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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
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...
Unemployed local man held for trespassing into base [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested a 21-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of trespassing into Camp Chields in Chibana, Okinawa City, on Apr. 15th. According to police, the U.S. Milita...
Man hanging to car roof brings woman attempted murder rap [News]
Ginowan Police arrested a 27-year-old woman, Friday, on suspicion of attempted murder. According to police, Yumino Futenma, an unemployed woman from Sobe, Naha City, is suspected o...
Drunk driver arrested for hit and run in Itoman [News]
Itoman Police arrested 30-year-old businessman Yuichi Yamanoha from Gushi, Naha City, on suspicion of hit-and-run on Apr. 18th. According to police, Yamanoha had been driving his m...
US. Army private arrested on theft charges in Naha [News]
Naha Police arrested a 22-year-old U.S. Army private on suspicion of theft, Saturday. According to police, U.S Army Private Wesley Gibbs, is suspected of shooting off a fire exting...
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