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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
Pro-Baseball Spring Training 2023 [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]
・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
Okinawa Grand Sumo Tournament scheduled for Dec. 16 and 17 [Sports]
Japan’s big boys are scheduled to make an appearance on Okinawa at a 2-day Grand Sumo Tournament at Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan on 16th and 17th December. The event was an...
Konan High School earns spot in Koshien [Sports]
Konan High School baseball team won a spot to represent Okinawa at the 99th annual Japan National High School Baseball Tournament at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture starting Au...
FC Ryukyu faces Giravanz Kitakyushu in Saturday home game [Sports]
FC Ryukyu, an Okinawan soccer team playing in the Japanese J3 division of the Japanese Professional Soccer League, is scheduled to play their next game Saturday on their home turf ...
2017.07.10
Ryukyu Golden Kings signs new “big man” [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings announced Thursday reaching an agreement with Hilton Armstrong, a former NBA player and last season Chiba Jets. On the Kings’ website, Armstrong commented, ...
Okinawa’s 1st Arm Wrestling Competition slated for July 23 [Sports]
The 1st Okinawa City Mayor’s Cup Arm Wrestling Competition is scheduled to take place at Music Town Sound Market in Uechi, Okinawa City, on July 23rd. The contest will be the first...
2017.07.07
Golden Kings signs forward Takatoshi Furukawa for 2017-18 season [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings announced Tuesday reaching a basic agreement with 29-year-old Takatoshi Furukawa from Hyogo Prefecture to play in the squad for season 2017-18. Furukawa pla...
Matayoshi to play at “My Navi All Star Game 2017” [Sports]
Players for the interleague Japanese professional baseball game “My Navi All Star Game 2017” on July 14 and 15th have been announced. 28 players from each Central and Pacific Leagu...
Golden Kings to face Sun Rockers Shibuya in season’s first match [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The men’s pro-basketball B League announced Monday the schedule of the 2017-18 season opening games. In their season opening pair of matches, the Ryukyu Golden Kings will play agai...
Okinawan gymnast picked for Japan national team [Sports]
The Japan Gymnastics Association has announced the names of eight male members of the Japanese national team for the World Championships to be held in October in Montreal, Canada. ...
Okinawa high school baseball tournament starts [Sports]
An opening ceremony of the 99th National High School Baseball Tournament of Okinawa was held at Okinawa Cellular Park in Onoyama, Naha City, Saturday. The Okinawa tournament is the...
Okinawa table tennis team Asteeda advances to top division [Sports]
Japan Table Tennis League 2017 first semi-annual tournament was held Saturday at Matsue Sogo Taikukan in Shimane Prefecture, where Ryukyu Asteeda, one of the two B division club te...
Many children of two-income families eat dinner alone [News Sports]
Urasoe City conducted a survey among elementary and junior high school children and their parents in the city regarding their meal habits. According to survey results, 4.5% of the ...
High school baseball tournament qualifier match schedule drawn [Sports]
The draw for the Okinawa qualifier tournament for the 99th Japan Annual National High School Baseball Tournament at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture was held at Kitanakagusuku C...
2017.06.09
Youhei Ninomiya to join Ryukyu Golden Kings for 2017-18 season [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Ryukyu Golden Kings announced Wednesday reaching a basic agreement with 28-year-old Yohei Ninomiya, who previously layed for Alvark Tokyo, to lpay for the Okinawan team the coming ...
33rd Naha Marathon entry applications accepted from Jun. 5th [Sports]
Entry applications for the 33rd Naha Marathon on Dec. 3 will be accepted starting Jun. 5th. Naha Mayor Mikiko Shiroma, the chairman of Naha Marathon Association, had a press confer...
Ai Miyazato to retire from professional golf [Sports]
Ai Miyazato, former world No.1 woman golf player and the winner of nine LPGA tournaments, made and unexpected announcement Friday that she would retire from professional golf at th...
Yamauchi named MVP at Asian Women’s Volleyball C’ships [Sports]
Misaki Yamauchi, the captain of Japan Women’s National U-23 Volleyball Team from Itoman, was awarded the Individual MVP Award for the second Asian Women’s Volleyball U-23 Champions...
2017.05.25
Norio Sassa to replace Tsutomu Isa as King’s head coach [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Tsutomu Isa, the current head coach of the Ryukyu Golden Kings will leave his position at the end of this season. He will pass the helm to Norio Sassa, currently an assistant coach...
Okinawan Daigo Higa wins flyweight World Champion title [Sports]
The World Boxing Council flyweight title match was held on the night of May 20 at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo. In the fight, 21-year-old Daigo Higa from Okinawa faced 30-year-old Juan...
Yusaku Miyazato wins PGA Championship in Kise [Sports]
Golfer Yusaku Miyazato came from behind on the last day of the 85th PGA Championship Nissin Noodles Cup at Kise Country Club in Nago to win the tournament, Sunday. This was his sec...
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