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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
2014.06.19
Daimon Cup weekend futsal tourney is for everyone [Sports]
This weekend’s Daimon Cup is a charity sports festival, but is also an introduction to futsal, a variation of soccer that’s being played on smaller indoor fields. The festival take...
Okinawa in treat for Major League Baseball [Sports]
The Major League Baseball Japan All-Star Series is a series of games between All-Star teams from North America’s MLB and Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball that is sc...
2014.06.01
Okinawa sumo offers challenges to everyone [Sports]
Sumo is one of Japan’s national sports, but Okinawa Sumo is a bit different, with everyone able to get involved; even the spectators. With Golden Week past, the Okinawa sumo season...
2014.05.28
Golden Kings bring home coveted champion trophy [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
For a third time, the Ryukyu Golden Kings proved to Japan it’s a basketball powerhouse, rolling over the Akita Northern Happinets to win the Basketball Japan League Championship fo...
Power of unity [Sports]
Players of the Ryukyu Golden Kings visited the Prefectural Office, Monday, to hold a championship report meeting. Over 100 fans waited for a glimpse of the players on the 1st floor...
Okinawa mulls establishing professional baseball team [Sports]
As one of the Liberal Democratic Party’s proposals for the government growth strategy and regional activation plan, an idea of increasing the number of pro baseball teams in ...
2014.05.25
Soccer Festival attracts thousands of spectators [Sports]
Soccer enthusiasts are getting down to business with the All Okinawa Soccer 10,000 Festival 2014, and Japan Update is teaming with organizers FC Ryukyu to give away free tickets. T...
2014.05.21
World’s largest multi-sport festival coming to Okinawa [Sports]
Thousands of participants and spectators are expected to flock to Okinawa in 2015 as the World Corporate Games makes its debut in this island prefecture. The Okinawa Corporate Game...
2014.05.13
Golden Kings trash Phoenix; head to finals [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings put on a spectacular show for the home fans, demolishing the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix in a pair of semi-final showdowns that propelled Okinawa to the...
Number of fans at Kings’ games passes 100,000 [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The number of spectators attending the Ryukyu Golden Kings’ basketball games this season has passed 100,000. According to the team spokesman, 101,054 fans have bought tickets to se...
2014.05.07
Golden Kings rest as playoffs begin [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
By Jun Ikemura It pays to be the Western Conference Champions, as it earns a free opening weekend of the Basketball Japan League playoffs. The Ryukyu Golden Kings, by winning the W...
2014.04.28
Golden Kings set new season record [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings closed the season in flamboyant style, sweeping the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix in front of the mainland team’s home fans, while at the same time establ...
2014.04.23
Draelon Burns chosen bjL MVP of the week [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The leading scorer for the Ryukyu Golden Kings has been chosen Most Valuable Player of the Week by the Basketball Japan League. Draelon Burns, who in the first game against the Ham...
2014.04.22
Golden Kings roughed up by Takamatsu [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The latest Ryukyu Golden Kings win streak came to a screeching halt in Takamatsu City, foiled by a mediocre Basketball Japan League team with a 21-29 record who didn’t care that th...
2014.04.15
Golden Kings run roughshod over Phoenix [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings made their regular season home court finale an event bringing Okinawa fans to their feet as they bulldozed their way past the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoeni...
2014.04.14
Shisa Juniors volleyball club culture exchange trip to Ishigaki [Sports]
By Haley Thompson Twenty-four players, nine chaperones and one intense weekend of volleyball. The Shisa Juniors volleyball club traveled to Ishigaki, Mar. 28-30, to participate in ...
2014.04.09
Golden Kings proving fallible down the stretch [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Another weekend, and another loss for the high-flying Ryukyu Golden Kings, who were taken to task by the Niigata Albirex BB. The Golden Kings fell victim to the efforts of Albirex ...
Anthony McHenry injured [Sports]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings forward Anthony McHenry fractured his left ankle during the game against the Oita HeatDevils on Mar. 29th, the team announced. It has not been determined ho...
2014.04.05
Anything goes at Locked On! Vale Tudo tournament [Sports]
Friends of contact sports have a chance to enjoy a bit different style of fights this Sunday when a Locked On! Tournament takes place at Namura Hall in Matsuyama, Naha City. The ma...
2014.04.02
Oita stops Golden Kings home win streak at 22 [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Proving the old adage that any team can beat any other team on a given day, the mediocre Oita HeatDevils stunned the league-leading Ryukyu Golden Kings, ripping Okinawa in front of...
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