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Okinawa Beach Opening Information 2026! [CURRENT ISSUE LIFE]
Okinawa Beach Opening Information 2026! Ginowan Tropical Beach (Apr. 18) Chatan Sunset Beach (Apr. 10) Chatan Araha Beach (Mid. Apr.) Nishih...Read More
Itoman Tug-of-War marks end of summer [CULTURE CURRENT ISSUE ENTERTAINMENT]
Many Okinawan farmers and fishermen, in some form or fashion, pay tribute to the Gods, seeking their blessing and favor for a great harvest ...Read More
Awamori "Ku-su" Day [CURRENT ISSUE LIFE]
September 4th is the “Ku-su Day”, with September = ‘9’ which is pronounced ‘kyu’ or ‘ku’ in Japanese, and ‘4’ being pronounced ‘...Read More
Okinawa population sees slight increase [News]
The population of Okinawa posted a slight increase over the year through September 2014. According to the Statistics Division of the Okinawa Prefectural Office, the population incr...
63-year old man killed in random knife attack [News]
A 63-year-old man was killed in a random knife attack on a street in Makiminato, Urasoe City, Saturday morning. According to Urasoe Police, a 21-year-old man claiming to be a unive...
Pro-baseball season opening games held Saturday [Sports]
Japanese professional baseball season opening games took place on Feb. 21st. On that day, five games were held in Okinawa and Miyazaki prefectures. In Okinawa, four games, Yomiuri...
Yonaguni voters greenlight GSDF unit deployment [News]
A majority of residents on Yonaguni Island supported the planned deployment of a Ground Self Defense Force unit on the island in a local referendum held on Sunday. The result of th...
Two arrested at Sunday’s Henoko demonstration [News]
According to organizers, some 2,800 people took part in a demonstration Sunday held in front of Camp Schwab Gate 1 in Henoko, Nago, to oppose the construction of a replacement faci...
Man’s body found floating at Nago Fishing Port [News]
A fisherman discovered a man floating in the ocean at Nago Fishing Port early Sunday morning. He called the emergency number of Nago Police and Fire Department, and a rescue team a...
2015.02.22
Corporate Games launch in Okinawa only weeks away [Sports]
Ceremonies opening the Corporate Games Okinawa are two weeks away, as competing individuals, organizations and businesses gather on the island to participate in more than a dozen d...
OTS Rental Car opens tax free shop at premises [Business]
OTS Rental Car Co., a subsidiary of Okinawa Tourist Service Inc., has opened a duty free shopping counter in their rental car office at Toyosaki, Tomigusuku City. This is the firs...
Large demonstration scheduled in front of Camp Schwab [News]
A large-scale rally to demonstrate against the construction of the replacement facility for the MCAS Futenma on Camp Schwab at Henoko is scheduled to take place at 1 p.m. Sunday, i...
CFC-O announces 2015 Annual Coin Design Contest [Military]
The 2015 Combined Federal Campaign-Overseas (CFC-O) Annual Coin Design Contest is underway. The contest is open to all Department of Defense (DoD) employees and their family member...
Man pummels walking woman over head in Kin [News]
A man approaching from behind hit a woman walking on a residential street on the head in Kin Town about 9:20 p.m., Tuesday. According to Ishikawa Police, the woman told that she wa...
Available accommodation scarce through Chinese New Year [News]
It was difficult for tourists coming to Okinawa to secure reservations at accommodation facilities on the island last week because of a schedule conflict between the Chinese New Ye...
Hiroki Kuroda joins Hiroshima training camp in Okinawa City [Sports]
The second term of Hiroshima Toyo Carp baseball spring camp started at Koza Shinkin Stadium in Okinawa City on Feb. 18th. Hiroki Kuroda who had played seven years in the MBL team u...
First Internet money laundering case in Okinawa uncovered [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Police sent on Feb. 17th a report on a 39-year-old foreign man living in Urasoe to the Naha District Public Prosecutors Office on suspicion of an involvemen...
Firefighters’ invention PET bottle float saves man’s life [News]
A man in his 60’s was rescued after falling in a river in Naha, after he managed to grab a float made of PET bottles that a passerby who saw the accident managed to throw him. Acco...
Governor challenging Tokyo over Futenma [News]
Preliminary work on the new airfield intended to replace the controversial Futenma Marine Corps Air Station in densely populated Ginowan City in central Okinawa is under way, but O...
2015.02.17
Golden Kings smash Oita HeatDevils [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings are maintaining their stranglehold on the Western Conference lead, hammering the Oita HeatDevils, playing in a new venue in front of an Okinawa crowd. The G...
Governor orders halt to Henoko construction work [News]
The fight over the construction work on the MCAS Futenma relocation site off Camp Schwab intensified Monday as Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga ordered the Japanese Defense Ministry ...
Norovirus causes Ginowan pub ordered to close five days [News]
Prefecture health officials ordered an izakaya, a Japanese style pub, in Ginowan to close for five days after six of its customers fell ill because of food poisoning. The Community...
Four more suspicious drum cans found in Okinawa City soccer field [News]
Continuing digging on a soccer field in Okinawa City where suspicious drum cans were discovered earlier last year has yielded four more drum cans buried in the area years ago. The ...
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