November 17, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 16, the low-cost airline Jin Air, a subsidiary of Korean Air, announced that they will commence seven weekly flights between Seoul and Naha from December 24. Currently this route is only serviced by Asiana Airlines.
Jin Air uses the Boeing 737-800 aircraft, which have about 180 seats. The company aims to have flights running to 75-percent capacity. Besides the Okinawa route, they started a Seoul-Sapporo service in July 2011.
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November 8, 2012 Fumitetsu of Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 7, Orion Breweries announced that they are going to launch a new business enterprise in the electric power industry. Aiming to get government certification for the plants, two in Nago and another one in Itoman, by March 2013, they plan...
November 12, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 7, Urasoe Technical High School and major convenience store Lawson Okinawa announced that they have developed a product called Sakutto Time, a snack food product using taro.
They started selling it on November 13 in all Lawson stores in Okinawa...
November 11, 2012 Maki Nagamine of Ryukyu Shimpo
Before the end of this fiscal year, Internationally Local & Company (InLo&Co), which operates a vegetable growing facility in which the temperature and levels of light are strictly controlled, will build a new facility in Itoman. The...
October 31, 2012 Maki Nagamine of Ryukyu Shimpo
TAKI Farm in Nishihara produces wood ear grown in Okinawa, which has an appropriate subtropical climate, and markets them as “Ryukyu Wood Ear.” By March 2013, the company plans to have four greenhouses with twice the capacity the present...
October 31, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 30, the Miyako-jima Municipal Office and Mitsubishi Motors signed an agreement on the promotion of electric vehicles (EV). They will strive to spread the use of EV, using initiatives such as installing fast chargers for these vehicles in the city’s...
October 23, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 22, at the Kin Municipal Office, Mayor Tsuyoshi Gibu and Tan Chee Sing, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Dijaya Land Development, a Malaysian major property development company, announced that they have signed a contract to build hotels in the former...
October 19, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 18, Peach Aviation, a low-cost company (LCC) related to All Nippon Airways (ANA), based at Kansai Airport, began a Kansai-Naha route. The terminal for LCC established within the ANA cargo terminal at Naha Airport also officially started. It is a one-story...
October 11, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 10, the design committee of the Okinawa Craft Industrial Promotion Council held its second meeting at the Okinawa Prefectural Government office. In the meeting, they decided that the sanshin is appropriate to be handled under the prefectural...
October 12, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
The ongoing territorial dispute over the Senkaku Islands or Diaoyutais, has caused an increase in cancellations of Chinese visitors to Japan. On October 10, the Legend of the Seas, a cruise ship from Shanghai, docked at Naha Port before departing for Amoy later...
October 5, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
From November 17, Asiana Airlines, which already operates a Naha-Seoul route, will start regular flights between Naha and Busan. They plan to have two shuttle flights a week operating by March 30, 2013. Given that demand for flights to Okinawa goes up in winter,...
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