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Serena Williams' stay at the Miami Open lasted just 77 minutes. Japan's Naomi Osaka overpowered Williams and posted a 6-3, 6-2 victory at Key Biscayne, Fla., in Wednesday's first round of the event that Williams has won eight times. Osaka recorded seven ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – Prosecutors have formally charged four of Japan's biggest construction companies for allegedly colluding on bids for a multibillion dollar high-speed maglev train line connecting Tokyo and central Japan. The Tokyo District Prosecutors Office said ... ( read original story ...)

A Cambodian Foreign Ministry spokesman says Sonoura told Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn of Tokyo's desire to see a free and fair election. The spokesman says Sonoura expressed no wish to interfere in Cambodia's internal affairs while he wants to see ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama announced today that they will be sponsoring five trails this year at the 52nd annual Easter Jeep Safari March 24-April 1 in Moab, Utah, where attendance is expected to exceed 20,000 visitors. Their sponsorship of the Moab Rim (March 27), Fins and ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday that he would closely watch the United States’ move to impose tariffs on up to $60 billion of Chinese goods. Aso made the comment just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japan Fair Trade Commission said on Friday that it would press criminal charges against four construction firms for suspected collusion over contracts for an $80 billion high-speed magnetic levitation (maglev) train line. ( read original story ...)

Look for Yokohama at this year's Easter Jeep Safari, March 24-April 1 in Moab, Utah. As one of the sponsors of this spectacular wheeling event, Yokohama will have its semi-trailer in the Vendor Expo area featuring the rugged GEOLANDAR® tires, including ... ( read original story ...)

March 22, 2018 10:42am EDT March 22, 2018 10:42am EDT Tennis, WTA, News, English, WTA Tour, Features, WTA Miami Open, Naomi Osaka The WTA Tour has a new superstar in Naomi Osaka, the 20-year-old making it eight wins in a row by beating Serena Williams. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo police and disaster officials said Thursday that seven of them who couldn't walk were airlifted. Six others hiked down escorted by rescue workers. (Yohei Fukai/Kyodo News via AP) Holidaymakers were hit by unanticipated snow in Tokyo on Wednesday ... ( read original story ...)

Reigning Indian Wells champion Naomi Osaka continued her run of spectacular form on Tuesday, routing Serena Williams 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Miami Open. Williams, an eight-time champion in Miami, is 2-2 since returning to the tour in February ... ( read original story ...)

(Reuters) - Indian Wells champion Naomi Osaka defeated 23-times grand slam champion Serena Williams 6-3 6-2 in the Miami Open first round on Wednesday, the latest big win for the emerging 20-year-old Japanese player. The pair were on serve in the first set ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka dumped Serena Williams out of the Miami Open in fabulous fashion as she continued her remarkable recent run of form. The world No. 22 beat the legendary 36-year-old in straight sets to back up her stunning victory at Indian Wells and set up ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka stunned the returning Serena Williams in the first round at the Miami Open on Wednesday, adding the 23-time grand slam winner to her growing list of scalps. Williams was playing only her second tournament since giving birth to her first child ... ( read original story ...)

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — Serena Williams lost in the first round of the Miami Open on Wednesday, still rusty in her return from pregnancy and unable to overcome a tough draw against Naomi Osaka, who won 6-3, 6-2. The 20-year-old Osaka, who earned her first ... ( read original story ...)

Sapporo Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi in University Place plans to open March 27. Its owners have spent eight months turning the space that previously held Chinese restaurant Jade Palace into a 198-seat restaurant serving teppanyaki, which is a multi-course ... ( read original story ...)

At a Shinto shrine in Tokyo, a thirty-something Japanese man blushes bright red after matching with a more-stoic woman at a marriage-hunting party. In another part of the capital, whose metropolitan area has a bigger population than Canada’s, a student ... ( read original story ...)