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Pro-Baseball Spring Training 2025 [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
OkiEvents this Week!! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival Sports]
・2/25 – 2/26 Yomitan Yachimun Market @ Farmers Market Yunta Ichiba in Yomitan village 10:00~17:00 Free to enter https://www.yomitan-sy...Read More
OkiEvents this Week!! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival Sports]
・12/11 Churashima Air Fest at Naha Air Base 9:00 – 15:00 Free to enter (Free courtesy bus will be available from Naha Military Port an...Read More
12 teams picked up for Japan’s new pro-basketball top division [Sports]
The new Japanese men’s pro basketball league, JPBL, replacing the existing two competing pro-leagues and scheduled to start fall 2016 has announced the line-up of its top twelve te...
Okinawan player selected for Japan National Women’s Soccer Team [Sports]
Okinawa-born Ryoko Takara was selected to play for Japan’s National Women’s Soccer Team known as ‘Nadeshiko Japan’ in the EAFF East Asian Cup taking place in Wuhan, China, in Augus...
2015.07.10
Golden Kings building up 2015-2016 season team [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Preparing for the upcoming TKbj-League 2015-2016 season, the Ryukyu Golden Kings announced Jul. 3 that the team has retained nine players from its last season squad. The nine who h...
Kings’ Namizato becomes free agent [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
TKbj -League pro basketball team Ryukyu Golden Kings announced that the team’s contract with Narito Namizato has expired on June 30th. Namizato took up a challenge to play in the U...
2015.06.29
Japan’s oldest yacht race runs on July 4th [Sports]
Pristine waters around Okinawa are a prime playing ground for any yachtsman, and the fourth of July weekend has for them a special significance as it’s the date of the 38th annual ...
2015.06.29
Yonaguni Island invites visitors to International Billfish Tournament [Sports]
The term “Billfish” refers to various predatory fish species that all have a spear-like bill, which they use for slashing at and stunning prey. Billfish can are spread throughout t...
2015.06.25
FC Ryukyu holds Island-wide Soccer Festival 2015 [Sports]
As a highlight of its annual All Okinawa Soccer 10000 Festival, FC Ryukyu will play its first official night game to take place on Okinawa in the J3-League this Sunday. Up to now, ...
Okinawan Hirokazu Nema named head coach of Gunma [Sports]
Gunma Crane Thunders, professional basketball team in the Eastern Conference of TKbj-league, announced Jun. 18 that the team had reached a basic agreement Hirokazu Nema, a native o...
2015.06.19
Fathers’ Day bullfighting tournament offers exotic fun [Sports]
Bullfighting tournaments on Okinawa are a world away from those seen on television or in Spain or Mexico, but they’re equally exciting, and exotic, to watch. Okinawa bullfights are...
Two Japanese former boxing champs inducted to Hall of Fame [Sports]
Two more Japanese former professional boxing champions are now members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York. The induction ceremony at the IBHOF took pla...
2015.06.16
Locked On! Cage Impact! fighters to face off Sunday [Sports]
Fighting matches that began in Okinawa as ‘The Outsider’ matches aimed at attracting delinquent youth to organized sports in order to bring order and discipline to their lives have...
2015.06.04
Manza Haarii invites participants; registration now going on [Sports]
The 32nd Manza Haarii Festival is scheduled to take place on July 5th at ANA Intercontinental Manza Beach Resort in Seragaki, Onna Village. The registration for participating teams...
2015.05.31
Kunigami Trail Run registration starts Monday [Sports]
The 3rd Kunigami Trail Run will take place at Kunigami Village Forest Park on December 12th. Registration for entering the competition begins Mondayat Fami-port terminals at Family...
2015.05.30
Manza Haarii invites participants; registration starts Jun. 1 [Sports]
The 32nd Manza Haarii Festival is scheduled to take place on July 5th at ANA Intercontinental Manza Beach Resort in Seragaki, Onna Village. The registration for participating teams...
2015.05.29
Naha Marathon registration starts Monday [Sports]
Registration for the most popular marathon on Okinawa opens at 9 a.m. Monday, and is expected to exceed the allotted 30,000 runners in a matter of hours. The 31st Naha Marathon org...
2015.05.15
Deadline looms for amateur teams in baseball tournament [Sports]
The biggest and best-known baseball tournament on the island, an event spanning more than four months, is still accepting teams to participate. The deadline for the 21st Amateur ba...
2015.05.15
Phoenix push Golden Kings out of playoffs [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
It was sheer disappointment for the Okinawa fans as they watched their beloved Golden Kings struggle before losing twice to the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix in the Basketball Ja...
2015.05.07
Kiteboarding provides plenty of excitement, satisfaction [Sports]
By David Higgins When I first heard about kiteboarding, I didn’t like the sound of it. My first impression was that it was going to quickly become another fad sport; attempting to ...
2015.05.05
Mini-playoff win lets Golden Kings escape to play again [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings are headed to the second round of the Basketball Japan League playoffs, but only after sweating past a first game loss, a second game win and then a playoff...
Draelon Burns wins TK bj-Legue “Best 6th Man Award” [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Pro basketball TK bj-League announced April 30th the recipients of its annual awards for the season 2014-15. Draelon Burns of the Ryukyu Golden Kings received the award called the ...
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