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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
FIBA to debate JBA future next week [Sports]
Japan is on the verge of being barred from all international basketball events because it hasn’t consolidated its two professional basketball leagues, a situation that has FIBA ira...
2014.11.21
Golden Kings trounce Crane Thunders [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The first game of the series wasn’t much more than a scrimmage for the Ryukyu Golden Kings, but was exciting the basketball fans in Ishigaki, on the far southern end of the prefect...
2014.11.15
Okinawa hosts MLB-Japan baseball finale [Sports]
Baseball IS the sports headline for the next seven days, eclipsing the National Football League, the National Basketball Association and the Japan bj-league, the National Hockey Le...
2014.11.12
FC Ryuyu breaks losing streak at its 10,000 Soccer Festival [Sports]
The only professional soccer team on Okinawa, FC Ryukyu, faced the J-league junior team J-22 that consists of players from various J-league junior teams and represents Japan in int...
Okinawan athlete wins World Karate Kata title [Sports]
Ryo Kyuna of Okinawa won the title at the World Karate Championships finals in male individual Kata category, Saturday, in Bremen, Germany. In the final contest, Kyuna faced a Germ...
2014.11.06
Tour de Okinawa 2014 starts wheels spinning on Saturday [Sports]
By Bill Charles The island’s prestigious Tour de Okinawa is set to run this weekend with more than 4,000 cyclists competing in and around the northern Okinawa city of Nago and surr...
2014.11.03
Golden Kings triumphant at home [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings were in perfect form, keeping the hometown fans on the edges of their seats cheering as they ripped the hapless Rizing Fukuoka twice in Turkish Airlines bj-...
2014.10.29
FC Ryukyu entices American audience to Soccer Festival with free admission [Sports]
Okinawa’s only men’s professional soccer team, FC Ryukyu, is again inviting the American SOFA community to enjoy its Sunday match against the Japanese J-League U-22 junior squad by...
2014.10.28
Golden Kings falter on the road [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Riding a five-game win streak, the Ryukyu Golden Kings headed to Kyoto, where they picked up their sixth victory in a row before losing momentum and falling Sunday afternoon to the...
2014.10.28
FIBA warns Japan to be excluded from international play [Sports]
Failure to merge its two professional basketball leagues has led to notice Japan will be deemed ineligible for international play starting next month. FIBA, the world basketball go...
Two Okinawan players picked at Japan pro-baseball draft [Sports]
Two young baseball players from Okinawa were drafted at the Japan Professional Baseball amateur draft at a Tokyo hotel on Thursday. The two can now start negotiations with their re...
Okinawa City athlete wins four medals in Asia Paralympics [Sports]
Hirokazu Ueyonabaru from Okinawa City won a gold medal in the men’s 800-meter wheel chair track and field event at the Asia Paralympics in Yingshoeng in Korea, Oct. 23rd. In additi...
International Beach Tennis Cup scheduled for Okinawa [Sports]
An international sports event featuring a new sport of beach tennis that combines beach volleyball and tennis is scheduled to take place at Okinawa Chura Sun Beach in Toyosaki, Tom...
2014.10.21
Golden Kings starting new win streak [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings struggled against the Shimane Susanoo Magic, but still managed to pull off a pair of victories in contests Okinawa head coach Tsutomu Isa called “miserable”...
2014.10.19
bj-League’s 10th season brings new excitement [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
By Jun Ikemura The Basketball Japan League –of which the Ryukyu Golden Kings are the reigning champions—is celebrating its 10th anniversary this season, bringing new faces, teams a...
2014.10.17
Japan Flyboard championships Sunday in Nishihara [Sports]
It’s a sport unlike any other, crossing watercraft activity with the participant strapping into a pair of boots and then being propelled skyward over the open waters. It’s flyboard...
2014.10.15
Golden Kings tested before sweeping road series [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings had a few heart-stopping moments in Takamatsu before they began demonstrating championship form and pulled out a pair of wins over the Takamatsu Five Arrows...
2014.10.09
Golden Kings split opening weekend series [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings jumped strong out of the starting blocks in their season opener on the road, upending Western Conference foe Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix 77-67 on Saturd...
2014.10.05
Ryukyu Dragons stage frequent pro wrestling bouts [Sports]
Ryukyu Dragon Pro Wrestling is home based at Navel Kadena Shopping complex on the 3rd floor above the game centre, offering live shows most weeks, much like those seen on World Wre...
2014.09.29
Roller Derby for a good cause [Sports]
Hand-jive back in time with The Kokeshi Roller Dolls for an edge-of-your-seat bout sponsored by Kadena Special Olympics. Roller Derby action is coming up Oct. 11th at Marine Hangar...
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