- Japan Update Weekly Winners - 2007/05/31
- Fast thinking driver foils taxi robbery
- Drunk GI smashes alcohol test unit
- Student ruffians pick fights with other boys
- Phony cop woos women for money, marriage
- Japan Update Forums undergo complete overhaul!
- Elephant Cage demolition now under way
- Prosecutors step away from charging American
- Buff bodybuilders set to demonstrate their stuff
- Japan Update Weekly Winners - 2007/06/14
- Candle Light Solstice to promote energy awareness
- Heavy rainfall fills depleted reservoirs
- Iwojima officially gets a new name
- Deputy mayor busted for raiding his village coffers
- International hotel group bows out of Ginowan deal
- Churaumi scores first ever manta birth in captivity
- Governor leads protest to protect farmer incomes
- American sailors earn mixed praise from Yoniguni citizens
- Abe skirts textbook issue at memorial ceremony
- New visitor's center opens at Cape Maeda
- New US heliport plan splits local residents
- Apparel industry takes on Okinawa Kariyushi wear
- Child protection officials admit they didn’t do well
- Typhoon May-Li aims head-on for Okinawa
- Independence Day flag incident irritates university president
- Mysterious donor spreading ¥10,000 notes across Japan
- Ocean Expo Fireworks canceled by typhoon
- May-Li flips cars, cancels flights as it sweeps across Okinawa
- Irate TV cameraman assaults taxi driver
- Flash flooding traps cars in Okinawa thunderstorm
- Campaign under way to curb plastic bag use
- Tickets for illegal parked cars improve traffic flow
- Ginoza market paid a surprise visit by armored vehicles
- Underwater attack pits activist against JSDF diver
- Jewelry, cash stolen from a parked car
- Prefecture suspends two for drunk driving
- Smoking, being overweight to increase health premiums
- Teen arrested for stealing woman’s purse
- Anti-base protesters say citizens ‘don’t even care’
- Yomitan sweet potato tart maker challenges rival
- Governor turns over new leaf after stroke
- Professor seeks damages for having been suspended
- Progressive Koza debuts Music Town tomorrow
- Incinerator worker seeks damages for his injuries
- Two elderly men drown in separate incidents
- Air Dolphin expands Okinawa flight schedules
- NTT Docomo slashes service prices 50%
- Bizarre email puzzles Urasoe City officials
- Naha Marathon registration now open
- One dies in Kadena Town traffic accident
- School worker steals kids’ lunch money
- A response to the Independance Day Flag Incidence story
- Correction
- Supermarkets to charge for plastic shopping bags
- Elephant Cage landowners now complain of conditions
- Higher gasoline prices to go into effect this month
- Police give prosecutors documents on Marine Corps mechanics
- us navy trips principles anger
- Tomishiro City pleased with Tomiton grand opening
- Tension mounts as Prefecture rejects Ministry assessment letter
- Edy electronic money reshapes consumer spending patterns
- Dugong added to Okinawa's endangered species Red List
- Kids continue nocturnal wanderings despite Prefecture youth ordinance
- Villages upset over planned JSDF-American joint training
- Tourists to get new sightseeing perspective
- Award winning school using book to promote environment
- Okinawans expand protest against textbook changes
- U.S. to fund new live fire range
- Officials worry after teen girl hospitalized after group party
- Tug of War pulls Yonabaru together
- Experience the ultimate grilling experience at Yakiniku Kinjo
- Proposed Ginowan giant game center worries area residents
- Ginowan mayor demands Futenma move to Guam
- Facts of history of MCAS Futenma
- Flooded residents want governments to pay
- Yonabaru moves up Sunday tug-of-war
- Defense Minister, Nago mayor avoid Henoko topic
- CAL jetliner in flames at Naha Airport
- DK has taken over Canada, Switzerland Next
- Fish prices soar as temperatures, fuel costs rise
- New AAFES Concession Mall at Kadena now open
- All escape China Airlines jet before fireball erupts
- Traffic, predators killing Yambarukuina at record rate
- Flightline Fair beckons Okinawans to Futenma
- Miyakojima inks deal for an American Sheraton Hotel
- Mechanic tells investigators fuel was leaking
- Ministry slashes some recycling fees
