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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
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...
Large hydrothermal metal deposits found off Kume Island [News]
Researchers at JOGMEC, Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, have identified large sea-floor hydrothermal deposits on the seabed off Kume Island. JOGMEG officials descri...
2015.02.02
March Corporate Games open to spectators [Sports]
Sponsors and organizers of the Corporate Games slated for March 5th ~ 8th on Okinawa are streamlining the schedules, announcing that all games at all venues are free to be watched ...
2015.02.01
Orion Beer has been Okinawan icon for 58 years [CURRENT ISSUE]
Okinawans love Orion Beer!!! It’s been 57 years since the company was established in 1957, a homegrown Okinawa brewery. It’s absolutely three-star tasting and its refreshing clean...
Henoko protester sues Coast Guard for alleged assault [News]
A 29-year-old protester from Tokyo has sued the Japanese Coast Guard and members of the Coast Guard for allegedly assaulting him when he was protesting. The man was protesting on t...
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