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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
Drunk Urasoe man arrested for attempted murder [News]
Urasoe Police arrested a 26-year-old man from Ohira, Urasoe City, Friday morning on suspicion of attempted murder. According to Urasoe Police, 26-year-old unemployed Kazuhito Ura i...
One in 5.7 pass teacher employment examination [News]
According to statistics by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, becoming a licensed schoolteacher in Japan got a little easier in the fiscal 2013. Th...
Kadena F-15 loses stabilizer part into ocean [Military]
The Okinawa Defense Bureau has been informed that a F-15 fighter aircraft based on Kadena Air Base lost a metal part weighing 5.4 kilograms in the ocean during a training mission o...
Great Okinawa Trade Fair 2014 deemed success [Business]
The planning committee of the Great Okinawa Trade Fair 2014 that took place last November at Okinawa Convention Center and Ginowan City Gymnasium, held a meeting, on Feb. 4th, and ...
Fire destroys Okinawa City apartment, resident hurt [News]
A fire broke out on the first floor of a three-story apartment in Chuo, Okinawa City Thursday morning. Eight fire trucks from Okinawa City Fire Station were dispatched to the site....
Prefecture seen huge benefits in returning base lands [News]
The Department of Planning of the Okinawa Prefectural Government recently released an estimate of economic effects of the return the U.S. military bases on Okinawa. According to th...
Okinawa had 33 new HIV and AIDS cases in 2014 [News]
According to officials at Okinawa Prefecture Department of Public Health, 33 new cases of HIV and AIDS were discovered in Okinawa Prefecture in 2014. The figure is the highest sinc...
Six-year-old boy injured in hit-and-run accident [News]
A car hit a six-year-old pre-school boy Monday morning on the road between Ueta and Iraha in Tomigusuku, and drove away from the scene without stopping. According to Tomigusuku Pol...
Confrontation on ocean off Henoko coast continues [News]
The confrontation between the Japan Coast Guard and protesters on boats and canoes continues offshore of the coast of Henoko. According to local press reports, the coast guard towe...
2015.02.05
Golden Kings stars contribute to All-Star victory [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Two of Okinawa’s Golden Kings basketball stars were a hefty influence over the weekend as the Western Conference upended the east in the annual TK Basketball Japan League All-Star ...
Cruise ship visitors’ immigration procedures streamlined [News]
The national government has simplified immigration procedures for visitors on cruise ships from foreign countries to Japan. The new procedures went into effect on Feb. 1st. The Mi...
Brown rice proven effective in preventing diabetes [News]
A group of researchers led by Dr. Hiroaki Masuzaki, a professor at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of the Ryukyus, and Chisayo Kozuka, a fellow at the Japan Society for t...
Prefecture starts sexual assault victim support call center [News]
The prefectural support center ‘#7001’ for sexual assault victims started operations, Monday. The center will respond to calls from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. Female support st...
Tomigusuku City Assembly Elections on Sunday [Politics]
Residents of Tomigusuku City will go to the ballots this Sunday, to elect a new City Assembly. The ballots will be counted on the same day and the results announced by the midnight...
Police officer commits suicide [News]
A police officer in his 30’s who worked at the Prefectural Police Headquarters was found dead in a car in the northern region of island on January 29th. Investigators presume he co...
Okinawan man arrested for murder of girl in Fukuoka [News]
Fukuoka Prefectural police arrested an Okinawa-born construction worker in Fukuoka on suspicion of killing a 10-year-old girl, and then hiding her body in a closet in his house in ...
Yoshimoto to open ‘HAPINAHA’ entertainment emporium [News]
Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., Ltd, the largest and oldest entertainment management agency in Japan, has announced that it’s launching two new entertainment ventures in Naha on Mar, 12th. Ac...
High school girl knocked down in hit-and-run [News]
A car hit a 16-year-old high school girl at a pedestrian crossing on Route 85 in Misato, Okinawa City in the evening of Jan. 29th., and left the scene of the accident without stopp...
Skymark files for bankruptcy, Okinawa routes to be reduced [Business]
Skymark Airlines Inc, the third largest airline company in Japan, has given up efforts to rebuild its business on its own, and applied to Tokyo District Court for bankruptcy rehabi...
Island’s largest solar energy facility goes on line [Business]
Ichigo ECO Energy Co.,Ltd, one of the group companies of Ichigo Group Holdings, a Japanese real estate and clean energy company with headquarters in Tokyo, has completed the constr...
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