Okinawa Prefecture
Prefecture of Japan
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| 2025 | PD Aerospace plans to create a spaceport at Shimojijima airport and commence space travel flights. |
| 2025 | Ten professional baseball teams, including eight Japanese teams and two Korean KBO League teams, held winter training camps across Okinawa Prefecture. |
| 2024 | The Okinawa woodpecker was downlisted from critically endangered to endangered due to stabilized population trends, forest protection efforts, and successful control of invasive small Indian mongoose. |
| 2024 | Finished 9th in the league with 11 wins out of 30 games, scoring 52 goals and conceding 44. Reached the 1st round of the Emperor's Cup. |
| May 26 2024 | Fukuyama City and Okinawa SV played a match with a score of 3−0. |
| 2023 | The Okinawa Arena hosted the Japanese men's national basketball team for FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian qualifiers. |
| 2023 | Ryukyu Golden Kings won their fifth national basketball title in the B.League. |
| 2023 | Okinawa Arena was one of five venues selected to host matches for the FIBA Basketball World Cup, alongside venues in the Philippines and Indonesia. |
| 2023 | The planned relocation of U.S. Marines to Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz was expected to be completed, though the process was still ongoing. |
| 2023 | Competed in the JFL (Japan Football League), finishing 15th with 7 wins out of 28 games, scoring 18 goals and conceding 38. Did not qualify for the Emperor's Cup. |
| 2023 | Okinawa SV began playing all home matches at Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium in the JFL season. |
| December 2 2023 | Okinawa SV manages to stay in JFL by defeating Vonds Ichihara 2-1 in the 2023 JFL promotion relegation play-off, after finishing in 15th and last place. |
| May 15 2023 | NHK Plus added regional programming, including content from Okinawa. |
| April 6 2023 | Management company BASE officially filed for bankruptcy, effectively ending the Ryukyu Blue Oceans professional baseball team project. |
| February 10 2023 | The team announced their full schedule, confirming Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium as their home stadium for the JFL season. |
| 2022 | In the Nature Index rankings without size normalization, OIST was ranked 14th in Japan and 372nd worldwide. |
| 2022 | Won the league with 19 wins out of 20 games, scoring 75 goals and conceding only 5. Reached the 2nd round of the Emperor's Cup. |
| 2022 | Okinawa SV played home matches at Okinawa Kincho Football Center. |
| November 2022 | The Ryukyu Blue Oceans baseball team project was put on hold due to COVID-19 pandemic complications and allegations of financial mismanagement, including unpaid player wages. |
| November 27 2022 | Okinawa SV is promoted to JFL (Japan Football League) for the first time in their history, after defeating FC Kariya 4-0 in the Regional Champions League final round. |
| June 1 2022 | Okinawa SV and Avispa Fukuoka played a match with a score of 0−3. |
| May 21 2022 | Okinawa SV and FC Imabari played a match with a score of 4−1. |
| April 2022 | Local news and weather information in the prefecture reduced to broadcast only on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays at 18:45. |
| 2021 | Kantoku Teruya retires from representing the district. Kunio Arakaki, former mayor of Kitanakagusuku, successfully maintains the SDP's seat in the election. |
| 2021 | General elections reversed the previous by-election results, with increased LDP support among younger voters due to the party's stance on China and proactive security policy. |
| 2021 | Won the league with 16 wins out of 18 games, scoring 78 goals and conceding only 8. Reached the 2nd round of the Emperor's Cup. |
| June 9 2021 | Okinawa SV and V-Varen Nagasaki played a match with a score of 0−2. |
| May 23 2021 | Okinawa SV and Fukuoka University played a match with a score of 3−1 after extra time. |
| January 25 2021 | Kazuyuki Zakimi took office as mayor of Miyakojima, succeeding Toshihiko Shimoji. |
| January 17 2021 | Mayoral election held, where Kazuyuki Zakimi defeated incumbent Toshihiko Shimoji, with Zakimi endorsed by the Constitutional Democratic Party and Japanese Communist Party. |
| 2020 | Won the league with 3 wins out of 4 games, scoring 12 goals and conceding only 2. Did not qualify for the Emperor's Cup. |
| January 2020 | Ryukyu Blue Oceans baseball team expected to be fully organized by January. |
| 2019 | Shimoji Airport opened, introducing international flights to Miyakojima and significantly expanding its air travel connectivity. |
| 2019 | Miyakojima was awarded a gold medal (Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry Prize) in the New Energy Awards for its significant efforts in proliferating solar energy throughout the island. |
| 2019 | Tetsumi Takara first elected to the House of Councillors as a member of the Okinawa Whirlwind Party, with his term set to end in 2025. |
| 2019 | The city released an action plan for the second eco-declaration, emphasizing promotion of environmental initiatives through establishing an Eco Island Miyakojima brand, creating contests, and integrating environmental sustainability education into local public schools. |
| 2019 | OIST achieved a top ranking of 1st in Japan and 9th globally in the Nature Index, based on the proportion of high-quality science journal publications when normalized by institutional size. |
| 2019 | Won the league with 17 wins out of 18 games, scoring 64 goals and conceding only 7. Reached the 2nd round of the Emperor's Cup. |
| July 18 2019 | BASE Okinawa Baseball Club announced their attempt to form the first professional baseball team in Okinawa, the Ryukyu Blue Oceans, with plans to join the Nippon Professional Baseball league. |
| July 3 2019 | Okinawa SV and Sanfrecce Hiroshima played a match with a score of 0−4. |
| May 26 2019 | Okinawa SV and Matsuyama University played a match with a score of 2−0. |
| April 21 2019 | By-election held in the Okinawa 3rd district, where Tomohiro Yara, a freelance journalist opposing the Futenma US Marine base relocation, defeated Aiko Shimajiri. |
| 2018 | FM Okinawa began broadcasting in the city, expanding local media coverage. |
| 2018 | A second version of the Declaration of Eco Island Miyakojima was introduced under the slogan 'Toward the Future 1,000 Years From Now', expanding environmental initiatives to include eradication of foreign animal species like peacocks and reduction of household waste. |
| 2018 | Finished 2nd in the KSL (Kyushu Soccer League), winning 16 out of 18 games and scoring 74 goals while conceding 12. |
| September 2018 | Denny Tamaki of the Liberal Party forfeited his seat in the Okinawa 3rd district after becoming a gubernatorial candidate. |
| September 30 2018 | Denny Tamaki was elected as governor of Okinawa prefecture, campaigning on reducing the U.S. military presence on the island. |
| June 25 2018 | Okinawa residents held a protest demonstration at sea against scheduled land reclamation work for U.S. military base relocation, gathering hundreds of people. |
| April 2018 | Local news and weather information on weekends and holidays unified into the Kyushu-Okinawa news block from Fukuoka, with local Okinawa news restricted to weekdays. |
| 2017 | Achieved 2nd place in the Okinawa Prefectural League (Division 1), winning 8 out of 9 games and scoring 64 goals while conceding only 4. |
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