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Naomi Osaka’s path back to the top of tennis has been anything but straightforward. When she made her comeback at the start of 2024, even she probably didn’t expect it to take so long. ( read original story ...)

As she continues to drum up support from overseas Filipinos for her campaign to have her father released from detention in The Hague, Vice President Sara Duterte said yesterday she is eyeing Tokyo and ... ( read original story ...)

Gauff takes the first point off Osaka's serve for the first time in the match but the Japan player wins the next four points to take another hold. No sign of a dip from her yet. Easy as you like from Lorenzo Musetti. ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka is bringing the Labubu fad to the U.S. Open — all the way to at least the quarterfinals. Osaka has played four matches at the Grand Slam tennis tournament so far this year, each time toting a different version of the popular plush toy attached to her racket bag. ( read original story ...

Japanese government officials have released an AI video to show just how devastating an eruption at Mount Fuji could be. But don't worry, the dormant volcano is currently not at risk of blowing. ( read original story ...)

About two dozen people gathered at a burial ground in Japan for a service that coincided with Japan’s formal surrender aboard the USS Missouri in 1945. ( read original story ...)

The scammer told the woman he was "in space on a spaceship right now" but was "under attack and in need of oxygen," an official said. ( read original story ...)

Mr Ishiba has repeated his intention to stay on despite calls within his party to see him go. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

A new semiconductor inspection and metrology platform is set to begin validation in KIOXIA’s advanced production lines ... ( read original story ...)

YOKOHAMA: I have been reflecting on the potential outcomes of the current 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) conference, where President Samia Suluhu Hassan has sent ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese ruling party's secretary general Hiroshi Moriyama, a close aide to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, said on Tuesday he intends to resign from his post to take responsibility for the party's ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to ask ministers as early as this week to compile an economic stimulus package to address inflation and Trump administration tariffs, the Sankei newspaper ... ( read original story ...)

Alarm bells are going off in Japan as the decline in births shows no sign of stopping. A survey by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare found that about 339,000 babies were born in the first half ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Finance Ministry says the combined ordinary profit of Japanese manufacturers dropped 11.5 percent in the April-to-June period from a year earlier. The decline came as automakers were hit hard ... ( read original story ...)

Suntory Holdings CEO and Chairman Takeshi Niinami has tendered his resignation following a police investigation into whether he violated the law prohibiting possession of cannabis, the Tokyo Shimbun ... ( read original story ...)

Two major cities in Hokkaido prefecture (pictured), in Japan, have shown support to the idea of the prefecture hosting an integrated resort (IR) with a casino. The Hokkaido prefecture launched last ... ( read original story ...)