December 7, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
In November, in preparation for opening up a Western market for Ryukyu Awamori, three distilleries in Okinawa Prefecture (Chuko Awamori Distillery, Zuisen Distillery, and Kumejima’s Kumesen), along with Blueship Okinawa, a consulting company, held a marketing event in Iceland.
The results of the marketing event were finalized on December 6. During the Awamori-tasting, the Awamori received good reviews by the local consumers, who mentioned...
November 30, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The number of tourists visiting Okinawa in 2017 may exceed that of Hawaii, which is considered a model for Okinawa tourism. From January to September, 7,115,500 people visited Okinawa, an increase of 8.9 percent compared with the same...
December 5, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 4 ML Sarali Kitiyakara of Thailand’s royal family, who also does work as a television personality, came to Okinawa to film an overseas vacation television program with the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT)....
November 23, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 22 at the Okinawa Prefectural Government, the Asia Economic Strategy Section held a meeting and announced the establishment of seafood exports from Okinawa to Shanghai, China. The regulations imposed on Japanese food since...
November 17, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The first regular direct flight between Naha Airport in Okinawa and Changi International Airport in Singapore begins service on the 17th.
Singapore Ambassador to Japan Lui Tuck Yew who arrived in Okinawa on the 16th to attend...
October 27, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 28, Taizo Shibano, a 42-year-old executive of La Vous, a gelato shop in Ginowan City that uses locally-sourced Okinawan ingredients, was awarded first place in the Gelato World Cup held in Italy. Now that Taizo is the first...
October 11, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Ryukyu Kaiun Kaisha Nakagusuku Logistics Center held a ground-breaking ceremony on October 11 at the Okinawa International Logistics Hub area in Katsuren, Uruma City.
The company’s president, Shigeru Miyagi, as well as...
September 22, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 21 the Okinawa Department of Culture, Tourism and Sports announced that the number of tourists who came to Okinawa in August increased by 8.2 percent (or 75,600 people) from August last year to 1,002,500 people this year.
This...
September 14, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
An LCC airline company, Vanilla Air, will start training pilots at the Shimojijima Airport in Mijakojima city, Okinawa, from October 11.
The training is planned to be held twice a year, and each training will...
July 15, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Phillippine Airlines will launch a direct chartered flight between Naha and Manila for six months from December. The news was announced on July 14. Mikiro Shimoji, a member of the Lower House, who was visiting the Philippines from July 11 to 13 met with Secretary...
June 22, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On June 21, Okinawa Prefecture’s Department of Culture, Tourism, and Sports announced the prefecture’s tourism revenue for fiscal year 2016. The tourism revenue was 660,294,000,000-yen, a 9.6% increase from the previous year. This means that Okinawa has broken...
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