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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
2012.11.30
25,000 runners hit streets for Naha Marathon [Sports]
By Bill Charles A marathon begun 28 years ago as an event linking sister cities Honolulu and Naha has become Okinawa’s premier event, attracting more than 26,000 runners to the cha...
2012.11.30
Golden Kings touch is more than ‘golden’ [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Okinawa’s Ryukyu Golden Kings are riding an unparalleled winning streak in the Basketball Japan League, pushing their record to 12-0 with a pair of weekend victories over the Rizin...
2012.11.23
Miyazato falters, finishes fifth at Titleholders finale [Sports]
Ai Miyazato was off to a good start at the Titleholders Ladies Professional Golf Tournament, holding a one-stroke lead at the midway point before losing concentration and winding u...
2012.11.23
24th Tour de Okinawa runs this weekend in Nago [Sports]
More than 4,000 cyclists are getting together and racing every year around the Yanbaru area, an event simply called the Tour de Okinawa. The 24thTour de Okinawa 2012 convention thi...
2012.11.21
Ryukyu Golden Kings dominating BJL [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings like being on a roll, and now that they’ve topped last year’s undefeated season start and are 10-0 after upending the Oita HeatDevils, they are thinking the...
2012.11.16
Yamauchi chosen BJL MVP of the week [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The youngest player on the Ryukyu Golden Kings, Morihisa Yamauchi, has been chosen Lawson “Ponta” MVP of the week for his action in the Basketball Japan League this pas...
Golden Kings’ season beginning better than golden [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings and the Kyoto Hannaryz are celebrating weekend victories, albeit for totally different reasons in the Basketball Japan League. For the Kyoto Hannaryz, it wa...
2012.11.15
Youth pugilists do battle in Pacific Boxing Showdown [Sports]
Eyes will be on the Okinawa Convention Center Sunday afternoon as the vacant World Boxing Council Youth World Bantamweight Championship is settled, and a series of bouts take place...
2012.11.09
World Cup Asia qualifier pits Japan vs. Oman [Sports]
The race to the 2014 World Cup is under way, with the Brazil final qualifier for Asia putting Japan against Oman, and it’s being televised in Okinawa. The excitement of this match,...
2012.11.09
Karate & martial arts exhibition in Uruma [Sports]
New Konan-ryu Karate-do Minamihara Shurei Association is staging a karate and kobudo demonstration at Kimutaka Hall in Uruma City, on Sunday. The demonstration highlights the tradi...
Susanoo Magic hammer Hannaryz in BJL action [Sports]
The Shimane Susanoo Magic is on a role, sitting in third place in the 10-team Western Conference of the Basketball Japan League, having drubbed the Kyoto Hannaryz twice over the we...
2012.11.02
Golden Kings starting on 6-0 roll [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The defending Basketball Japan League champion Ryukyu Golden Kings haven’t lost any of their 2011-2012 touch, kicking off this current campaign with a first six games winning strea...
2012.10.26
Golden Kings open season on a winning roll [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
F our consecutive wins for the reigning Basketball Japan League champions to start the new campaign. That’s the way the 2012-2013 season’s begun for Okinawa’s team, with all four v...
2012.10.26
3,000 expected to join Sunday’s Marine Cup [Sports]
Open water swimming, beach soccer and beach volleyball are among 16 events wrapped into this year’s Marine Cup in Okinawa, a comprehensive outdoor series of activities in Tomigusuk...
2012.10.19
Surfers set for Sunday Itoman Mayor’s Cup [Sports]
Suicide Cliff Point in Itoman City is the venue Sunday for the 11th Itoman Mayor’s Cup Surfing Contest. The event at the Komesu sea coast is attracting plenty of attention as surfi...
2012.10.12
Two championship Tenkaichi matches upcoming Oct. 21st [ENTERTAINMENT Sports]
Okinawa’s Tenkaichi Super Fights is featuring three main events in its October 21st program, with two of the main matches being for titles. The MMA Middle Weight Class Title Match ...
2012.10.10
Golden Kings start season on very winning note [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Anthony McHenry and David Palmer picked up where they left off last season, although now in opposing teams, as the defending Basketball Japan League champion scored a pair of seaso...
2012.10.05
Golden Kings lose typhoon-shortened series with Korea [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings only had one shot at Korea’s championship basketball squad, thanks to Typhoon Jelawat’s pounding Okinawa Saturday, and that opportunity didn’t go the home t...
2012.09.28
Golden Kings to take on Korean league champions [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings are ready to face another championship basketball squad, the Anyang KGC, on their home court in Okinawa Convention Center Gym, on Sunday, which will go ahea...
2012.09.28
MMA fitness trainer seminar coming to Okinawa [Sports]
A Mixed Martial Arts expert is coming to Okinawa in October to conduct a Certification Course on developing cutting edge Mixed Martial Arts strength and conditioning training progr...
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