- Bolt, not fuel line, may have caused China Airlines fire
- Breast feeding promotion leads to Itoman City clinic recognition
- Cops bust 358+ rowdy vacationing students
- Six win big with lottery tickets from Nago shop
- Words fly over two proposed monorail extension routes
- Four busted for operating unlicensed beach services
- Taxi drivers win 12.4% fare hike this October
- A majority of visiting tourists love Okinawa
- Orion beer co-sponsors All-Okinawa Eisa Festival
- Citi Group commits to new operations at Toyosaki Town
- Air Nippon 737 found missing critical washer
- Shop owner arrested for sex with underage girl
- Defense subsidies list drops three municipalities from funding
- Cops busting barkers pitching club services
- Chatan landowners protest end to special payments
- Supermarket shoppers now pay for plastic bags
- Ailing Miyazato pulls out of LPGA tournament
- Declassified papers show U.S. sought Japanese security role
- Conference sticks with ‘Sea of Japan’ name
- Opponents riled as Awase land reclamation resumes
- Defense Ministry shuts down Its scandal ridden DFAA
- Mental patient rapes another in institution
- Ginowan cops stage raid on Maehara brothel
- Kubasaki High School Alumni debut website
- Hovering cold front provides challenges
- Japan Update Weekly Winners - 2007/09/06
- Moai group in eighth decade, and is still going very strong
- Juicy burgers made to order
- Tomon wants to sign only one-year Awase contract extension with U.S.
- Taiwan Habu active in northern Okinawa
- DUI & DWI penalties hefty with revised Traffic Law
- Agent Orange on Okinawa
- Low intensity earthquake rattles Okinawa
- Matsuyama crackdown clears the streets of barkers
- Rain, rain… not going away
- Battle survivor testifies Japanese military ordered mass suicides
- Man arrested for befriending, bilking junior high students
- Ishigaki balks at developer’s sprawling resort project
- Neighborhood associations find membership declining
- Birthday pool party takes a new twist
- Taxi driver beats ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend
- Court awards family Y20 million in suicide case
- Testimony in Battle of Okinawa mass suicides case confusing
- Pizza Okinawa offers real American pizza
- Coral new obstacle to replacement airfield
- Company pitches Okinawa on cutting CO2 emissions
- Okumafest Cancelled
- Okumafest will take place Sunday
- Fewer bonito, higher costs spell economic disaster for fishermen
- Two drown, two injured in water accidents
- The lure of the deep is calling anglers
- Kadena accused of making practice bombing runs
- Super typhoon lashes Ishigaki with record winds
- Environmentalists turn to America to protect Okinawa dugong
- Weekend Kinserfest beckons all on island
- Worker dies trying to fix leaking water pipe
- Charity festival to raise money to protect coral
- Oils the key to superb facials
- Tomishiro 2nd fastest growing city in Japan
- Emergency chopper loses wiper during typhoon flight
- Okinawa losing grip on longevity titles
- Tire locks to go on tax deadbeats’ cars
- Goats milk touted as a healthy alternative
- Crack found in Boeing 737 tail section
- Osaka bar owner first busted under new law
- Landmark hotel closing its doors
- Two drown in weekend incidents
- Women first Okinawans to feel new law’s sting
- Pervert gets three years in slammer
- Koza’s B.C. Street in novel spotlight
- There are burgers, and then there are 50s burgers
- China’s economic boom not helping Okinawa
- New law permits Taiwanese to drive in Okinawa
- Mihama ferris wheel area under new ownership
- China’s economic boom not helping Okinawa
- Tourist drowns swimming to deserted island
- 110,000 Okinawans send strong message to Tokyo
- Postal privatization to cost customers more
- Taxi fares jump whopping 12%
- Two more drown in Okinawa waters
- Tokyo to try defusing Okinawa textbook controversy
- Sex with juvenile lands town official in jail
- Ministry passes the buck on textbooks
- Okinawa opinions differ on new Prime Minister
- Tsunahiki pits east versus west
- Japan Update Weekly Winners - 2007/10/04
- Ryukyu Golden Kings to play in Oktoberfest exhibition games
- Tsunahiki pits east versus west
- Rocktoberfest Cancelled
- Minister of Education is in need of....
