- Kitamae Daiichi Park Wide open spaces beckon
- Sams restaurants offering many Mothers Day specials
- ‘Get Connected’ Mental Health Month theme
- Prosecutors to charge three in Kunigami illegal subsidies case
- Environmental damage charged as Awase tidelands work resumes
- Toxic chemicals found in Tomigusuku pond
- Okinawa Art Auction set for Saturday night
- New Special Measures Agreement in effect
- Gas prices soar as tax is reinstated
- Nago City dogs lover in dispute with officials
- Hiji waterfall accident claims woman’s life
- Communist Party Rep. accuses U.S. of ignoring Y-plate parking laws
- Legendary Okinawa Rock band Murasaki returns
- Upcoming typhoon season may be quiet
- Disgruntled security guard closer to getting compensation
- Dairy cows decline on Okinawa as prices rise dramatically
- Education Board dismisses one teacher, suspends another
- Water buffalo taxi company irritates Taketomi residents
- Prefecture worker stuns late night shoppers by exposing himself
- Kuwae Daiichi Park ideal for toddlers and pets
- Broken incinerator has Zamami residents angry at disposal costs
- Spiritual site blocks plans for Miyakojima crematory
- Pacific travelling sea turtle tracked to Kume Island
- Escape to paradise at Beach Rock Village
- Peace Rock Festival to feature 25 artists
- Northern forest to be radically changed by Prefecture development
- Futenma relocation floundering as sides can’t agree on runways
- Lost jobs, business failures increase homeless numbers
- Spicy noodles to every taste
- Rowdy American GI’s stir neighbors’ wrath
- Old chemical weapons have MND, Urasoe City worried
- Flyer fraud scheme bilks dozens out of more than ¥101 million
- Court Martial convicts Marine NCO on sexual abuse charges
- Prosecutors indict two Marines for 2006 taxi robbery
- Japanese prosecutor drops rape charges against Army sergeant
- Japan Update Weekly Winners - 2008/05/23
- Fenced Kitamae Dai-ni Park ideal for toddlers
- Tomigusuku City to recreate the origins of Haarii festivals
- Threatening letter forces Yaese Town to cancel school event
- Okinawa’s soba earns cultural status in Brazil
- Stateside bands headline weekend Schwab Festival
- Okinawans pay homage to island’s 1972 reversion to Japan
- Nesting mom chases firemen from station showers room
- Counterfeiting conviction nets U.S. Marine suspended sentence
- Illegal sword in luggage bounces U.S. Marine from departure flight
- Bowler tosses ball off lanes, damages ceiling
- Kitaya is izakaya with a family focus
- Young teens assault police officers questioning them
- Late, but rainy season now here
- Okinawan Soba
- New Driving Rules
- WTF is up with all the crimes on Okinawa?
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- Mexico, Brazil featured in upcoming Latin event
- Drivers turn to union for help against company
- Fraud trial doesn’t stop company from asking bankruptcy protection
- Dying coral highlighted at environmental symposium
- Fuel costs force ferry company into bankruptcy
- Nanjo City man on extended jogging trek around Okinawa
- High Court orders disclosure of ’06 helicopter crash documents
- Two men arrested for immoral actions with two young teens
- Drunken airman exposes himself to two young girls
- Teppanyaki still king at Sams Anchor Inn
- Adventure now soars to the treetops
- Does anyone actually TALK to members of Murasaki?
