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Okinawa Expressway Renewal Work Starts J… [CURRENT ISSUE LIFE Living]
NEXCO, the company operating the Okinawa Expressway announces that Expressway renewal works start from January 6th to April 28th in 2026 bet...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
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 ...
2015.02.15
Ayahashi Road Race marks anniversary of birth of Uruma City [Sports]
The 15th Ayahashi Road Race is coming up in Uruma City on April 5th, but the race is more than just a running event, as this year marks the 10th anniversary of the birth of Uruma C...
Robber of Okinawa City convenience store arrested [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested a 29-year-old restaurant worker on suspicion of robbery and trespassing, on Feb. 11th. According to investigators, Taiki Yamashiro from Koja, Okinawa C...
Lawyers group plans youth shelter for Okinawa [News]
A group of Okinawan lawyers has announced a plan to launch an emergency evacuation shelter for children in their late-teens who are experiencing physical abuse or don’t have a secu...
Urasoe hospital installs real-time foreign language service [News]
Urasoe Sogo Hospital, one of the major emergency hospitals in Okinawa, has become the first hospital in the prefecture to employ a translation system to help communication between ...
Elderly woman murdered in her house in Motobu [News]
A 72-year-old woman was found dead, apparently murdered, in her home yesterday afternoon in Toguchi, Motobu. According to Okinawa Prefectural Police, the woman’s son and his wife f...
Aguni Island experiences new record cold [News]
Residents on Aguni, a small island about 60 kilometers west of Okinawa main island, experienced something unusual when they woke up Wednesday morning as the temperature on the isla...
City employee, construction co. executive nabbed for collusion [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police arrested 38-year-old Uruma City Board of Education employee Katsuya Shiohira and 54-year-old board member of Okishin Kensetsu Construction Company, Akira...
Okinawa companies see little merit in weak yen [Business]
Business information company Teikoku DataBank, Okinawa Branch, has released results of its survey on influence of the cheaper yen on companies in Okinawa. According to the survey, ...
2015.02.12
Sunday’s Okinawa Marathon issues challenges [Sports]
Sunday’s Okinawa Marathon is a wide open event, as more than 11,000 runners toe the Okinawa City starting line for the kick off of the 26.2-mile event. The days of well-known favor...
2015.02.12
Golden Kings hang onto BJL conference lead [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Okinawa’s home crowd of more than 3,568 was stunned by the visiting Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix Saturday, watching the Ryukyu Golden Kings go down in flames 74-67 on the streng...
Tomigusuku sees record low voting rate in City Assembly election [Politics]
Residents of Tomigusuku City went to the polls, Sunday, to elect a new City Assembly. The ballots were counted on the same day and results made public. 16 of the incumbents and eig...
Okinawa experiences coldest day this year [News]
Because of the influence of a large cold air mass from the Asian continent, many places on Okinawa experienced the lowest temperatures this year from midnight to dawn on Feb. 9th. ...
Naha – Ishigaki airfare to rise from April [News]
The price of airline tickets between Naha and Ishigaki is expected to skyrocket on tickets purchased on the day or two days before the departure in April when the now-bankrupt Skym...
Prefectural Government decides on record budget for fiscal 2015 [News]
In its meeting on Feb. 9th, the Okinawa Prefectural Government decided to increase the prefecture budget for the fiscal year 2015 by 3.1 percent. As a result, it will increase by ¥...
Ginowan Police nabs Navy Petty officer for DUI [News]
Ginowan Police arrested a 33-year-old Navy serviceman on suspicion of driving under influence on Route 330 at Futenma, Ginowan City, Saturday morning. According to Ginowan Police, ...
Survey: One in six people has considered suicide in Okinawa [News]
An interim report on a survey about suicide that was conducted between November and December last year by the Prefectural Government has been released. According to this survey, on...
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