Fourth-seeded Karolina Pliskova handed U.S. Open champ Naomi Osaka a 6-4, 6-4 defeat to claim the title at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. It ended the third-seeded Osaka’s 10-match victory ... ( read original story ...)
NatureLab. TOKYO Launches in Select Urban Outfitters & on UrbanOutfitters.com
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Osaka withdraws from Wuhan Open citing viral illness
(Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka withdrew from the Wuhan Open in China on Sunday, hours after losing to former world number one Karolina Pliskova in the final of the Pan Pacific Open in ... ( read original story ...)
Your Monday News Briefing: Brett Kavanaugh, China, Japan
• Christine Blasey Ford agrees to testify. Dr. Blasey, who accused the Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, above, of sexual assault, negotiated a deal over the weekend to “provide her firsth... ( read original story ...)
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Japan’s Abe finds himself on sidelines amid outreach with North Korea
“Japan will be left alone forever as a lonely island country if it persistently behaves like Don Quixote,” it added. North Korea had built a regime of fear based on the idea that a U.S. invasion is im... ( read original story ...)
China-Japan maritime crisis would undermine ‘Belt and Road’ initiative: PLA document
TAIPEI – A military crisis at sea between China and Japan will seriously undermine Beijing’s path ... according to an internal magazine of the People’s Liberation Army obtained by Kyodo News. The arti... ( read original story ...)
Osaka’s winning streak comes to an end in loss to Pliskova
TOKYO (AP) -- Naomi Osaka's dominant run came to end on Sunday in a 6-4, 6-4 loss to fourth-seeded Karolina Pliskova in the final of the Pan Pacific Open. Playing in her first tournament since upsetti... ( read original story ...)
Pliskova upsets Osaka to win Tokyo final
TOKYO (Reuters) - Karolina Pliskova stunned home favorite and U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka 6-4 6-4 to win the Pan Pacific Open title in Tokyo on Sunday. Osaka, supremely confident and in top ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese probe drops two landers on asteroid
Japanese flight controllers Saturday confirmed successful landings ... first as Cape Canaveral bureau chief for United Press International and now as a consultant for CBS News. He covered 129 space sh... ( read original story ...)
Red-hot Osaka powers past Giorgi into Tokyo final
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka stormed past Italy’s Camila Giorgi 6-2 6-3 on Saturday to reach the final of the Pan Pacific Open, where she will face Karolina Pliskova. ( read original story ...)
US Open champion Osaka reaches Pan Pacific Open final
TOKYO (AP) -- Naomi Osaka eased into the final of the Pan Pacific Open on Saturday with a comfortable 6-2, 6-3 semifinal win over Camila Giorgi. The U.S. Open champion, who upset Serena Williams in th... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka wins 10th straight match to power into Tokyo final
TOKYO: US Open champion Naomi Osaka stormed past Italy's Camila Giorgi 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday to reach the final of the Pan Pacific Open, where she will face Karolina Pliskova. Osaka's victory in ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka wins 10th straight match to power into Tokyo final
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka stormed past Italy’s Camila Giorgi 6-2 6-3 on Saturday to reach the final of the Pan Pacific Open, where she will face Karolina Pliskova. ( read original story ...)
Japan lowers rovers onto ‘dumpling’ asteroid, hopeful of historic touchdown
Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has lowered two small rovers onto an asteroid in an epic mission to study the distant space rock. Preparations have been underway for the landing since the Japan Aerospac... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) “Training the Trainer” regional workshop in Saint Lucia
(PRESS RELEASE) – Saint Lucia, along with seven other Caribbean countries, is part of a regional initiative to advance the ratification of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fa... ( read original story ...)