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Naha Airport’s second runway to open next year

Naha Airport’s second runway to open next year

November 26, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo

Tokyo, November 26—The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced this morning that the second runway under construction at Naha Airport will be operational starting March 26, 2020. A new air traffic control tower designed to accompany the addition of the second runway is also under construction, and will be operational January 15, 2020.

The existing runway at Naha Airport is becoming increasingly congested, as it currently...

 

Don’t miss this Christmas tree made of Ryukyu textiles this holiday season

Don’t miss this Christmas tree made of Ryukyu textiles this holiday season

November 14, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo

Ryukyu Bingata Preservation and Expansion Consortium (RBPC), a group working to spread and preserve traditional Ryukyu textiles is teaming with Okicom, a software developer, to install a Christmas tree at Naha Airport.

The tree will feature eight of Okinawa’s...

JTA to offer Okinawa-Vietnam charter flights

September 21, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo

JTA (Japan Transocean Air) President Noriyuki Aoki announced that one round-trip flight between Naha and Ho Chi Minh will be available for charter in December and again in February 2020. JTA has had success with its Seoul, Taiwan and Hong Kong routes; the charter...

Thai Festival to be hosted in Okinawa for the first time this fall

Thai Festival to be hosted in Okinawa for the first time this fall

May 17, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo

For the first time ever, the Thai Festival hosted by the Embassy of Thailand in Japan is to take place as early as this fall in Okinawa. The festival is being advertised on the Embassy of Thailand’s homepage. The festival is known for being hosted around the world...

Foreign Laborers in Okinawa totals 8,138 at the end of October, 2018, highest ever figure for both people and businesses

Foreign Laborers in Okinawa totals 8,138 at the end of October, 2018, highest ever figure for both people and businesses

February 8, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo

The Okinawa Labor Bureau (Takafumi Adachi, bureau chief) announced February 7 that the number of foreign laborers in Okinawa as of the end of October, 2018 increased by 828 people year-over-year (an 11.3% increase) to a total of 8,138 people. The number of businesses...

Scientific research quantifies delicious quality of Agu brand pork

Scientific research quantifies delicious quality of Agu brand pork

 

October 11, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

The Okinawa Prefectural Livestock Research Center in Nakijin carried out research on the meat quality of Agu brand pigs, and found that Agu pork contains more components that affect the deliciousness of the meat than western pork.

Compared...

Foreign workers in Okinawa reaches largest record number of 7310 people

Foreign workers in Okinawa reaches largest record number of 7310 people

 

February 9, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

On February 8, the Okinawa Labor Bureau announced that the number of foreign workers in Okinawa Prefecture reached a record high of 7,310 people (as of October 2017), an increase of 1,339 (22.4%) from the same month the previous year.

The...

Hawaiian luxury resort hotel “Halekulani” opens in Onna in 2019

Hawaiian luxury resort hotel “Halekulani” opens in Onna in 2019

 

October 20, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

Hawaiian luxury resort hotel “Halekulani” announced that it will open a resort hotel in Nakama, Onna Village where Mitsui Fudosan is carrying out hotel construction.

Halekulani is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsui Fudosan,...

Mitsubishi Estate commences work on Shimojijima Airport scheduled to open in March 2019

Mitsubishi Estate commences work on Shimojijima Airport scheduled to open in March 2019

 

October 12, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

On October 11, Mitsubishi Estate, a leading Japanese real estate developer, held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Shimojijima Airport in Miyakojima City.

The organizers wished for a safe construction and for...

Karisyushi shirts to be sold in Italy

Karisyushi shirts to be sold in Italy

April 21, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo

Manufacturer of Aloha and Kariyushi shirts JUNE will start selling its brand PAIKAJI this summer in Italy. PAIKAJI was exhibited at Pitti Uomo, the world’s largest clothing fair held in Italy for four years. A select shop president who took part in the fair as...

Resort weddings at record high for five consecutive years, with 15,000 couples last year

March 24, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo

On March 23, the Okinawa Prefecture Culture, Tourism and Sports Division announced that 15,399 couples had Okinawa resort weddings in 2016, a rise of 8.6 percent from the same period last year and the highest number in five consecutive years. The number of couples...