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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
Okinawa Expressway celebrates 30th anniversary [News]
A survey by West Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. of the use of the Okinawa Expressway celebrating its 30th anniversary of operation this October, shows that users took 50 million trips...
Man dies in fatal fall into Ta waterfall [News]
Ippei Kagawa, a 41-year-old restaurant worker from Motobu Town, fell about 20 meters to his death into Ta waterfall in Tsuha, Ogimi Village, about noon Thursday. He was taken to a ...
Ryukyu Golden Kings’ calendar 2018 for sale at FamilyMart [News]
Okinawa FamilyMart and Marumasa Printing Co. announced Thursday the publication of the “Kings Calendar 2018”, a joint project to support the Ryukyu Golden Kings pro-basketball team...
Tomigusuku factories woo visitors with stamp rally [News]
Uema Kashiten, Okinawa Tokusan Hanbai, Chuko Shuzou, and “Komomachi Design”, a consulting company, are joining forces to invigorate the local area by the just launched “Tomigusuku ...
Miyako Airport facility will be extended in 2019 [News]
The higher than expected increase in the number of tourists visiting Miyako Island has prompted the Miyako Airport Terminal administrators to decide to expand the airport terminal ...
Artist Theo Jansen’s “live” artworks first time in Okinawa [News]
“Theo Jansen Exhibition Okinawa 2017” art exhibition sponsored by Theo Jansen Exhibition Committee with special cooperation by Okinawa Times newspaper is scheduled to open Oct. 3 a...
Donation to abandoned animals made easy [News]
Homme femme Inc., a company running pet shops on Okinawa, has started a campaign asking a ¥20 donation from customers. The donation is made easy and requires just a scan of a barco...
Okinawa’s teams score awards at national robot tournament [News]
The “WRO Japan 2017 Tournament” finals were held in Tokyo Sunday. The tournament is a national contest for elementary school students in robotics, the winner of which then enter th...
Okinawa has nationally highest birth rate 43rd consecutive year [News]
According to the demographic statistics of Okinawa 2016, the birth rate per the 1,000 population is 11.6, a decrease of 0.3 points from the previous year, but still the highest in ...
Kokusai Street to be closed for bomb disposal Saturday [News]
An unexploded U.S. made bomb from WWII weighing 50 kilograms was unearthed at a construction site in Matsuo 2-chome, Naha City, Wednesday. The disposal of the bomb is scheduled for...
“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 ...
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