PARIS (Reuters) - World number one and top seed Naomi Osaka said she was a bundle of nerves as she flirted with a first-round exit at the French Open on Tuesday before firing herself up to beat ... ( read original story ...)
Man kills 2, wounds 17 in knife attack on Japanese schoolgirls outside Tokyo
Tokyo bureau chief covering Japan ... who was at a park near the site, told Kyodo News. He said he saw children falling to the ground. But Satoru Shitori, the deputy principal of the Caritas ... ( read original story ...)
Deadly knife attack near Tokyo raises alarm on child safety
The attack near Tokyo on Tuesday has raised concerns about how children can be protected on their way to school. Officials say the knife-brandishing man ran while slashing a group of schoolgirls ... ( read original story ...)
Japan attack: Child among two killed in Kawasaki stabbing
He began stabbing the children and then boarded the bus and stabbed children inside as well, according to the BBC's Japan correspondent, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes. News agency Kyodo said the man was ... ( read original story ...)
Stabbing of 17 Children Shocks Japan, Where Parents Trust Streets Are Safe
One father, who had come to pick up his second-grade daughter, said that his wife had seen news of the stabbings on television, and that he had received a message from the school on Line, a Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s First Junk Bond Would Break Barriers in Wary Market
(Bloomberg) -- Aiful Corp., the consumer lender brought to the edge of bankruptcy a decade ago, is on the verge of selling Japan’s first yen-denominated junk bond in the public markets, showing how ... ( read original story ...)
1, not done: Osaka avoids French Open upset; Azarenka next
The wind was swirling, Naomi Osaka's shots were flying everywhere except where she wanted and her debut as the No. 1 seed at a Grand Slam tournament was not going well. Not well at all. ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka flirts with early exit as top players struggle at French Open
PARIS (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka's quest for a third consecutive Grand Slam title almost came to an abrupt end on Tuesday as a number of top players struggled to book their spots in the second round of ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo, European Elections, Renault: Your Tuesday Briefing
President Trump shrugged off North Korea’s recent short-range missile tests in a joint news conference with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan in Tokyo at the end of his four-day state visit, ... ( read original story ...)
Dozen Japanese schoolgirls stabbed by middle-aged man outside Tokyo, two dead
Tokyo bureau chief covering Japan ... The knives were found nearby amid pools of blood at the scene, the Kyodo News agency reported. “I heard a man and a woman screaming,” a 50-year-old woman who ... ( read original story ...)
Trump basked in spotlight in Japan, even as his focus seemed elsewhere
Then Monday, in a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Trump continued his headlong plunge into diplomatic mayhem, expressing such eagerness for a deal with North Korean ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Osaka struggles early at French Open but wins
Naomi Osaka dug herself out of a hole at the French Open and kept her bid alive for a third consecutive Grand Slam title. Coming back from a disastrous first set, the U.S. Open and Australian Open ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka survives huge first-round scare
PARIS (Reuters) - World number one and top seed Naomi Osaka flirted with an opening-round exit at the French Open on Tuesday but recovered from a first-set horror show to beat Anna Karolina ... ( read original story ...)
French Open 2019: Naomi Osaka fights back to beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
Live scores, schedule and results Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone Coming into Tuesday's opening match, Osaka had lost only once in the first round of a Grand Slam - at Roland Garros against ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka survives Schmiedlova scare
Naomi Osaka came from a set down to survive a huge scare at the hands of Anna Karolina Schmiedlova in the first round of the French Open on Tuesday. Osaka is looking to win three successive grand ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka narrowly avoids catastrophic Roland Garros shock
Osaka, bidding to add the French Open to her ... Download The Times of India News App for Latest Sports News. ... ( read original story ...)