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transcosmos provides monitoring operations at Okinawa MSP Center founded in 2007. Tokyo, Japan (PRWEB) February 05, 2013 transcosmos inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; COO and President: Masataka Okuda; hereinafter "transcosmos"), Ryukyu Network Service K.K. (Headquarters: Okinawa, Japan; President: Yoshio Tokeshi; hereinafter "Ryukyu Network Service") and First Riding Technology K.K. (Headquarters: Okinawa, Japan; President: Inekzau Uehara; hereinafter "FRT")...

Japan's tropical region Okinawa has been a popular tropical getaway, and now receiving more cultural interest from international travelers. Okinawa, Japan (PRWEB) January 21, 2013 Japan’s tropical island, Okinawa, is so cultural and natural that you never imagine. Formally a separate Kingdom of Ryukyu sovereign the band of remote tropical islands in southwest of Japan, its location created the utmost wellness culture entangled with the elegant Japanese hospitality. There has been a...

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A revolutionary dietary supplement is about to be unveiled. Kowa Health Care America, a subsidiary of Kowa Company Ltd. (an esteemed 100+ year old Japanese company), has just announced plans to reveal their newest product, Okinawa Life®. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121126/LA17766) There is an old Okinawan saying: At 70 you are still a child, at 80 a young man or woman. And if at 90 someone from Heaven invites you over,...

Super Typhoon Jelawat is a large and powerful storm that has been bringing very rough seas to areas in the western North Pacific. NASA's Terra satellite passed over the monster storm and captured a visible image as it nears the big island of Japan. NASA's Terra satellite passed over Super Typhoon Jelawat on Sept. 28 at 0238UTC (10:38 p.m. EDT, Sept. 27) and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer captured an infrared image as the storm approaches Okinawa, Japan. Jelawat's...

Reports have announced that the US life expectancy is stagnating and falling behind that of many other countries across the world as people try to discover the keys to a longer, healthier life. Washington, DC (PRWEB) June 26, 2012 A new report that was released by Rice University and the University of Colorado, at the same time as a new report on life expectancy supplement coral calcium, announces that the life expectancy in the United States was found to be stagnating and falling behind...

TOKYO, Nov. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Okinawa International Movie Festival (OIMF) executive committee has started accepting applications for its "Featured Program" and "JIMOT (hometown) CM COMPETITION" prior to the 4th annual festival which will be held from March 24 to 31. "Featured Program" collects premiere works based on the idea of "Laugh & Peace" that brings us laughter or joy, and the selected works will be eligible for an audience award (2,500,000 yen for prize money) and a...

A panel is to probe whether the 1972 reversion of Okinawa to Japanese sovereignty from the United States was carried out fairly, a lawyer says. The investigation next month comes amid suspicion that there was a secret deal, the Kyodo news agency reported Sunday. A 1971 document declassified by the U.S. government is believed to show Japan secretly shouldered $4 million in costs the United States was supposed to pay to restore Okinawa's land to its original state. "The government must store...

Tokyo, July 16 (Jiji Press)--The governors of two Japanese prefectures, Fukushima and Okinawa, on Wednesday visited the head office of Japan Airlines to urge the company to rethink its plan to scrap three domestic routes. Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato and Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima met with JAL President Haruka Nishimatsu to make the request. JAL is currently considering ending all of its services to and from Fukushima Airport, northeast of Tokyo, including flights between Fukushima...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Burgers and booze have bloated waistlines so much in Japan's southern island of Okinawa that authorities in the capital have launched a slimming competition. Girths are growing across Japan as lifestyles and diets have become more Westernized: according to a Health Ministry report earlier this year, some 29 percent of men aged 20-60 are overweight compared with 24 percent in 2000. But the problem is at its worst in the far-flung island of Okinawa, said a spokeswoman...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A U.S. sailor was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for killing a 56-year-old Japanese woman in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, earlier this year, a court official said. Seaman William Reese, 22, who had been based aboard the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier, was convicted by a court in the port city of Yokohama of robbing Yoshie Sato and beating her to death on January 3. The incident came at an awkward time in U.S.-Japan relations, as Tokyo and Washington tried to...