September 15, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Family Mart (Tokyo – Kensuke Hosomi, CEO) started selling a pork and egg musubi “SPAM Musubi – Tuna Mayonnaise” (248 yen, tax included) throughout Japan in August, and it has quickly overtaken staples such as their grilled salmon musubi to become Family Mart’s top selling musubi in August. In just one month they sold over 4 million.
The musubi uses Whole Food’s (US) canned pork product “SPAM,” and combines it with...
September 7, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Wu Li Jun
Okinawa Products Enterprise Corporation (OPEC, Naha, Tomoaki Haneji, president) has imported farming technology from Taiwan, and are continuing on constructing a plant factory in Tomigusuku. They are planning on getting it operational...
July 22, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki announced at a press conference on July 21, just before the four-day holiday that is asking people travelling to and from Okinawa to get tested for COVID-19 before travelling.
Starting on July 22, Naha Airport will...
July 6, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yuki Nakamura
In 2021, Okinawa again saw a trend of schools postponing or changing the destination of their school trips.
According to the Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau (OCVB), the number of schools planning to travel to Okinawa...
March 12, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
With the Japanese holiday Higan approaching in March, the busiest time of the year has come for shipping Okinawa-grown chrysanthemums. The chrysanthemums, which are used to adorn graves and Buddhist shrines, has seen a relatively minor impact from...
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...
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...
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