November 16, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
As part of the reconstruction of their headquarters in Kumoji, Naha, the Bank of the Ryukyus will be temporarily moving their main office and headquarters to the Naha Port Building in Higashimachi in December. The headquarters, which is scheduled to be torn down starting in January of 2021, was built in 1966, when the U.S. governed Okinawa prior to its reversion to Japan, and is a historical building that was filled with technology that was...
November 3, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
The executive committee for “Tourism EXPO Japan, Travel Festival in Okinawa” (hosted by the Japan Travel and Tourism Association (JTTA), the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA), and the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO)), announced on November...
October 15, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Association of Corporate Executives (OACE) have created a “Shuri Castle Badge” in an effort to aid the reconstruction of Shuri Castle, which burned down in October of last year, and the badge is now available to purchase. The badge depicts...
August 25, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo Bus (headquarters: Tokyo; Harunari Nishimura, CEO) which operates tour buses and regular routes all over Japan, is opening up two transit bus routes in Okinawa. Starting September 14, they will be taking over a line from Chubu Kanko Service (based in Tomigusku)...
June 9, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yuki Nakamura
The tourism industry took a big hit from the effects of COVID-19, and there are increasing stories of those who are looking to sell their hotels despite the drop in price, as well as foreign firms and investors who are looking to purchase lodging...
May 17, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yuki Nakamura
At Sunset Farm Okinawa in Gima, Yomitan, 50,000 sunflowers planted in artificially-lit chrysanthemum fields have blossomed, bringing new scenery to the farm. To make use of the farmland after the chrysanthemums have shipped, sunflower seeds...
May 5, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Erina Ishii
Okinawan mangoes and pineapples are popular all throughout Japan as high-class gifts. However, as the coronavirus pandemic will now extend later into the year, anxieties have arisen around slumping sales in the summer. Farmers, who...
April 26, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Eriko Tamaki
The effects of the continued COVID-19 pandemic have rippled out to effect Okinawan-produced goods. Since almost all omiyage stores and other tourist facilities are currently closed for business, there has been a steep decline in sales of souvenirs...
April 23, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Eriko Tamaki
Orion Breweries, Ltd., (Keiju Hayase, Representative Director andPresident), announced April 22 that they would cease production of the high-alcohol version of their chuhai beverage, “Watta Strong.”
The high alcohol content in the...
March 26, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Naha Airport’s No. 2 runway, built by filling in land off the coast, opened for use March 26.
The runway’s first arrival, a flight from Skymark Airlines, touched down at 8:05 a.m., and was greeted by a water arch provided by a pair of firetrucks on either...
March 21, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Japan Transocean Air (JTA) announced their plan to suspend 60 flight routes from Naha, Fukuoka, Miyako, and Ishigaki from March 29 through April 5.
This decision was made due to reduced demand from passengers amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The...
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