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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
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 ...
Army Captain fined ¥300,000 for attacking police officer [News]
The Naha Summary Court slapped a penalty of ¥300,000 to U.S. Army Captain Nathaniel Curley stationed on Torii Station, on Jan. 15. He was convicted of a violation of the Road Traff...
More rigged tender cases uncovered in Uruma City [News]
Investigators have discovered several more suspected cases of rigged bidding in the scandal involving Uruma City Board of Education construction projects that broke out with the Fe...
Motorcyclist runs into woman, runs away from scene on foot [News]
A man on a motorcycle collided with a 66-year-old woman crossing the street in Kokuba, Naha City, Saturday morning, and ran away from the scene, According to Naha Police, the woman...
11, 427 took challenge of Okinawa Marathon [Sports]
11,427 runners started the 23rd Okinawa Marathon Sunday in a beautiful sunny weather, while 3,008 entered the concurrent 10km road race. 72.6 percent or 8,292 of those who started ...
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