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Canada’s Caeli McKay and Meaghan Benfeito won gold in women’s 10-metre synchro at a diving World Cup event in Tokyo on Sunday. ( read original story ...)

With many countries imposing travel restrictions on India to contain COVID-19, Sportstar tracks how it may have an impact on Indian athletes preparing for the Tokyo Olympics. ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka suffered a second-round exit at the Madrid Open on Sunday as the Japanese second seed lost 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 to Karolina Muchova. ( read original story ...)

The rising Czech captured her third win over a top-5 player this season, and her 10th top-5 win in her career overall, with her one-hour and 49-minute victory over reigning Australian Open champion ... ( read original story ...)

As the second summer of the COVID-19 pandemic approaches on P.E.I. with an uncertain tourist season ahead, one Island company is making it possible for would-be Japanese tourists to come for a visit — ... ( read original story ...)

A 47-year-old unemployed man who was shot by a police officer while resisting arrest has died in a hospital in Nagoya. Police said the man, who died on Saturday, did not recover from his gunshot wound ... ( read original story ...)

A leading Myanmar swimmer has called for the country's Olympic committee to be expelled from the Olympic Movement, saying "genocidaires do not deserve to be in the Olympics." ... ( read original story ...)

Six people who helped with Japan's Olympic Torch relay were diagnosed with COVID-19, bringing the total number of participants in the event who got the coronavirus to eight, organisers said. The six ... ( read original story ...)

Yuji Kuroiwa, the governor of Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture, attempted some light wordplay in the face of a terrifying new disease, economic spasm and life-c ... ( read original story ...)

Ireland earned a place at the Tokyo Olympics in the 4x400m mixed relay after qualifying in Poland on Saturday. The quartet of Chris O'Donnell, Phil Healy, Sharlene Mawdsley and Thomas Barr finished ... ( read original story ...)

America's love affair with vending machines goes back generations. There are about 7 million vending machines in the country, selling Americans sodas, snacks and sundries — and bringing in nearly $22 ... ( read original story ...)

America's love affair with vending machines goes back generations. But due to variety and volume, Japan remains the vending machine capital of the world. Lucy Craft reports on what makes vending ... ( read original story ...)

A strong earthquake struck off northern Japan early Saturday, causing no risk of a tsunami but leaving three people injured and shaking buildings in Tokyo, authorities said. The U.S. Geological Survey ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese cruise ship returned to Yokohama port on Saturday after a passenger tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The infected man is in his 60s and from Tokyo. He and a female family member, ... ( read original story ...)

A strong earthquake struck off northern Japan early Saturday, causing no risk of a tsunami but leaving three people injured and shaking buildings in Tokyo, authorities said. ( read original story ...)

The International Olympic Committee says it can deliver a safe Olympics without overburdening Japan’s health-care system. Many doctors and nurses don’t agree. ( read original story ...)