- Cool Biz campaign promotes Okinawa kariyushi fashions
- Kids play hall makes Kamise Kuwae Park unique
- Japan Update Weekly Winners - 2008/06/05
- Itoman hosts dragon boat races Saturday
- Nanjo City lures mainland students with community action involvement
- Illegally moored boats ordered removed from Tomari Port
- Thief mugs coffee shop worker, steals ¥400,000
- Amerasian School in Okinawa celebrates 10th anniversary
- Futenma, medical care hot button issues in Sundays elections
- Three men arrested for sexually abusing young teen runaway
- Kadena airman makes confesses in court to role in taxi robberies
- Shoppers, businesses adjust to higher prices
- Gasoline prices leap, not creep, upward
- Local Patriot missile unit gets a new commander
- Drunken school teacher convicted of killing man
- Thousands receive warnings as new seatbelt laws kick in
- Prosecutor wants jail time for Kadena airman
- Taxi robbery nets prison time for Marines
- Japan Update Weekly Winners - 2008/06/12
- Residents still struggling two years after landslide
- JTA strike snarls flights, impacts thousands
- Opposition sweeps majority from LDP in Assembly elections
- Pilots shortage forces Skymark to slash 633 flights
- Boy survives fall from seawall into ocean
- Road stations more than just rest stops
- Kin Town wants to buy military exercise area
- Monthly school luncheons to foster family relations
- Lawsuit filed against school for 2007 gymnastics injury
- School worker nabbed for stealing kids’ lunch money
- Military wife admits mailing WEEEEEEEED into Japan
- Sun Marina Buffet goes health conscious
- Farmers fret about progress destroying Oyama yam fields
- Japan Update Weekly Winners - 2008/06/19
- Okinawas rich culture intrigues Prefecture Museum visitors
- Uruma City dangles hefty incentives for new project
- Misleading job ads land agency in court
- Manta pregnancy has aquarium officials crossing their fingers
- Dry rainy season concerns farmers
- Japan admits Coast Guard ‘partially at fault’ in fishing boat sinking
- Tokyo Prince Hotel coming to Okinawa
- More local products are needed for spa business
- Memorial Day ceremonies Monday pay homage to Battle of Okinawa victims
- New pension plan plagued by administrative mistakes
- Okinawa sets example hosting the G-8 Technology Ministers
- Retired Marine general having second thoughts on Guam move
- Curfew will stay for Okinawa GI’s
- Taiwan president softens stance over fishing boat sinking
- Manta delivers at Churaumi Aquarium
- Alleged rape victim’s mom wants new investigation
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- Japan Update Weekly Winners - 2008/06/26
- Music Day Carnival plays Saturday at Marine Park
- Torii Beach to blend smooth jazz and wines
- Public invited to join in aweekend beach cleaning
- Troubled consumer credit company seeks partner
- Rent reductions fail; Kariyushi Urban Resort to close in Fall
- Court tells newspaper to reinstate employee’s original work hours
- Ishigaki Triathlon in danger after local city assembly jerks funding
- A COOP restructuring to boost competitiveness
- Elementary school drama polarizes Ginowan citizens
- Prime Minister promises to ease US bases burden
- USFJ general says ‘no’ to renegotiating new airfield location
- Businesses, resorts like new economic upswing
- Survey: Okinawa students want to live and work here
- Fisherman claims he knows an American warship resting spot
- HIT Travel Bankrupt
- Japan Update upgrades MyJU service to be user friendly
- AmericaFest returns to Kadena after four-year hiatus
- Crime Uproar
- TASPO cigarettes vending card slowly being accepted
- Many events to make a star spangled 4th of July weekend
- Oasis Bazaar a mecca for international art and antiques
- Japan Update Weekly Winners - 2008/07/04
- Okinawa takes first steps toward a new Naha airport runway
- Court orders ¥140 million damages, but refuses Futenma flight changes
- Spiraling gas prices drive stations out of business
- Oil increases trigger price hikes, stop fishermen
- Koza Jazz Night spotlights Fumio Karashima and new artists
- Okinawa City complains it doesn’t get enough U.S. military contracts
- Rockin Peaceful Love Rock Festival opens Saturday
- Japan Update Weekly Winners - 2008/07/10
- Internet provider now offering Free WiFi Hotspots
- Medical facilities warned not to reuse blood samples equipment
- Prefecture asks Tokyo company to fill cargo export requirements
- Chosei Taira to challenge Naha City’s incumbent mayor
- New highway to ease traffic congestion
- High school students are sweating, sick in hot temporary classrooms
- Ancient ceremony to repel devils begun on Ishigaki
- New longevity studies show Okinawa remains different
- Hansen Festival cure for summertime blues
- Misappropriation leaves land rental fund ¥230 million short
- Tomon rejects Awase joint-use project with Americans
- Fishermen stage oil protest strike on Tuesday
- Gas and BS to boot !!
