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 ...)
Osaka eases into Tokyo semis
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka continued to flourish in front of her home crowd at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, as she comfortably dispatched Barbora Strycova 6-3 6-4 on Friday ... ( read original story ...)
Straight up? DIY colonoscopy among weird science at Tokyo show
TOKYO: A gadget to "translate" dog barks for humans, a "babypod" that plays music inside the mother's vagina for unborn babies and the world's first self-colonoscopy method were among the whacky inven... ( read original story ...)
Japan space rovers lowered to asteroid to collect data
TOKYO - A Japanese spacecraft has released two small exploration robots on an asteroid in a research effort that may provide clues to the origin of the solar system. The Japan Space Exploration Agency ... ( read original story ...)
TERRIFIC 12: Nagoya Diamond Dolphins complete semis cast
Japan's Nagoya Diamond Dolphins clinched the last Final Four slot Thursday at the Studio City Event Center here, holding off China's Zhejiang Guangsha Lions, 79-71. (Asia League photo via Power ... ( read original story ...)
Japan uneasy over Trump pressure on auto as summit, trade talks loom
"Based on the common understanding we built in the first round of talks, we'll seek a 'win-win' outcome that benefits both countries," Motegi told a news conference on Friday. Asked whether the meetin... ( read original story ...)
Trump, Japan’s Abe to hold summit in New York City next week
Japan has long sought to normalize diplomatic relations with ... Bradford Betz is an editor for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @bradford_betz. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s rugby World Cup prepares for typhoons, earthquakes
TOKYO -- Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are concerned about it. So are those running next year's Rugby World Cup in Japan, which opens in a year with Japan facing Russia on Sept. 20, 2019 in To... ( read original story ...)
Japan digital currency exchange hacked, losing US$60 million
TOKYO -- Hackers have stolen 6.7 billion yen ($60 million) worth of cryptocurrencies from a Japanese digital currency exchange, the operators said Thursday. Tech Bureau Corp. said a server for its Zai... ( read original story ...)