MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — So close to victory, Naomi Osaka suddenly was letting the Australian Open final slip away. Three championship points? Gone. A sizable lead? Soon all gone, too. She was play... ( read original story ...)
Osaka beats Kvitova to win Australian Open
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka beat Petra Kvitova 7-6(2) 5-7 6-4 to become the first Japanese player to win the Australian Open on Saturday. The win made fourth seed Osaka the first player from an ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Kvitova levels Australian Open final vs Osaka
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- The Latest on Saturday at the Australian Open (all times local): 9:32 p.m. Petra Kvitova has leveled the Australian Open final at one-set all after saving three championsh... ( read original story ...)
Kvitova, Osaka to battle for Australian Open title
Naomi Osaka celebrates matchpoint in her semifinal match against ... Visit cnn.com/sport for more news and videos This after the twice-Wimbledon champion was lucky to be alive, following a home invasi... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka wins Australian Open to become world number one
Japan’s Naomi Osaka said she was “in a state of shock” Saturday after holding her nerve to battle past Petra Kvitova to win the Australian Open in a three-set thriller that also delivered her the worl... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka makes history with Australian Open victory
The victory ensures that Osaka will be the first Asian tennis player to reach No. 1 in the world rankings, ESPN reported. >> Read more trending news Osaka replaces Simona Halep, who was No. 1 for 48 w... ( read original story ...)
It’s ‘high time’ Canada shifted its Asia focus away from China: Japanese ambassador
Her arrest was closely followed up by news that two Canadians, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, had been detained in China in what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has described as "arbitrary" detentio... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Yonakuni in Japan
A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 26 km WSW of Yonakuni, Japan (16 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.52 km (35 miles). Exact time and date of event in ... ( read original story ...)
48 hours in . . . Tokyo, an insider guide to Japan’s neon city
The slick yet serene Aman Tokyo spans the top six floors of a 38-storey skyscraper in the business district Otemachi. The minimal interior taps into Japan’s design heritage with its wood, paper and st... ( read original story ...)
Latest Tokyo attraction: the recycling cocktail bar
The Gomi-Pit (or Waste-Pit) Bar in Musachino in the greater Tokyo area is a temporary cocktail bar set up at one of the city’s municipal waste recycling plants in a bid to boost awareness of environme... ( read original story ...)
Australian Open 2019: Naomi Osaka on run to remember as slam success continues
January 25, 2019 8:55am EST January 25, 2019 8:55am EST Tennis, Preview, WTA, Australian Open, News, Grand Slams, US Open, English, Petra Kvitova, WTA Tour, Features, Naomi Osaka Naomi Osaka has becom... ( read original story ...)
‘Fear’ and ‘favor’ chill newsroom at storied Japanese paper
Prominent Japanese conservatives, meanwhile, applauded the move, calling it a coup for nationalist activists agitating for English-language news outlets to change such descriptions. In an email, Mizun... ( read original story ...)
Foreign workers in Japan double in 5 years, hitting record
Japan's serious labor shortage has left the ... charge of work that they were not authorized to do under the program. Nikkei staff writer Jada Nagumo contributed to this report. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: Japan Olympic kit to feature recycled clothes
Japanese athletes competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will wear an official kit made in part from recycled clothes collected from across the country, sports firm Asics said on Friday. The project was ... ( read original story ...)
Japan court upholds sterilization to register gender change
TOKYO - Japan's Supreme Court has upheld a law that effectively requires transgender people to be sterilized before they can have their gender changed on official documents. The court said the law is ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo apartment rents continue to rise in Q4, says Savills
Co-living is on the rise among younger property seekers, although “interest may be held back” as a result of Tokyo’s "vast existing stock of compact living spaces and its reliable, well-connected publ... ( read original story ...)