Prominent American playwright and actor Jeremy O. Harris has been arrested in Japan on suspicion of drug smuggling, according to local media reports. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/12/05/jeremy-o-harris-okinawa-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #jeremyoharris #drugs #okinawa #smuggling
An international school in Okinawa is attracting many families from Tokyo seeking international education for their children. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/japan/society/okinawa-educational-relocation-international-school/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #okinawa #education #schools #okinawainternationalschool
The central government and Okinawa Prefecture remain apart over the planned relocation of a U.S. military base within the prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/japan/politics/japan-okinawa-futenma-base-relocation-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #okinawa #futenma #usbases #dennytamaki #minorukihara
The Okinawa Prefectural Government said Monday that water supply is expected to be cut off in 17 municipalities in the central and southern parts of the prefecture’s main island due to a large-scale leak. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/24/japan/okinawa-water-outages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #water
The government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to accelerate efforts to strengthen defense capabilities in the country's strategically important Nansei southwestern region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/24/japan/japan-nansei-islands-defense/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #chinajapanrelations #china #taiwan #defense #yonaguni
Japan’s defense minister, visiting a military base close to Taiwan, said plans to deploy missiles to the post were on track as tensions smolder between Tokyo and Beijing over the East Asian island. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/23/japan/japan-deploying-missiles-to-island-near-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #yonaguni #ishigaki #miyako #okinawa #taiwan #china #usmilitary #shinjirokoizumi #sanaetakaichi #sdf
Okinawa Prefectural Police have sent papers on a U.S. Navy member in his 20s to prosecutors over an alleged nonconsensual indecent act against a Japanese minor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/japan/crime-legal/us-navy-sex-crime-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #okinawa #usbases #japanesepolice #sexcrimes
Coastal erosion is threatening to reduce the populations of three types of endangered sea turtles known to nest in Okinawa Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/10/japan/okinawa-sea-turtles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #oceans #okinawa #environment #seaturtles #endangered
The Okinawa Prefectural Police arrested a U.S. Marine Corps warrant officer on suspicion he assaulted a restaurant worker in the prefectural capital of Naha. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/04/japan/crime-legal/us-marine-arrest-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #okinawa #japanesepolice #usmilitary
Please check out my cute シーサー dressed up as a ゴーヤー saying ハイサイ handkerchief I got in #Okinawa ❤️
The main hall of Shuri Castle in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, which was destroyed in a fire in October 2019, has largely regained its iconic appearance after exterior reconstruction work came close to completion in July. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/japan/shuri-castle-reconstruction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #shuricastle #ryukyukingdom
U.S. military police will conduct a patrol in Naha in the early hours of Nov. 1, in an effort to prevent a recurrence of sexual assault cases involving U.S. military personnel in the prefecture, it has been learned. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/japan/crime-legal/us-military-police-patrol/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #us #naha #okinawa #usjapanrelations #sexcrimes
Okinawa Prefecture marked 30 years since a rally that drew in about 85,000 participants protesting the sexual assault of a girl by U.S. soldiers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/21/japan/okinawa-anniversary-rally/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #us #sexcrimes #children
Eisa, a traditional dance in Okinawa, is performed during summer festivals held to honor ancestors. But Osaka's Eisa festival was created for young workers to resist discrimination and reclaim pride in their roots. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/20/japan/society/okinawa-eisa-festival-osaka/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #okinawa #eisa #dance #discrimination
From Oct. 23, contactless payments will be accepted at the ticket counter for water buffalo cart rides across the shallow sea between the Iriomote and Yubu islands in Okinawa Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/15/japan/okinawa-buffalo-contactless/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tourism #cashless #okinawa
Okinawa Prefecture sweated through its hottest September on record, the Japan Meteorological Agency said on Wednesday, after the entire country experienced its warmest recorded summer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/japan/okinawa-hottest-on-record-september/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #heatwaves #okinawa #meteorologicalagency #climatechange
Amid the rapid rise in Okinawa's youths abusing what's known as "laughing gas vape", the health ministry formally designated a substance found inside the drug called etomidate as a prohibited substance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/22/japan/okinawa-youth-drug-abuse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #drugs #japanesepolice #gangs #organizedcrime
Don’t be surprised if a bartender recommends you a glass of local rum the next time you are in Okinawa. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/09/12/food-drink/okinawa-rum-trend/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #alcohol #drinking #okinawa #rum
A U.S. Air Force serviceman has appealed to the Supreme Court against a high court ruling upholding a five-year sentence for abducting and sexually assaulting a young girl in Okinawa Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/crime-legal/okinawa-assault-appeal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #okinawa #supremecourt #japanesecourts #sexcrimes
A Japanese high court has upheld a five-year prison sentence for a U.S. airman over the kidnap and sexual assault of a girl under the age of consent in Okinawa Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/okinawa-airman-sexual-assault/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #usmilitary #sexcrimes