Coco Gauff overcame a 5-2 third-set deficit against unseeded Frenchwoman Clara Burel to emerge with a hard-fought 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) victory on Saturday and reach the third round at Indian Wells, ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka shows 2018 look at Indian Wells as she picks up biggest win since return
Naomi Osaka, four time Grand Slam winner and 2018 champion in Indian Wells, picks up biggest win since returning to tennis after childbirth ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Coalition Member Says Election Likely in Fall After LDP’s Vote
Japan is likely to hold a general election in the fall after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party concludes its leadership vote in September, according to a top official in a coalition party. Voters ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo offers toilet tours amid flush of excitement over Wim Wenders’s Oscar hopeful
Shibuya district is offering tours of its architect-designed public facilities that feature in Perfect Days ... ( read original story ...)
Retro Japan: Late tycoon’s Nagoya villa adopts styles of beloved foreign locales
One of the buildings at the second residence of Ito Jirozaemon Suketami (1878-1940), the first president of the Matsuzakaya department store・・・ ... ( read original story ...)
Woman robbed as she returns home in Sapporo
Police in Sapporo, Hokkaido, are looking for a man who robbed a woman as she arrived home at her apartment on Friday night. According to police, the incident occurred at around 11 p.m., Kyodo News ... ( read original story ...)
Atom bomb survivor hopes Japan debut of ‘Oppenheimer’ will stoke nuclear debate
Teruko Yahata was eight when she saw a blueish-white light envelop the sky over her home city of Hiroshima one summer morning, moments before the first atomic bomb explosion knocked her unconscious ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka and Angelique Kerber seem up for the hard fight to get the best from themselves again
For Osaka, those signs came early in her opener against Sara Errani. Serving at 2-2 in the first set, she double-faulted three straight times, then sent a wild forehand wide to hand the Italian a ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo offers toilet tours amid flush of excitement over Wim Wenders’ Oscar hopeful
Shibuya district is offering tours of its architect-designed public facilities that feature in Perfect Days ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Osaka weighs new tax on inbound visitors in bid to make region ‘more attractive and comfortable’
Osaka currently imposes an accommodation tax and plans to set up a panel to consider the new levy, which could be introduced in 2025. ( read original story ...)
Japan Photo Journal: Colorful projection mapping begins at Tokyo gov’t building
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government building is lit up in an array of color as part of a projecting mapping display that began on March 2, 2024. Until t ... ( read original story ...)
“I was almost brought to tears’: Navigating Tokyo’s hugely popular tourist attraction
You’ll walk through a hanging garden of 13,000 orchids that react when you come into contact with them.In my favourite section, Floating In The Falling Universe Of Flowers, I was surprised to be ... ( read original story ...)
10 years later, cult classic Persona-like JRPG Tokyo Xanadu is getting a sequel with a completely new setting
Tokyo Xanadu New Project is the working title for a newly announced sequel to the 2015 cult classic Persona-like JRPG Tokyo Xanadu. Beloved JRPG developer Nihon Falcom, best known for the Ys, The ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo subway installs clear translation screen before 2025 events
The Tokyo metropolitan government has installed a transparent translation screen covering 12 languages at a subway station to help foreign visitors ahead of global sporting events in the Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Pick of the Day: Naomi Osaka vs. Liudmila Samsonova, Indian Wells
Osaka is starting to find her footing, and she has an opportunity to make a statement in her second-round match. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo, municipal governments seek more information on Osprey flight resumption
The Tokyo metropolitan government and several municipal authorities are seeking more information about the lifting of a ban on flights of Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft by the US military. ( read original story ...)