Osaka eases into Tokyo semis

TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka continued to flourish in front of her home crowd at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, as she comfortably dispatched Barbora Strycova 6-3 6-4 on Friday ... ( read original story ...)

Japan consumer inflation rises to half-year high

That still leaves inflation less than halfway to the target of 2 per cent set by the Bank of Japan. In April the central bank abandoned its pledge to hit that target “around fiscal 2019” in a belated ... ( read original story ...)