Swiftly dispatched to the readership, up-to-the-moment and varied information Our bywords are Accurate, Up-to-the-moment, and Fair Our mission as a news agency or an organ of expression is promptly ...

We are unbiased and non-partisan. We promise freedom of expression and impartial communication of information. We encourage the political, economic and cultural development of Okinawa, and the ...

1893 Sep.15 The first newspaper in Okinawa, the Ryukyu Shimpo, is published for the first time, the president being Jun Sho, and Chofu Ota the editor-in-chief. The Paper had a four-page format, ...

An MV-22 Osprey vertical takeoff and landing aircraft made an emergency landing at Oita Airport while traveling between MCAS Iwakuni and MCAS Futenma, where it is based. At 1:13 p.m. on September 9 it ...

October 30 was designated World Uchinanchu Day in 2016 during the 6th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival (Uchinanchu Taikai), falling on the final day of the multi-day event. One of the masterminds behind ...

In the morning on August 10, about 120 people protesting the construction of a replacement facility for Futenma Air Station in Henoko, Nago City, conducted a sit-in at Camp Schwab’s gate. The ...

In preparation for the Okinawa Prefecture Nago City Mayoral Election next year on February 4, the current Nago City Mayor Susumi Inamine, 72, held a press conference on August 23 at the Nago City ...

On the afternoon of August 22, the Gathering for Remembering Takeshi Onaga was held at the Okinawa Karate Hall in Tomigusuku. The gathering was planned around the 1-year anniversary of former Governor ...