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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
2015.03.05
Okinawa Corporate Games kick off today [Sports]
Months of planning for the Okinawa version of the international Corporate Games get under way today with hundreds of individuals and businesses competing in dozens of sports events...
2015.03.03
Golden Kings crush ailing Five Arrows [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Being on the road was no handicap as the Ryukyu Golden Kings invaded Takamatsu, where the Okinawa squad crushed the Takamatsu Five Arrows on both ends of the double-header. Okinawa...
2015.02.24
Golden Kings stunned by Shimane; split series [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Shimane Susanoo Magic hosted the Basketball Japan League reigning champion, and threw a surprise at the Ryukyu Golden Kings. The middle-of-the-pack Susanoo Magic improved to 12...
Pro-baseball season opening games held Saturday [Sports]
Japanese professional baseball season opening games took place on Feb. 21st. On that day, five games were held in Okinawa and Miyazaki prefectures. In Okinawa, four games, Yomiuri...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
2015.01.30
Newest Golden King fresh from high school [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings are not only playing hard for today; the team’s on a new program of building for the future. Okinawa has inked a pact with Shota Tsuyama, a third-year high...
2015.01.30
Nobody knows how to stop Ryukyu Golden Kings [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Shiga Lakestars are in the top third of teams in the Turkish Airlines Basketball Japan League, but when confronting the defending league champion Ryukyu Golden Kings, that’s no...
2015.01.27
Bats are swinging as teams prepare for season [Sports]
By Bill Charles From Ishigaki to Okinawa, people are beginning to hum the tune ‘take me out to the ballgame’ as spring training rolls toward the first exhibition games less than a ...
Real Madrid affiliate to open soccer school in Ginowan [Sports]
A Japanese soccer school management company affiliated with Spain’s Soccer Club Fundacion Real Madrid, is planning to open a soccer school for youngsters in Ginowan. Kohei Masuda, ...
2015.01.26
Variety of awards waiting for winners at Corporate Games Okinawa [Sports]
Ceremonies opening the Corporate Games Okinawa are only six weeks away, as competing individuals, organizations and businesses gather on the island to participate in 15 different s...
2015.01.20
Golden Kings tease, please home fans [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings were on the home hardwood in Okinawa City, pounding the Nara Bambitious to the tune of a weekend sweep that extended the season record to 24-4. There was no...
2015.01.19
Corporate Games to open with a bang [Sports]
The first ever Corporate Games in Okinawa are now exactly seven weeks away, and organizers are starting to put the finishing touches on the Super Center at the Okinawa Convention C...
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