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Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka intends to return to professional tennis in 2024, the 25-year-old said in an interview with ESPN on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka is intending to play ‘way more tournaments’ on her return to tennis following the birth of her daughter ... ( read original story ...)

Tennis legend Naomi Osaka was one of three women to make the cover of the SI Swimsuit issue in 2021. That year, the 25-year-old took a trip to Malibu, Calif., for her cover photoshoot with the ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka is eight weeks into motherhood, and it's already a Grand Slam! In July, the the 25-year-old tennis pro welcomed her first child, a baby girl named Shai, with rapper Cordae. ( read original story ...)

Iconic is a word that gets thrown around a lot, including in describing the world’s best-known hotels – but in the case of the Park Hyatt Tokyo, that moniker is fitting. ( read original story ...)

The niece of Johnny Kitagawa, the late J-pop mogul accused of sexually abusing hundreds of boys and young men over decades, apologised on Thursday for the abuse he carried out and stepped down as the head of the talent agency her uncle founded. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s prime minister says China’s blanket ban on Japanese seafood in reaction to the release of treated radioactive water from a tsunami-ravaged nuclear power plant contrasts starkly with broad unde ( read original story ...)

Osaka gave birth to her daughter Shai with boyfriend, rapper Cordae, in July, CNN and ESPN reported. Both media outlets said that she will have a busy schedule in 2024. The four-time major champion told ESPN, “It’s definitely way more tournaments than ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka stepped out for her first red carpet since the July birth of her daughter to celebrate the Victoria's Secret World Tour, kicking off New York Fashion Week. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo prosecutors say they have arrested a former vice foreign minister of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet on suspicion of accepting more than 61 million yen ($414,000) in bribes from a wind power company in return for his promotion of wind power and other favorable treatment. ( read original story ...)

The niece of Johnny Kitagawa, the late J-pop mogul at the centre of a sex scandal that has shocked Japan, said on Thursday that she had stepped down as the head of the talent agency her uncle had founded. ( read original story ...)

Defence chiefs from the U.S., South Korea and Japan on Thursday jointly condemned North Korea's recent test of missiles and agreed to accelerate missile tracking cooperation, South Korea's Ministry of National Defence said in a statement. ( read original story ...)