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Okinawa marks 52nd anniversary of revers… [Politics]
May 15th marked the 52nd anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion to the Japanese administration in 1972. According to published figures, the Japa...Read More
‘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
ANA to add two new international cargo routes from Okinawa [Business]
All Nippon Airways that has made Okinawa one of its international cargo hubs is planning to add two new routes to its existing cargo network centered on Okinawa. Akira Okada, the p...
Okinawa Monorail sets new passenger record numbers [News]
The Okinawa Urban Monorail Co. carried more passengers during the fiscal 2014 than ever before, setting a new record. According to figures the company released Tuesday, the number ...
JTA airliner aborts takeoff at Ishigagki Airport [News]
A Japan Transocean Air flight from Ishigaki to Naha was aborted just when the aircraft was taking off from Ishigaki Airport when the crew heard an unusual sound while speeding for ...
Elderly tourist falls overboard from high speed Ishigaki ferry [News]
An elderly man fell overboard from a high-speed ferry on the way from Ohara Port on Iriomote Island to Ishigaki Port, Tuesday morning. According to Ishigaki Coast Guard the man, a ...
ANA midnight Naha-Tokyo tickets on sale from today [Business]
All Nippon Airways announced April 6th that they would run limited “Galaxy” midnight flights between Naha and Haneda Airport in Tokyo during the summer vacation season from Jul. 17...
Orion Beer starts sale of its “summer beer” today [Business]
Orion Beer is bringing a limited production “summer beer” to store shelves today. This is the third year Orion brings its “Natsu Ichiban” labeled suds to the market. The name impli...
Kings ready to join new basketball champion league [Sports]
Japan’s two bickering professional basketball leagues finally have pulled their act together and are starting a new joint professional championship league from Oct. 2016. The schis...
Izena Island temperature reaches record high for April [News]
The weather was muggy and hot on Sunday, Apr. 5th throughout Okinawa, and residents of Izena Village on Izena Island, had it especially hot regarding the time of the year. The temp...
Naha bus terminal area redevelopment work begins [News]
The construction of the Asahibashi monorail station area including the Naha Bus Terminal starts today. The redevelopment is scheduled to be complete by the end of March 2018. The B...
Airman nabbed for DUI [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested an airman on suspicion of driving under influence on Apr. 5. According to Okinawa City Police, a patrol apprehended 21-year-old SrA Taylor Morita while...
First Suga-Onaga meeting fails to bring sides closer [Politics]
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga made a long awaited visit to Okinawa and met Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga face to face for the first time since Onaga was elected the gover...
Sprint Triathlon at White Beach coming April 19th [Sports]
Spring is in the air, and Navy MWR Okinawa and Navy Sports Fitness are staging a Sprint Triathlon at White Beach on April 19th. The triathlon is not an open base event, but the Spr...
Golden Kings stumble Saturday, redeem themselves Sunday [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
“We lost a game that we should have won” is how Okinawa head coach Tsutomu Isa summed up a stunning home court loss to the high-flying Kyoto Hannaryz in the opening game of their s...
Awamori cocktails to be sold in PET bottles [Business]
Ryukyu Asian Co., a drink maker in Uruma City, has announced a plan to produce Awamori-based cocktails to be sold in PET bottles. The company says that the new drinks will appear o...
Part of Futenma housing area returns to Okinawa today [News]
The western part of Futenma housing area on Camp Foster returned to Okinawa Prefecture on Mar. 31. For the future development, the returned land is divided into four major division...
Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural College to move to Ginoza [News]
A committee tasked with planning for the relocation of the Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural College from its current location in Nago to a new site, announced on Mar. 30th that is ...
19-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of attempted murder [News]
Naha City Police arrested a 19-year-old boy living in Naha City on suspicion of an attempted murder. According to investigators, the boy hit his father on the head with some kind o...
Suspicious fires at Nago City elementary school yard [News]
Children taking part in a school club activity in the Gabusoka district of Nago found 11 bamboo and one plastic broom burning on the premises of their elementary school. The childr...
Marine, airman nabbed for driving under influence [News]
Naha Police arrested a 35-year-old Marine on suspicion of driving under influence in Naha, Sunday morning. According to Naha Police, a police patrol stopped Micheal Davis, a Marine...
Okinawa has highest number of drunk drivers in Japan [News]
According to Okinawa Prefectural Police statistics published Mar. 29th, 1,313 people were caught driving under influence or drunk during the one-year period from Apr. 2014 through ...