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Okinawa Beach Opening Information 2025 [Nature & Environment News]
Okinawa Beach Opening Information 2025 Ginowan Tropical Beach (Apr. 26) Chatan Sunset Beach (Apr. 11) Chatan Araha Beach (Mid. Apr.) Nish...Read More
OkiEvents This Week!! [CURRENT ISSUE ENTERTAINMENT Festival News]
・11/26 Nago Autumn Fireworks Festival @ Nago Fishing Port 17:00~21:00 (Fireworks 20:00~) Free to enter https://r.goope.jp/srb-47-37/info/479...Read More
The Okinawa Zoo needs your help [News]
The Okinawa Zoo is now asking for Crowd-Funding support in order to raise money to help feed the animals at the zoo. Due to COVID19, attenda...Read More
Fatal crash causes U.S. military to ban alcohol, restrict troops to bases [News]
Naha Police arrested 21-year-old Pfc Nicolas James-McLean stationed at Camp Kinser, on suspicion of negligent driving resulting in death and driving under influence, after a 2-ton ...
Original Ishigaki marriage certificate offered on city website [News]
Ishigaki City has made its original marriage certificate available on the city’s website. The certificate has a design featuring a pair of Akashoubin birds (ruddy kingfisher), red ...
Okinawa taxis test multilingual speech translation system [News]
KDDI Corp., KDDI Research, Inc., Okinawa Prefecture Hire and Taxi Association, and Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company have started testing a “Multilingual Speech Translation System...
Jetstar inaugurates regular Naha-Singapore flights [News]
Lui Tuck Yew, the Singapore Ambassador to Tokyo, made a courtesy call on Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga in the Prefectural Office, Thursday, as he visited the prefecture to attend ...
Franklin Shinzato faces first day in court today [News]
The first day of the trial of 33-year-old Kenneth Franklin Shinzato, an ex U.S. Marine Corps, is charged of rape resulting in death, murder, and abandoning a corpse, is held at the...
Urasoe judged 9th most livable city in Japan [News]
“Shin Koumin Rentai Saizensen”, a website managed by Nikkei Business Publications, Inc., containing information on how to approach regional vitalization throughout Japan, announced...
Okinawan wins karate kata championship with traditional Karate [News]
Akihiro Yagi, the 39-year-old deputy director of Okinawa Dento Karatedou Kobudou Kokusai Kensyu Center (Okinawa traditional Karatedo Kobudo International Research Center), the Head...
Vacant stores renovated into hotel rooms in Okinawa City [News]
Fanfare Japan, a tourism business company publishing brochures and promotional videos, is expanding into lodging industry by renovating vacant stores on Chuo Park Avenue in Okinawa...
Nouren Plaza in Naha re-opens [News]
The renovated Nouren Plaza farmers’ market opened in Higawa, Naha City, on Nov. 1st. The new facility was constructed as a part of the complete redevelopment project of the area. T...
Kurashiki Kankyo problem puts waste disposers in disarray [News]
After the news that Kurashiki Kankyo Co.’s license for waste disposal was suspended last week, local waste disposal service companies have been confused over how to deal with the s...
Hilton plans to have two hotels on Sesoko Island [News]
Mori Trust Co, Ltd., a real estate developer in Tokyo, announced Monday that it’s going to build two hotels on Sesoko Island off Motobu in cooperation with the Hilton Hotels group....
Namie Amuro’s newest album sold 1.11 million copies first week [News]
Oricon Inc., a music information company, announced Monday that Namie Amuro’s latest album “Finally”, has sold 1.113 million copies during its first week on sale. According to Oric...
Yomitan Lantern Festival starts with free workshop [News]
Murasaki Mura in Yomitan will organize lantern making workshops before the “Yomitan Yoakari Project”, a lantern festival for public to enjoy the light of lanterns in Yomitan Villag...
Mass sports event to take place on Kokusai Street [News]
“Big sports gathering” is scheduled to be held on Kokusai Street in Naha, on Dec. 10th. The event executive committee held a press conference in the prefectural office, Friday. The...
2017.11.14
Waste disposal company suspended for illegal dumping [News]
The Okinawa Prefectural Government has reportedly suspended the industrial waste disposal license of Kurashiki Kankyo Co., Ltd., that operates a large waste disposal site near Kura...
Okinawa has highest rate of businesses with total ban on smoking [News]
The Teikoku Databank Okinawa Branch announced Wednesday results of an awareness survey regarding smoking at businesses in Okinawa. According to the survey, 32.6% of companies in Ok...
Teacher dismissed for kissing student [News]
Okinawa Prefecture Board of Education announced Thursday that a male teacher in his 20’s who had been teaching at a school on Okinawa Main Island was dismissed as a disciplinary ac...
British Museum acquires Okinawan pottery [News]
“Youhentenbi Tenmoku” and “Hekikaiyutei Tenmokucyawan”, highest-grade tea bowls made by 56-year-old potter Haruhiko Kaneko, the owner of Ishigakiyakigama pottery studio in Nagura, ...
First Yanbaru Art Festival to run through year-end [News]
“Yanbaru Art Festival 2017 – 2018 Yanbarunihakobune”, a hands-on event to familiarize the public with modern art and traditional crafts, will be held from Dec. 9 through Jan. 8, 20...
Number of cheap lodging houses increases to most ever [News]
According to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, there were 29,559 “cheap lodging houses” in business in the nation during 2016 that is 2,390 increase ...
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