- Festivals postponed by typhoon threats
- Moai group members bilked by leader
- Police warn sex abuse emails are phony
- Embezzler draws 2 ½ year prison sentence
- Mayor buys Village car without using bid process
- Secret deal for nukes on Okinawa confirmed
- Urasoe taxi drivers offering free puppies
- Angry teen torches family home
- Kubasaki to offer kids a cheerleading camp
- Police nap an elusive thief near Cape Zampa beach
- Three artisans team up at Black Ink Tattoo
- JASDF F-15 fighters coming to Okinawa
- Sam's By the Sea scores honors
- Textbook controversy frustrates young students
- Air Force dependent charged with rape
- Construction unit strikes monorail station
- Okinawa City mayor complains about bar rape
- Marine, tourist drown in northern waters
- Fire kills one, injures two in Naha massage parlor
- Ginowan cops bust juvenile girls for drinking
- Cops confiscate erotic and child pornography DVD’s
- Marine, tourist drown in northern waters
- Okinawa leaders push Tokyo to reverse textbook changes
- Parking ban on motorcycles at monorail stations irritates riders
- Crows devastate northern Okinawa pineapple crops
- Youngster hit by bus after darting from between cars
- Japan Update Weekly Winners - 2007/10/18
- Ishigaki FM broadcast chief busted on morals charge
- Man’s body discovered in Nago City
- Ishigaki FM broadcast chief busted on morals charge
- Body discovered in Nago City
- Casino committee studies gambling addiction
- Test subjects experience drunk driving perils
- Governor rejects Defense Agency environmental assessment
- Ryukyu Bus Company sues Prefecture, Naha City
- Japan eyes slashing U.S. military living support, base workers’ salaries
- Laid back Okinawa men Japan’s worst at waking up in the morning
- Special ETC toll road lets drivers beat heavy traffic
- "Happy Berry" juice makes its way to Okinawa stores
- Textbook author says he’s ready to request revisions
- Phony crystal ball sales lead to two arrests
- Ground breaking upcoming for Sesoko Island resort hotel
- International Carnival to attract thousands to Okinawa City
- Anti-smoking group zeroes in on Kokusai Street
- Okinawa schools get failing grades
- Drug smuggler busted on arrival in Okinawa
- Okinawa: A prefecture of ‘best’ and ‘worst’
- Recycling curbs Naha City trash piles
- Father and son ghost costumes win contest
- Rockin with the weekend White Beach Festival
- Japan Update Weekly Winners - 2007/11/08
- 1,000+ to ride in weekend Tour de Okinawa events
- Okinawan longevity key to International Congress
- Ashibinaa Park: A place for gate ball
- Route disagreements postpone monorail extension decisions
- Increased oil prices causing businesses to make changes
- Air routes, ocean shipping impacted by rising oil costs
- Ministry softens, awards subsidies to three northern communities
- Okinawa’s Ryukyu Kings take on Saitama in weekend roundball
- Dad nabbed for stealing tires for daughter’s car
- Measles outbreak concerns doctors eying Chubu area
- Hard rocking 7th Heaven partying to celebrate 7th anniversary Saturday
- Global weather changes may influence flu cases
- Okinawans are walking less, and driving a whole lot more
- Thousands flock to new Prefecture Museum
- Futenma discussions resume, but parties still disagree
- Naha woman latest tax refund scam victim
- Car-truck crash kills one in Okinawa City
- Sunset Mihama up for sale after government rejects waiver
- Brazil’s purchase of local oil company ‘good for Okinawa’
- Hospital regroups after patient accidentally given liquid cleanser
- Japan Update Weekly Winners - 2007/11/15
- Araha Park: Marine sports mecca