- Japan Update Weekly Winners - 2008/07/17
- Urasoe hosts multi-venue weekend Tedako Festival
- Fantastic Voyage Party to be cool summer cruise
- Hija River Kappa Festival offers Sunday activities
- Hip Hop event features Big Smitty C at Club Else
- Troubled OCS bails out of consumer credit business
- Union workers staging strike on Arimura ships
- Ocean Expo staging sunset concert, fireworks
- Bird takes command of U.S. Navy Seventh Fleet
- Awase man commits suicide by inhaling hydrogen sulfide
- Man, woman charged with insurance fraud
- Okinawa newcomers buying up base lands
- Fake ‘I’m your kid, please help’ schemes uncovered
- Tokyo to try mediating Futenma dispute
- Narcotics Agency busts American with cocaine
- Molotov cocktail lobbed into American Consulate Okinawa
- Labor board to check claims on workers overworked, underpaid
- Japan Update Weekly Winners - 2008/07/24
- Okinawa City festival caters culture to young audience
- Dragon boat races, fireworks highlight Chatan festival
- Urasoe City takes lead in English education efforts
- Water accidents death toll increases this year
- Prefecture Assembly rejects Futenma move
- Sheraton Hotel to open in Okinawa
- New American-style housing opens in Yomitan
- Property developer bankruptcy to impact Okinawa projects
- Schools raise lunch fees as food costs increase
- Teen drinking, smoking busts down this year
- Asian students to join in youth conference
- Kizugawa to have first English speaking elementary school
- Okinawa women get high marks for work
- Local mayors talk bases problems at symposium
- Okinawa rallies in defense of beleaguered ¥2,000 bill
- U.S. soldier may face rape charges
- Japan Update Weekly Winners - 2008/07/31
- Oasis of healing and relaxation is fun, too
- Man beats wife with bat, then commits suicide
- Juvenile sex crimes rise as overall numbers drop
- Police searching for gun toting post office robber
- Registration kicks off for Naha Marathon
- Ginowan mayor seeks allies in America
- Music Town celebrates anniversary on a losing note
- Knife-wielding Asians threaten, rob taxi driver
- Tug of war, dragon boat races top weekend action
- 10,000 Eisa dancers perform in Naha this weekend
- Urasoe Sogyo heads to tournament for 3rd time
- American civilian found guilty on drug charges
- Nakijin Village rolls out the festival welcome mat
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- Okinawa racks up first round tourney victory
- American skips out on taxi fare on Kadena Air Base
- U.S. bus parks in Naha bus terminal without permission
- Japan Update Weekly Winners - 2008/08/07
- Savoury shabu shabu the Itoya specialty
- Former Navy corpsman stages ceramics exhibition
- Angama masks unique to Yaeyama Obon
- Okinawa racks up first round tourney victory
- New USMC Teen L.I.N.K.S. class set to start tomorrow
- Kachashi contest a Hagoromo Festival favorite
- Mayor returns empty handed from Hawaii
- Greed prompts company to sell cheap foreign mangoes
- Four-day Obon celebration begins Wednesday
- Submarine radiation leak stirs concerns in Japan
- Okinawa seawater levels rising more than 40 years
- Future not good for Iriomote wildcats
- Gas prices soar to new record
- Taxi association apologizes for its drivers not helping handicapped
- Russian spy ship observed operating off Okinawa coast
- Parents take preschool to court over child’s death
- Japan Update Weekly Winners - 2008/08/14
- Ex-Prime Minister dines at Chatan Town sushi bar
- ANA, JAL to slash routes, increase fuel surcharges
- New graduate school feeling its way toward 2012 opening
- Island-wide Eisa Festival Okinawa's largest
- Cedar pollen affects many, but not in Okinawa areas
- U.S. Consul General’s ouster demanded by Futenma group
- Okinawa, mainland cities tell U.S. subs to ‘stay away’
- Okinawans fascinated by 08-08-08 Olympic start
- Urasoe presses to take second round victory
- Futenma relocation project unlikely to change
- New base school raises Okinawa City eyebrows
- Supermarkets will begin charging for plastic bags
- Urasoe Shogyo in H.S. baseball semifinals
- Idled seamen continue siege on Arimura ships
- Public smoking bans to increase in Naha
- Bakery loses sweet potato cakes battle
- ANA, JAL cranking up air fares 10% in Fall
- Land owners file new protests on base use
- ‘Secret’ reversion deal getting a new review
- Planes, bands, and fireworks tops at Futenma Flightline Fair