth with more than 200 stores, 60 restaurants, a multi-plex theater and thousands of parking spaces—opens its doors Saturd...
2015.04.25
Colorful Koinobori Festa is fun for both kids and adults [CURRENT ISSUE]
Hundreds of carp streamers will fly in the air on Hijyagawa River as the 21st Hijyagawa Koinobori Festival kicks off at Kadena Town. The excitement begins Sunday from 10 a.m. ~ 3:3...
New multi-screen cinema open in AEON Mall Rycom [News]
A new cinema complex opened in AEON Mall Okinawa Rycom on Saturday. This is the fourth multi-screen cinema complex on Okinawa, the earlier ones being located in Mihama (7-Plex), Sa...
Eva Airways doubles Taipei-Okinawa flights [Business]
One of the major air carriers in Taiwan, Eva Airways, announced at a lunch meeting with Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga in Taiwan on Apr. 20th that the company would increase its on...
Drunk driver kills pedestrian in hit and run accident [News]
An elderly woman was killed in a hit and run accident that occurred about 8:30 p.m. on Apr. 19th on Route 330 in Ginowan City. According to Ginowan Police, the victim, 82-year-old ...
Nanjo supermarket robbed [News]
A man brandishing a kitchen knife robbed a super market about 10:40 p.m. on Apr. 20th in Sashiki, Nanjo City. The robber pulled the knife on a female store clerk demanding cash, an...
Okinawa saw record number of visitors in 2014 [News]
The Prefectural Department of Culture, Tourism and Sports announced on Apr. 21st that the total number of tourists visiting Okinawa in 2014 increased by 590,000 people or 9.0 % fro...
2015.04.22
Golden Kings do it again – now looking at playoffs [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Nara Bambitious were the victims of record, falling to the Ryukyu Golden Kings as they powered their way to another 40-game season, and there are still a couple of games to go ...
Urasoe mayor explains decision to accept military port [News]
Urasoe City Mayor Tetsuji Matsumoto held a press meeting at the City Hall on Monday,and made official his decision to accept the transfer of the Naha Military Port to Urasoe City. ...
Worker killed at Naha Tower demolition site [News]
A fatal accident occurred at a building demolition site in Naha, Tuesday. According to Naha Police, 35-year-old Takehiro Adachi from Fukuoka, who had been working at the demolition...
Influenza forces closing of school in Naha [News]
School and medical officials have decided to close Yasuoka Junior High School in Naha for three days from Apr. 22nd through 24th because of an increasing number of influenza infect...
Youths nabbed for DUI, driving without license [News]
Naha Police arrested a 16 year-old unemployed boy living in Haebaru Town for DUI and driving without a license, Sunday. The boy was stopped on a street in Izumizaki, Naha City, aro...
Yonaguni had record rainfall [News]
Yonaguni Island, the westernmost inhabited island in Okinawa Prefecture, recorded the heaviest rainfall ever on Sunday when 130.5 mm (5.14 inches) of rain per hour fell on the isla...
31st Miyako Triathlon turned into Duathlon [Sports]
The 31st All Japan Triathlon took place on Miyako Island on Apr. 19th in less than ideal weather conditions. Due to the bad weather in the morning, the swimming portion of the race...
Miyako sees 7.5% increase in number of tourists [News]
The number of tourists visiting Miyako Island during fiscal 2014 increased by 30,159 (7.5 %) from the previous fiscal year to 430,550, the highest ever. Miyako tourism officials ha...
Tourist dies while snorkeling [News]
A 45-year-old businessman visiting Okinawa was found floating in a cardiac or respiratory arrest in the ocean near a popular diving spot ‘Blue Cave’ at Cape Maeda, Onna Village, ab...
AEON Mall Okinawa Rycom to open Saturday [News]
The largest commercial facility on Okinawa, AEON Mall Okinawa Rycom, located on the site of the former Awase military golf course in Kitanakagusuku, will open this Saturday. As con...
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