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Henoko seabed survey on hold for month [News]
The fight between the central government and Okinawa Prefectural government over the landfill preparation work for the Furenma replacement f...Read More
2014: Guard changes, but Futenma remains… [News]
For the third year in a row, the plans to move MCAS Futenma to a new base in Henoko, demands to move it out of the prefecture, and oppositio...Read More
Futenma, Senkakus provide most memorable… [News]
By Bill Charles If Futenma Marine Corps Air Station didn’t exist, and if China didn’t have its eye on the Senkaku Islands in southwestern Ok...Read More
“Taiwan Fair” at Times Building runs through Sep. 23 [News]
“Taiwan Fair 2017 in Okinawa” sponsored by Taiwan Tourism Office, Ryukyu Taiwan Friendship Association, and Okinawa Times newspaper, started at the Times Building in Kumoji, Naha C...
Singer Namie Amuro announces retirement next year [News]
Namie Amuro, a popular singer from Okinawa, announced on her official website that she would retire Sep. 16 next year. 40-year-old Amuro made her debut as a member of the band “Sup...
8-year-old boy on bicycle fatally crashes into car [News]
A car fatally crashed into a 8-year-old boy riding on a children’s bicycle with a second boy on the back at an intersection in Yonashiro, Nichihara Town Sunday afternoon. According...
Uchina Farm wine wins gold medal second time [News]
Representatives of Uchina Farm visited Itoman City Office Sep. 8 to report winning the top award at “Japan Wine Challenge 2017”, Asia’s oldest, largest and most prestigious wine co...
Okinawa coffee shop owner wins coffee roasting championship [News]
38-year-old Yoshiyuki Nakamura, the owner of “Mame Polepole” home-roast coffee shop, is the first person from Okinawa to become the Japan Coffee Roasting Champion at a contest held...
Four boys nabbed for vandalizing Chibichiri Gama [News]
Kadena Police have arrested four boys on suspicion of vandalizing Chibichiri Gama cave in Namihira, Yomitan Village. The cave is a memorial for 85 local people who committed mass s...
“Crayon Shinchan 25th Anniversary Exhibition” at AEON Mall [News]
The Crayon Shinchan 25th Anniversary Exhibition is scheduled for AEON Hall on the 3rd floor of Aeon Mall Rycom in Kitanakagusuku. The exhibition opens on Saturday. The exhibition i...
43ed National Tree Planting Ceremony at Convention Center [News]
Okinawa Prefecture announced Thursday the holding of “The 43rd National Tree Planting Ceremony” at Okinawa Convention Center in the fall of 2019. A ceremony called “Oteue-shiki” to...
Young student dies of acute alcohol poisoning [News]
A 18-year-old student of Senshu University from Tokyo visiting Okinawa died of acute alcohol poisoning, Wednesday. The male student was staying at a bed and breakfast facility in O...
Itoman Farmers’ Market reaches 100-million visitor mark [News]
The number of visitors to “Farmers Market Itoman Umanchu Ichiba” since its opening exceeded 100 million on Wednesday. The JA Okinawa operated market opened about 15 years ago. The ...
Vandals damage Chibichiri-Gama cave [News]
A person or persons had broken into Chibichiri-Gama (cave) in Namihira, Yomitan Village, damaging the site. The site is a memorial where 85 people committed a mass suicide during t...
Okinawa fathers best in “family love” in Japan [News]
According to results of a survey “Ten thousand fathers in Japan” by Asahi Soft Drinks Co., Ltd., fathers in Okinawa were deemed to have the biggest love to their family, spending m...
Participants sought for Miss Okinawa 2018 pageant [News]
The Okinawa Convention and Visitors Bureau (OCVB) has started accepting applications for Miss Okinawa 2018 pageant. The new Miss Okinawa will be responsible for promoting the attra...
Concrete-block wall collapse crushes woman to death [News]
A concrete-block wall that workers were demolishing collapsed on the yard of a private house in Kiyuna, Ginowan City, Sunday morning, burying 84-year-old resident of the house. Acc...
Shop develop water-proof sanshin [News]
Machidaya, a manufacturer of sanshin, has developed an instrument it calls “Sanlele” that is a mix of sanshin and Hawaiian ukulele, and now, as its latest version, they offer a new...
“Urasoe Machi-Semi” aims to teach skills [News]
“The 1st Urasoe Machi-Semi,” a public seminar teaching various skills and techniques is now accepting participants. The Urasoe City Store Owners’ Association sponsored seminar feat...
David Ralston and singer Merry present mix of Okinawa folk songs and American blues [News]
Blues musician David Ralston and Merry, an Okinawan singer from Itoman are bringing something new and different to local music scene. In their new album “Okinawa Americana” from Ma...
Okinawa soba now officially in Guinness Book of Records [News]
An event to “make Okinawa Soba with the largest number of people in the world” was held at Nakanishi Junior High School in Urasoe City Saturday. The idea was to get the event in th...
Emergency dispatches in 2016 increased by 4,196 [News]
A survey of the 18 Fire-Defense Headquarters in Okinawa found that emergency crews were dispatched 75,599 times in 2016, which is 4,196 (5.9%) more than the previous year. The surv...
Man falls to death from Irabu Ohashi Bridge in Miyako [News]
A man fell to his death from Irabu Ohashi Bridge between Miyako and Irabu Islands around midnight, Monday. According to Miyako Police, a 32-year-old male care worker fell 30 meters...
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