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Naomi Osaka swept her way into the fourth round of the U.S. Open for the first time, beating Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-0, 6-0. The No. 20 seed from Japan needed just 50 minutes, 25 per set, to eliminate ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka wrapped up another swift win at the US Open as she double-bageled Aliaksandra Sasnovich to advance to the last 16. The 20-year-old needed just 50 minutes to see off Sasnovich ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama is known as a port city full of joy and an energetic atmosphere. For hundreds of years, Yokohama has been a major trading hub between Japan and the world and helped to introduce many new ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Global shares mostly fell Friday following a report ... TRADE WORRIES: Worries about recent trans-Pacific trade fiction have hurt Asian markets. Bloomberg News said the U.S. government was get... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Asian shares fell Friday following a report that the ... TRADE WORRIES: Worries about the recent trans-Pacific trade fiction have hurt Asian markets. Bloomberg News said the U.S. government wa... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO—Japan’s Defence Ministry is seeking to more than double spending on missile defence, including purchases of costly American arsenals, to defend against North Korean threats. The record-high 5.3 ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese automotive chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp is considering buying U.S. chipmaker Integrated Device Technology Inc, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan's Defence Ministry is seeking to more than double spending on missile defence , including purchases of costly American arsenals, to defend against North Korean threats. The record-high 5 ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Line Corp said on Friday it will launch a cryptocurrency in September, as the company tries to build up a wide range of businesses using its popular messaging app as a ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department ... emails sent to the exchange’s employees to spread viruses. In July, news.Bitcoin.com reported that the number of cases involving phishing emails ... ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO (Yomiuri Shimbun/Asia News Network) - Hokkaido’s first gin distillery has opened in Sapporo, with kelp and other local products used to create a spirit with a distinctive flavour. Hokkaido Lib... ( read original story ...)

In an effort to combat employee turnover, Yokohama Tire Corporation created a new work schedule for its West Point plant employees. Prior to February, Yokohama employees would work six 12-hour day shi... ( read original story ...)

The plight of a lonely dolphin and dozens of penguins that have been abandoned in a derelict aquarium in Japan since the start ... and the other animals.” News of the abandoned animals spread ... ( read original story ...)

Yuko Mitsuya, the head of the Japan Basketball Association, bowed in apology before making the announcement at a Wednesday news conference in Tokyo. “They lacked the sense of pride and responsibility ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA, Japan—Makers of consumer goods, basking in a warm spell between Asia’s two biggest economies, have discovered that the factories in this country have an advantage China can’t match. They can pu... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s chief government spokesman denied a Washington Post ... in any case this isn’t true,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a regular news briefing Wednesday in response to a question ab... ( read original story ...)