TOKYO (AP) -- Naomi Osaka's dominant run came to end on Sunday in a 6-4, 6-4 loss to fourth-seeded Karolina Pliskova in the final of the Pan Pacific Open. Playing in her first tournament since upsetti... ( read original story ...)
Pliskova upsets Osaka to win Tokyo final
TOKYO (Reuters) - Karolina Pliskova stunned home favorite and U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka 6-4 6-4 to win the Pan Pacific Open title in Tokyo on Sunday. Osaka, supremely confident and in top ... ( read original story ...)
From Japan to India, Why Investors Shun Asia’s Banking Shares
Investors who bet on a good year for financial shares in Asia have so far seen disappointment. After helping lead the region’s surge through January’s peak, spurring a clutch of positive recommendatio... ( read original story ...)
Japanese probe drops two landers on asteroid
Japanese flight controllers Saturday confirmed successful landings ... first as Cape Canaveral bureau chief for United Press International and now as a consultant for CBS News. He covered 129 space sh... ( read original story ...)
Japan mulls bilateral trade deal with U.S.: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is mulling a bilateral trade agreement with the United States that would lower tariffs on U.S. agriculture imports in exchange for avoiding higher tariffs on Japanese autos, th... ( read original story ...)
Japan teams with Southeast Asia to protect its prized fruits
TOKYO -- As newly bred Japanese strawberries and cherries that are sweeter and juicier than previous kinds hit the market, they are increasingly copied by farmers overseas, infringing on ... ( read original story ...)
Red-hot Osaka powers past Giorgi into Tokyo final
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka stormed past Italy’s Camila Giorgi 6-2 6-3 on Saturday to reach the final of the Pan Pacific Open, where she will face Karolina Pliskova. ( read original story ...)
US Open champion Osaka reaches Pan Pacific Open final
TOKYO (AP) -- Naomi Osaka eased into the final of the Pan Pacific Open on Saturday with a comfortable 6-2, 6-3 semifinal win over Camila Giorgi. The U.S. Open champion, who upset Serena Williams in th... ( read original story ...)
SanBio: Notice Regarding an Equity and Business Alliance Between Five Companies for Joint Research on the Appropriate Use, Adoption, and Stable Distribution of Regenerative …
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SanBio Co., Ltd. (representative: Keita Mori, headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; hereinafter SanBio) hereby announces that it has resolved to enter into an equity and business allia... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka wins 10th straight match to power into Tokyo final
TOKYO: US Open champion Naomi Osaka stormed past Italy's Camila Giorgi 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday to reach the final of the Pan Pacific Open, where she will face Karolina Pliskova. Osaka's victory in ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka wins 10th straight match to power into Tokyo final
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka stormed past Italy’s Camila Giorgi 6-2 6-3 on Saturday to reach the final of the Pan Pacific Open, where she will face Karolina Pliskova. ( read original story ...)
Japan lowers rovers onto ‘dumpling’ asteroid, hopeful of historic touchdown
Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has lowered two small rovers onto an asteroid in an epic mission to study the distant space rock. Preparations have been underway for the landing since the Japan Aerospac... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s GPIF unveils first global property mandate
Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world's largest pension fund with JPY 158.6 tln (€1.2 tln) of assets under management, has awarded its first global property mandate, appointing ... ( read original story ...)
Japan eyes bilateral US talks as a way to avert car tariffs
TOKYO -- Japan will soon restart trade talks with the U.S., this time more inclined to accept the Trump administration's preferred bilateral format for discussing tariffs, out of a belief that two ... ( read original story ...)
BoJ’s huge buying programs reaching their limits – Nikkei Review
Writing for the Nikkei Asian Review, former Bank of Japan (BoJ) member Sayuri Shirai is warning that the central bank's massive stock and bond purchasing programs are beginning to run out of roadway, ... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) “Training the Trainer” regional workshop in Saint Lucia
(PRESS RELEASE) – Saint Lucia, along with seven other Caribbean countries, is part of a regional initiative to advance the ratification of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fa... ( read original story ...)