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Japan's great hope for tennis gold Naomi Osaka was on Tuesday beaten in the third round of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic tennis singles tournament in a blow to home spirits. The world number two was swiped ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka said she was feeling refreshed and ready to play, following a dominant 6-1 6-4 win over China's Zheng Saisai in the opening round of the Tokyo Games - her first ... ( read original story ...)

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Wind and rain buffeted the Tokyo region on Tuesday causing delays to Olympic competition and event rescheduling, while tennis superstar Naomi Osaka dropped out of the Games after she was beaten in the ... ( read original story ...)

Prime-time viewership for NBC's broadcast of the Summer Olympics from Tokyo picked up some steam in the first two nights of competition, compared with a lackluster audience for Friday's opening ... ( read original story ...)

Paytm, which has filed for a ₹16,600 crore IPO that will likely be the largest ever in India, also expects to break even in 18 months, the report says ... ( read original story ...)

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the University of Tokyo today unveiled Japan's most powerful quantum computer as part of their ongoing collaboration to advance Japan's exploration of quantum science, business and ... ( read original story ...)

Prime-time viewership for NBC's broadcast of the Summer Olympics from Tokyo picked up some steam in the first two nights of competition, compared with a lackluster audience for Friday's opening ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s aggressive new plan to champion clean energy is shaking up the liquefied natural gas market that it helped pioneer 60 years ago.The country, the world’s top LNG importer, called for more ... ( read original story ...)

Saki Hayashi scored 12 points and Moeko Nagaoka added 11 to help Japan beat France 74-70 on Tuesday in the Olympic opener for both teams. It was a tight game throughout and Japan led 52-49 after three ... ( read original story ...)

ERS Genomics Limited, which was formed to provide broad access to the foundational CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property co-owned by Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier, and Japan SLC, Inc., a biotechnology ... ( read original story ...)

Mizutani and Mima Ito ended China's recent dominance in the sport by beating Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen 4-3 for the mixed doubles title. The upset comes five years after China swept all four table tennis ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan struck more gold on Monday to lead the medals table as sentiment toward the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics appeared to shift, and local fans defied organizers to grab ... ( read original story ...)

Articles discussing the possibility of banning cryptocurrency ignore the reality that cryptoassets have become part of the mainstream financial ecosystem; even proposing a ban would directly harm ... ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin jumped more than 14% in 24 hours, nearly reaching $40,000 per unit before settling closer to $37,000 after speculation that Amazon may be entering cryptocurrency after it posted a job opening ... ( read original story ...)

The services producer price index rose 1.4% in June from a year earlier after a 1.5% gain in May, reflecting a rebound in advertising fees and rent from last year's slump caused by the pandemic, Bank ... ( read original story ...)