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Paolini’s exit means only one of the top five women’s seeds - world number one Aryna Sabalenka - will be in the third round. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a trade deal with Vietnam a day after he said a similar deal with Japan is unlikely. ( read original story ...)

Tottenham have signed teenage Japan defender Toko Koga from Feyenoord. Koga, 19, has agreed a deal until June 2029 and will wear the number 32 shirt. She has been at Feyenoord since January 2024, first competing in the Dutch top flight at the age of 18. ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka admitted she wanted to win her second round match at Wimbledon in time to be home to celebrate her daughter's birthday. And Osaka did her best to achieve her aim, after brushing aside the ... ( read original story ...)

In August 2024, the World Health Organization declared a second "Public Health Emergency of International Concern" for mpox. The current outbreak in Africa is driven mainly by the clade I variant, ... ( read original story ...)

Former World No. 1 Naomi Osaka is through to the third round of Wimbledon for the first time in seven years after beating doubles World No. 1 Katerina Siniakova in straight sets. ( read original story ...)

Kento Inoue hit a grand slam for his first professional home run in his first trip to the plate this season as the DeNA BayStars held on to beat the Chunichi Dragons 4-3 on Wednesday. In his season ... ( read original story ...)

Japan' Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism said the Spring Airlines flight dropped from 11,000 meters (36,000 feet) to just 3,000 metres (9,800 feet) in under 10 minutes after the ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced a 45-year-old man to 30 years in prison for stabbing three employees, one of them to death, ... ( read original story ...)

More than 800 tremors have shaken the southwestern Tokara Islands over the past 11 days, including a 5.6-magnitude quake on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

Japan's annual general meetings in June saw a CEO voted out and an entire board of directors replaced in a sign shareholders are increasingly holding management to account and providing impetus to regulatory moves to boost corporate value and share prices. ( read original story ...)

2025 Global Tourism City Attractiveness: Japan's Dominance and Asia's Strong Performance ... ( read original story ...)

She is the oldest contributor to the Singapore pavillon display this year. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

Ruth and Lou Gehrig played at the stadium on a 1934 barnstorming tour. Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami was inspired to write his first novel while drinking beer and watching a game there in 1978. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government struggles after its major defeat in last year’s snap election ( read original story ...)

The Blue Impulse aerobatic team of the Air Self-Defense Force will perform over the venue of the Osaka Expo on July 12 and 13, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The commemorative flight was initially ... ( read original story ...)