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TOKYO— Naomi Osaka showed how deep her Japanese roots run: She went to watch Japan’s national sport of sumo and said she liked it. Osaka is in Tokyo this week to play in the Pan Pacific Open, just a w... ( read original story ...)

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Japanese city of Sapporo has dropped its bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics following a recent earthquake. After meeting with Sapporo representatives, the International O... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka showed how deep her Japanese roots run: She went to watch Japan's national sport of sumo and said she liked it. Osaka is in Tokyo this week to play in the Pan Pacific Open, just a week ... ( read original story ...)

(Reuters) - The Japanese city of Sapporo will not bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics after the recent earthquake in Hokkaido, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday, adding that the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Big-hitting Dominika Cibulkova will get her first crack at newly crowned US Open champion Naomi Osaka after squeaking into the last 16 of the Pan Pacific Open on Monday. The beefy Slovak ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Naomi Osaka has put her US Open tears down to shredded nerves and her natural awkwardness, rather than the tantrum thrown by Serena Williams that overshadowed a historic Japanese win. ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka has put her US Open tears down to shredded nerves and her natural awkwardness, rather than the tantrum thrown by Serena Williams that overshadowed a historic Japanese win. The 20-year-old ... ( read original story ...)

Ryus Noodle Bar, a Japanese ramen eatery that specializes in noodle soups, has been chosen to set up a food stall in the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum in Yokohama. The museum, which calls itself a food-t... ( read original story ...)

Track cycling starlet Joseph Truman has stated his desire to become one of Britain’s best sprinters ahead of Tokyo 2020. At just 21, the Portsmouth-born rider has already had a taste for success, clin... ( read original story ...)

"We should put a hold on that until Japan says 'no, OK we agree, we won't go to the Southern Ocean this summer and slaughter Australian and southern water whales'." On the eve of her 10th anniversary ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government pushed for the global moratorium on whaling to be lifted and for commercial whaling quotas to be established by 2020. At the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in F... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s official Central News Agency said the 61-year-old had only taken up the ... Taiwan media said Su had faced harsh criticism over his handling of Taiwan nationals stranded in Japan in the wake ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese buyer has loaded Iranian oil on a tanker expected to arrive in Japan in early October, in what could be the last purchase of Iranian oil before the U.S. sanctions snap back in early ... ( read original story ...)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A Japanese supply run to the International Space Station has been delayed again. The countdown was halted Saturday local time in Japan, with only a few hours remaining before l... ( read original story ...)

SAO PAULO – Members of the International Whaling Commission defeated a Japanese proposal to reinstate commercial whaling at a meeting in Brazil on Friday. The commission suspended commercial whaling i... ( read original story ...)

but now people there seem to enjoy pop and rock from Japanese, South Korean and Chinese artists. "Of course I had a dream ... we wanted to be the biggest rock stars in the world but 25 years ago they ... ( read original story ...)