PARIS (Reuters) - If Naomi Osaka is going to win a third successive Grand Slam title she seems determined to do it the hard way. For the second time in three days the 21-year-old Japanese found ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, Russia accuse each other of military buildups
TOKYO - Russia and Japan have accused each other of military buildups as their foreign and defence ministers met in Tokyo for talks that failed to make progress on decades-long island disputes. ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka survives again to battle past Azarenka
PARIS (Reuters) - For the second match running world number one Naomi Osaka stared at an early French Open exit but once again she fought like a champion, recovering from a woeful start to beat ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo: Married couple filed fake documents with immigration
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a married couple — a 51-year-old man and a female Chinese national — for allegedly filing fake documents for her visa, reports TBS News (May 28). ... ( read original story ...)
White House wanted McCain naval ship away from Trump during Japan trip: sources
McCain' during his trip to Japan. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) The White House wanted the U.S. navy to keep a warship named for the late Sen. John McCain out of President Donald Trump's view during his ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Introduces GEOLANDAR X-AT
Yokohama’s new GEOLADAR X-AT all-terrain tire will be released in 27 sizes in July. (Photo: Yokohama Tire) Yokohama Tire has announced the launch of its new extreme all-terrain tire, the GEOLANDAR ... ( read original story ...)
Stuttering Osaka braced for tough match against Azarenka
PARIS (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka expects Thursday’s French Open second-round meeting with a resurgent Victoria Azarenka to be her toughest challenge this year as the world number one struggles to ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama chosen as original equipment supplier for new Mazda3
Yokohama Tire announced it was chosen as the original equipment supplier for the new Mazda3. The new MAZDA3 which went on sale globally on May 24, 2019, is coming factory-equipped with “BluEarth-GT ... ( read original story ...)
Nervy Osaka survives huge first-round scare
PARIS (Reuters) - World number one and top seed Naomi Osaka said she was a bundle of nerves as she flirted with a first-round exit at the French Open on Tuesday before firing herself up to beat ... ( read original story ...)
Man kills 2, wounds 17 in knife attack on Japanese schoolgirls outside Tokyo
Tokyo bureau chief covering Japan ... who was at a park near the site, told Kyodo News. He said he saw children falling to the ground. But Satoru Shitori, the deputy principal of the Caritas ... ( read original story ...)
Deadly knife attack near Tokyo raises alarm on child safety
The attack near Tokyo on Tuesday has raised concerns about how children can be protected on their way to school. Officials say the knife-brandishing man ran while slashing a group of schoolgirls ... ( read original story ...)
Japan attack: Child among two killed in Kawasaki stabbing
He began stabbing the children and then boarded the bus and stabbed children inside as well, according to the BBC's Japan correspondent, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes. News agency Kyodo said the man was ... ( read original story ...)
Stabbing of 17 Children Shocks Japan, Where Parents Trust Streets Are Safe
One father, who had come to pick up his second-grade daughter, said that his wife had seen news of the stabbings on television, and that he had received a message from the school on Line, a Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s First Junk Bond Would Break Barriers in Wary Market
(Bloomberg) -- Aiful Corp., the consumer lender brought to the edge of bankruptcy a decade ago, is on the verge of selling Japan’s first yen-denominated junk bond in the public markets, showing how ... ( read original story ...)
1, not done: Osaka avoids French Open upset; Azarenka next
The wind was swirling, Naomi Osaka's shots were flying everywhere except where she wanted and her debut as the No. 1 seed at a Grand Slam tournament was not going well. Not well at all. ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka flirts with early exit as top players struggle at French Open
PARIS (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka's quest for a third consecutive Grand Slam title almost came to an abrupt end on Tuesday as a number of top players struggled to book their spots in the second round of ... ( read original story ...)