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LONDON (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7 struck 112 km (70 miles) southeast of Sapporo, Japan at a depth of 66 km, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka enjoyed a comfortable 6-1 6-1 win over Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko at the U.S. Open on Wednesday to become the first Japanese woman in 22 years to reach the semi-final st... ( read original story ...)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka enjoyed a comfortable 6-1 6-1 win over Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko at the U.S. Open on Wednesday to become the first Japanese woman in 22 years to reach the semi ... ( read original story ...)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Naomi Osaka charged into the first Grand Slam semifinal by a Japanese woman in 22 years, routing Lesia Tsurenko 6-1, 6-1 on Wednesday in the U.S. Open quarterfinals. The No. 20 seed c... ( read original story ...)

A tanker is seen after it slammed into the side of a bridge connecting the airport to the mainland, damaging part of the bridge and the vessel in Osaka, western Japan on Sep 4, 2018. (Photo: Nobuki It... ( read original story ...)

Osaka, seeded 20th, secured victory on her fourth match point ... Keep up to date with the latest on skysports.com/tennis We will have news, previews, live blogs, reports and expert analysis from the ... ( read original story ...)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka and Kei Nishikori blazed a trail into the U.S. Open quarter-finals on Monday putting a Japanese man and woman in the last eight together at Flushing Meadows for ... ( read original story ...)

NEW YORK: Naomi Osaka enjoyed a comfortable 6-1 6-1 win over Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko at the U.S. Open on Wednesday to become the first Japanese woman in 22 years to reach the semi-final stage of ... ( read original story ...)

(Photo: Ichiro Banno/Kyodo News via AP) Travellers have also been affected by the typhoon; Singapore Airlines was forced to cancel several flights to and from Osaka. The torrential downpour flooded pa... ( read original story ...)

“The government will continue to do everything possible to tackle these issues with utmost urgency,” Suga told a news conference earlier. Japan’s JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corp shut at least ... ( read original story ...)

rendering him unlikely to play the full 90-minute friendly against Japan in Sapporo. “I’m fine,” he told Chilean reporters upon his arrival in the Asian country on Tuesday, reports EFE news agency. “I ... ( read original story ...)

It will take about one hour via Shinkansen from Osaka to Nagoya, and about th ... affecting around 57,000 passengers. Photo: Kyodo News via AP ( read original story ...)

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The race is on: consumers who buy four new Yokohama tires from now through Sept. 30 will get a free Spartan race entry, valued up to $190. “Talk about a ‘strong’ promotion,” said Alan Holtschneider, Y... ( read original story ...)

Thai Airways International (THAI) has apologised for flying with a cockroach on board a flight from the Japanese city of Sapporo to Bangkok last week. Facebook page @Hokkaidofanclub on Monday posted a ... ( read original story ...)

Jebi was the strongest typhoon to make landfall in Japan since 1993, according to Japan’s Kyodo News service. The storm was heading north across a swath of Japan’s main island of Honshu toward ... ( read original story ...)