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Nearly 60% of people in Japan think Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori is unfit for his role as head of the Olympics organising committee, according to a poll conducted by Kyodo News on Sunday. The ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka has emerged as one of the biggest ambassadors of tennis in the last couple of years. Fans just love her and she has already won three Grand Slam titles at the age of just 23. The Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has taken aim at the “hate, racism and blame” for Covid-19 towards the Asian community, calling it “disgusting”. Osaka, who is due to start the Australian Open in ... ( read original story ...)

Soubbotina was formerly a teacher in the Vladivostock Girl’s School and has resided with her husband in Japan since last April. 75 YEARS AGO Wednesday, Feb. 6, 1946 “Emperor Hiromichi,” as he is now ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's governors urged the central government on Saturday to present its coronavirus vaccine rollout plan soon as little information ... ( read original story ...)

In a late submission to the Olympics line-up, Japan has introduced a new discipline in which the octogenarian president of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee first insults women and then lumbers ... ( read original story ...)

Most, but not all Americans like their space or “elbow room” and sort of feel sorry for those who live in countries with much higher population densities. On long weekends ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese tennis superstar Naomi Osaka Saturday slammed "ignorant" remarks from the Tokyo Olympics' chief organiser after a sexism row that has triggered an angry backlash and calls for his resignation ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's three-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka on Saturday said that sexist comments by the head of the Tokyo Olympics organising committee were "ignorant" but she refrained from calling on Yoshiro ... ( read original story ...)

A dance company in this central Japan city is attracting a lot of attention after creating a circular stage for performances viewed t ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka pulled out of her Gippsland Trophy semi-final on Saturday with "a niggling injury" but said she looked forward to competing at the Australian Open which starts on Monday. ( read original story ...)

Former Australian Open champions Naomi Osaka and Victoria Azarenka withdrew from their warm-up tournaments for the year's first Grand Slam on Saturday, citing injuries. Osaka pulled out of her ... ( read original story ...)

World No.3 Naomi Osaka and No.13 Victoria Azarenka have both pulled out of their respective Australian Open warm-up events. ( read original story ...)

Former Australian Open champions Naomi Osaka and Victoria Azarenka withdrawn from tuneup tournaments Saturday, two days before the year’s first tennis major begins at Melbourne Park. No. 3-ranked ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese restaurant called in front of the board of health to answer for repeat health code violations has since passed inspection. ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka has revealed why she wore masks with the names of police shooting victims during last year’s US Open – and talks about her hopes for the future under a new US president. ( read original story ...)