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Naomi Osaka advanced to the 2020 U.S. Open women's singles quarterfinals with a straight sets win while Petra Kvitova and David Goffin were among the players to suffer round of 16 upsets at the Grand ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka returned to the U.S. Open quarterfinals by taking advantage of some early jitters for Anett Kontaveit and showing no ill effects from a recent left hamstring problem. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo will open Pride House, Japan's first permanent such center, next month to raise awareness of LGBTQ rights before and during the rearranged Olympic Games in 2021. Although there have been similar ... ( read original story ...)

A Tokyo man has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a 9-year-old schoolgirl he met through an online game and confining her for more than two days, with investigative sources saying he had ... ( read original story ...)

The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): 12:25 a.m. Naomi Osaka returned to the U.S. Open quarterfinals by taking advantage of some early jitters for Anett Kontaveit and ... ( read original story ...)

Two-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka beats Anette Kontaveit in straight sets to reach the last eight of the US Open. ( read original story ...)

The storm triggered landslides and left four people missing and hundreds of thousands without power as it barreled through southwestern Japan. ( read original story ...)

Groups fighting for equality in Japan focus on the rights of immigrants, refugees, Ainu and Zainichi residents. ( read original story ...)

Researchers say they have figured out a grafting mechanism that can overcome the “impossible” process of combining widely different plant species. The grafting technique takes advantage of the strong ... ( read original story ...)

Former champion Naomi Osaka was at her free-swinging best as she stormed into the US Open quarter-finals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Anett Kontaveit ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka dispatched Anett Kontaveit at the U.S. Open on Sunday night, moving on to a quarterfinal showdown with American upstart Shelby Rogers. ( read original story ...)

Typhoon Haishen has touched down in South Korea after slamming through southern Japan. The storm made landfall in Ulsan, just north of Busan, South Korea's second-largest city. More than 300 flights ... ( read original story ...)

Former champion Naomi Osaka was at her free-swinging best as she stormed into the U.S. Open quarter-finals with a 6-3 6-4 win over Anett Kontaveit on Sunday. ( read original story ...)

"Now very much these will be the Games that conquered Covid, the light at the end of the tunnel." In July, Tokyo 2020 chief executive Toshiro Muto said it was possible ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's postponed Olympics will go ahead next year regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC vice president John Coates told AFP Monday, saying they would be the "Games that conquered Covid". ( read original story ...)

The girl is believed to have communicated with the man via the game's voice chat function on when and where to meet. ( read original story ...)