Should you start packing your bags for Junglia, Japan’s newest theme park in northern Okinawa? Only if you’re ready for the long lines, the unique pricing structure and the considerable effort it takes to get there. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/08/01/travel/okinawa-theme-park-junglia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #travel #okinawa #junglia #themeparks #tourism
The Finance Ministry upgraded its economic view on Okinawa Prefecture, reflecting robust vehicle sales as well as more Japanese and foreign tourists. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/29/economy/economic-view-okinawa-upgrade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #financeministry #okinawa #tourism #carmakers #japaneseeconomy #tariffs #us
In Okinawa, feral goats are causing damage to crops, and there are concerns that they could negatively impact the forest ecosystems harboring rare animals and plants. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/28/japan/okinawa-wild-goats/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #goats #animals #agriculture
Officially open from July 25, Okinawa’s new Junglia theme park is betting on dinosaurs and adventure sports to draw tourists deep into the island’s rugged north. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/japan/junglia-okinawa-opens/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #junglia #themeparks #tourism
You see those white circles going from right toward upper left? That's the probable path for #Typhoon 7. Those other circles going upwards from the bottom? Most likely typhoon 8 in another day or so.
That area where the two storms kind of intersect? Yeah, that's where we're going on #holiday tomorrow...
While many candidates in Sunday's Upper House election are heading to major cities for speeches and turning to social media, one candidate from Hokkaido is giving politics one last go-through a grassroots campaign. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/politics/muneo-suzuki-election-hokkaido/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #muneosuzuki #hokkaido #ldp #nipponishinnokai #2025upperhouseelection #okinawa #russia
A 92-year-old man who was inspired as a boy by a WWII-era commando has come to question Japan's wartime actions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/14/japan/history/giretsu-kuteitai-airborne-unit-wwii/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #kumamoto #okinawa #fukuoka #wwii #giretsukuteitai #imperialjapanesearmy #usmilitary
Two U.S. servicemen have been arrested in Okinawa Prefecture for allegedly assaulting Japanese nationals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/japan/crime-legal/two-us-servicemen-in-okinawa-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #okinawa#usbases
Kyoto’s famed Kinkakuji was burned to the ground by a young Buddhist acolyte 75 years ago this month, shocking Japanese society and inspiring Yukio Mishima’s novel “The Temple of the Golden Pavilion.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/05/japan/history/kinkakuji-destroyed-okinawa-expo-1925-1950-1975-2000/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #hakone #infrastructure #kyoto #kinkakuji #arson #okinawa #europe #europeanunion
A senior officer of the U.S. Marine Corps on Thursday apologized to Okinawa Prefecture over a recent conviction of a Marine for sexually assaulting a woman in the prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/04/japan/crime-legal/us-military-apologizes-over-okinawa-sexual-assault/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #usmilitary#usbases #okinawa #sexcrimes #japanesecourts
The city of Nanjo in Okinawa Prefecture decided on Tuesday to submit an application for special zone status to produce awamori, a type of shōchū liquor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/02/japan/okinawa-awamori-special-zone/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #nanjo #alcohol
Japan has said that the construction of an evacuation shelter on the country's westernmost island of Yonaguni, in Okinawa Prefecture, will start next fiscal year, with the completion expected around spring 2028. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/28/japan/yonaguni-okinawa-japan-shelter/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #yonaguni #taiwan #china #defense
A Japanese team has concluded that it was possible to travel from Taiwan to Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni in a dugout canoe 30,000 years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/japan/japan-study-log-boat-voyage-from-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #taiwan #okinawa #yonaguni #nationalmuseumofnatureandscience #universityoftokyo
Japan is boosting its Self-Defense Forces' presence in Okinawa Prefecture amid China's increasing military activities, sparking concerns among locals and across the political spectrum. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/25/japan/sdf-war-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #sdf #wwii #china #taiwan #defenseministry #defense
Naha District Court on Tuesday sentenced a 22-year-old U.S. Marine to seven years in prison for nonconsensual sexual intercourse resulting in injury to a woman in Okinawa Prefecture in May last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/24/japan/crime-legal/sexual-assault-okinawa-seven-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #okinawa #sexcrimes #japanesecourts
Yoshiko Goya, 88, has never forgetten the days when she desperately tried to flee the ravages of war with her family and relatives during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/23/japan/society/okinawa-wartime-memories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #wwii #okinawa #battleofokinawa