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Naomi Osaka remains optimistic about her future in tennis, even as injuries have become a recurring issue for her. She recently pulled out of both the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open, ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo prosecutors have decided not to indict a former worker at Russia's trade representation in Japan who is suspected of illegally obtaining trade secrets of a Japanese machine tool manufacturer. ( read original story ...)

Nearly 200 jiu-jitsu athletes, family members, professors, and team representatives from Guam will travel to the Aichi Budokan in Nagoya on March 14 to compete in Marianas Pro Nagoya, the ... ( read original story ...)

Photocatalysts facilitate chemical reactions by absorbing light. Metal-based photocatalysts are widely used in organic synthesis due to their durability and the ability to tune their function by ... ( read original story ...)

Nagoya University scientists have created an iron-based photocatalyst that uses blue LEDs to synthesize medicinal compounds ... ( read original story ...)

An anonymous donation of $3.6 million worth of gold highlights frustration with Osaka’s aging waterworks. It will only finance repairs to a fraction of the pipes that need to be replaced. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo police have arrested a 58-year-old Chinese man on suspicion of stealing a credit card and cash from a tourist's backpack on a Narita Express train, and using the card to buy a luxury camera. ( read original story ...)

The plan to deploy missiles to an island near Taiwan comes as China continues to ramp up military pressure against the island. ( read original story ...)

Japan's health ministry says preliminary figures show that the country recorded a little over 700,000 births last year, a new record low. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The Chinese Consulate-General in Japan's Osaka said on Thursday that a Chinese national was robbed on a street in Osaka, urging citizens to avoid traveling to Japan recently in light of a ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese girl group XG has issued a statement responding to an ongoing drug investigation involving its producer, saying the group is not connected to the ... ( read original story ...)