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NAOMI Osaka became the first Japanese to win a Grand Slam singles title on Saturday as her idol Serena Williams angrily imploded, calling the chair umpire in the US Open final “a thief”. Osaka, 20, tr... ( read original story ...)

Serena Williams has, rightfully so, earned the title as the best woman to ever play tennis. That, though, didn’t faze 20-year-old Japanese phenom Naomi Osaka. Osaka dominated Williams 6-2, 6-4 on Satu... ( read original story ...)

Burt Reynolds, whose good looks and charm made him one of Hollywood's most popular actors as he starred in films such as "Deliverance," "The Longest Yard" and... The run-up to a presidential election ... ( read original story ...)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka became Japan's first ever Grand Slam champion after she thumped a raging Serena Williams 6-2 6-4 in a controversial U.S. Open final on Saturday, with the American suff... ( read original story ...)

Japanese rescue workers and troops searched Saturday for the missing for a third straight day in a northern hamlet buried by landslides from a powerful earthquake in Japan. Power was restored to ... ( read original story ...)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - As Naomi Osaka sprinted through her matches at the U.S. Open this year, pushing aside anyone who stood in her way, it would have been easy to mistake the young Japanese phenom ... ( read original story ...)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka announced her arrival on the big stage at the U.S. Open on Thursday, beating last year’s runner-up Madison Keys 6-2 6-4 to reach her first Grand Slam final and ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Meteorological Agency said the quake ... Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference that nine people had been confirmed dead. The national broadcaster NHK put ... ( read original story ...)

The toll from an earthquake that rocked Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido rose to 18 on Friday, and in one small town two dozen people remained unaccounted for after an entire ... ( read original story ...)

Rescue workers with dogs searched for survivors on Friday in debris-strewn landslides caused by an earthquake in Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido that killed at least 16 people, officials ... ( read original story ...)

"Yeah, it's great news we're both in the semis." Historic news, actually. Both players won — Osaka decisively, Nishikori narrowly — to give Japan a men's and women's semifinalist at the same ... ( read original story ...)

"We will create an environment that will enable athletes to perform at their best with a sense of safety," Tokyo 2020 official Hidemasa Nakamura told a recent news conference announcing the ... ( read original story ...)

Meet Japan’s Naomi Osaka, who ticks all those boxes and more. The daughter of a Japanese mother and Haitian father, the charismatic Osaka has offered signs that she possesses all the talent and ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Meteorological Agency said the quake ... Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference that seven people had been confirmed dead. The national broadcaster NHK put ... ( read original story ...)

Kyodo News Agency said. The closure comes just a couple days after Kansai Airport, an important hub for companies exporting semiconductors near Osaka, in western Japan, was shut after it was hit ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Uber Technologies [UBER.UL] on Thursday said it would launch a taxi-hailing app for taxis operating in Nagoya, as the U.S. firm tries to expand its foothold in a country where it ... ( read original story ...)