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With 100 days to go until the IAAF World Relays Yokohama 2019, the local organising committee has revealed the official logo for the event. The colour blue in the logo symbolises the host city Yokoham... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo, Jan 30 (IANS) The organizers of the Tokyo Olympic Games ... until June 14 when Japan’s new law against ticket scalping takes effect, reports Xinhua news agency. As to payments, the applicants c... ( read original story ...)

SEATTLE/TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ANA Holdings Inc said it would order 38 planes worth $4.33 billion from Boeing Co and Airbus, and buy a stake in Philippines Airlines parent PAL Holdings Inc to suppo... ( read original story ...)

Eleven Sailors assigned to U.S. Naval Air Facility (NAF) Misawa and its tenant commands arrived in Sapporo, Japan, on Jan. 28 to begin work on a Navy-themed snow statue for the 70th annual Sapporo Sno... ( read original story ...)

Osaka’s appeal has grown in Japan since she beat Serena Williams in last year’s U.S. Open. Her performance at the Australian Open has topped daily news coverage. It’s not the first time ... ( read original story ...)

YOKOHAMA, Japan —January 28, 2019— Toshiba Corp. has unveiled a remote-controlled robot with tongs that it hopes will be able to probe the inside of one of the three damaged reactors at Japan’s tsunam... ( read original story ...)

Poland’s Piotr Żyła finished fourth and countryman Kamil Stoch was sixth in the second day of the ski jumping competition in Sapporo, Japan, on Sunday. Kamil Stoch of Poland soars through the air duri... ( read original story ...)

Polish ski jumper Kamil Stoch has won second place in Sapporo, the first competition of the World Cup circuit. Kamil Stoch of Poland soars through the air during the FIS World Cup ski jumping large hi... ( read original story ...)

MELBOURNE, Australia -- 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 playing ... ( read original story ...)

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka overcame nerves, tears and a spirited challenge from double Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova to claim the Australian Open title with a 7-6(2) 5-7 6-4 win on Saturday. ... ( read original story ...)

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest on Saturday at the Australian Open (all times local): 11:35 p.m. The No. 1 ranking was at stake as well as the Australian Open title, and so Petra Kvitova finish... ( read original story ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)