Okinawa News and Entertainment http://www.japanupdate.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:00:10 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.japanupdate.com/i/logo.gif http://www.japanupdate.com Feed provided by JapanUpdate.com. Click to visit. http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=10176 It’s going to be an eye opener, to say the least, as Okinawans have a chance to give their taste buds the experiences of Hokkaido, Otaru, Ishikari, Tokyo, Osaka and more. The Foods Fair Okinawa 2010 runs Saturday through Monday at the Convention Center, showcasing the foods from throughout the nation. webmaster@japanupdate.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:00:10 +0100 http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=10179 Ikebana, the traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement often called the “way of flowers”, will be displayed to the public March 26th ~ 28th by the Ikebana International Okinawa Chapter Annual Flower Exhibition. The three-day exhibition at Mitsukoshi Department Store on Kokusai Street in Naha will feature dozens of Ikebana flower displays from most of the local Ikebana chapter’s 131 members. webmaster@japanupdate.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:00:10 +0100 http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=10180 It looks like a triathlon, but wait. A triathlon has swimming, bicycling and running. webmaster@japanupdate.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:00:10 +0100 http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=10188 Japan Street Dance Championships, Haisai 2010 will take plave on Saturday and Sunday at Azama Sun Sun Beach starting at noon on both days. Participants from all over Japan will compete in free style and break dancing categories for cash prizes, while kids and juniors will also have their own categories. webmaster@japanupdate.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:00:10 +0100 http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=10187 Those who love reggae will have their favorite genre of music for their hearts’ content on this weekend when Salt & Pepper live performance and entertainment house in Mihama Carnival Park stages a 24-hour “Ryukyu Reggae Wave 2010 extravaganza. The event kicks off on Saturday at 6 p. webmaster@japanupdate.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:00:10 +0100 http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=10186 Financial circumstances have caused many rental unit tenants to be late with their payments to building owners, and those owners have responded with threats and bullying. Now, the government says ‘enough’ and is intervening to stop the practice. webmaster@japanupdate.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:00:10 +0100 http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=10185 The Naha District Court has found an Uruma City junior high school liable in the 2006 case of a student injured while participating in a physical education class. The youngster is paralyzed with a cervical spine injury, and has suffered secondary disease that precludes his living a natural live. webmaster@japanupdate.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:00:10 +0100 http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=10184 The seven-year-old schoolboy died last June 22nd after being struck by a bus on Route 331 in Nanjo City’s Sashiki area, and the bus company has now apologized for its driver’s action. The boy, Kosei Chinen, was riding his bicycle along the road about 5:15 p. webmaster@japanupdate.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:00:10 +0100 http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=10183 The chrysalis, a butterfly baby, is now Uruma City’s own butterfly. Specifically, the baby Ougomadara butterfly is Uruma City’s own, to the delight of the Uruma City Butterfly Loving Society. webmaster@japanupdate.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:00:10 +0100 http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=10182 It’s not a new thing for Okinawa’s 49 inhabited islands and the large numbers of uninhabited islands along a shoreline totaling 1,748 kilometers. Garbage is piling up and causing environmental damage, endangering the ecosystem. webmaster@japanupdate.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:00:10 +0100 http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=10181 Okinawa’s 11 cities say it is going to be difficult to manage budgets with requirements looming to include livelihood protection recipient payments this year, but says it will do it to protect its citizens. The cities—Naha, Itoman, Nanjo, Tomigusuku, Urasoe, Ginowan, Uruma, Okinawa, Nago, Miyakojima and Ishigaki—say their expenses are increasing radically, forcing the budget adjustments. webmaster@japanupdate.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:00:10 +0100 http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=10178 A ‘new’ proposal is being touted as the best solution to where to relocate the contentious Futenma Marine Corps Air Station: on a military base to be built on reclaimed land adjacent to the U.S. webmaster@japanupdate.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:00:10 +0100 http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=10177 The appearance of a U.S. webmaster@japanupdate.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:00:10 +0100 http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=10175 The defending champion Ryukyu Golden Kings, tired of splitting series with opponents, took the visiting Takamatsu Five Arrows apart in a pair of Basketball Japan League contests this past weekend at Nago City’s 21st Century Forest Park. Saturday evening’s series opener began as a close match, with Takamatsu pressing the attack, but Okinawa broke it open in the second quarter behind guard Yosuke Sugawara and Anthony McHenry. webmaster@japanupdate.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:00:10 +0100 http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=10174 A creative embezzler has been uncovered through an internal Bank of the Ryukyus investigation, and he’s been fired and is now facing criminal charges for ripping the bank off for more than ¥148 million ($1,681,818) over a six-year period. Hayao Oshiro, Bank of the Ryukyus President, did not identify the employee, who he described as an “over 50 years old employee” who pocketed the money from 56 separate incidents between 2003 and this year. webmaster@japanupdate.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:00:10 +0100 http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=10173 Politicians are verbally taking the Prime Minister to task for making promises to the U.S. webmaster@japanupdate.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:00:10 +0100