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When the US Open women’s draw came out, one of the possible popcorn matches during the second week was a fourth-round meeting between Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka. The duo has combined to win six Grand Slam singles titles and are among the biggest names in tennis. ( read original story ...)

Gauff sits squarely behind Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek in the world rankings. Swiatek holds six major titles to Sabalenka's three and Gauff's two. Osaka, who owns four Grand Slams, is currently sits as the No. 24 in the world and has significantly diminished as an elite player despite building herself back up. ( read ...

Six years after their first US Open meeting, Coco Gauff has become a two-time Slam champion, Naomi Osaka a four-time winner and new mom. Both arrive in the fourth round with a point to prove. ( read original story ...)

A brutal heat wave in Japan has set nationwide records and continues to deliver punishing heat across the country. On July 30, the country hit the highest temperature ever recorded, measuring 106.16 degrees in Samba city, ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Temperature continued to surge across Japan, with Nagoya recording 40 degrees Celsius at 2:28 p.m. local time on Sunday amid a heatwave. This marked the ninth day this year ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka and Coco Gauff will meet in the fourth round on Monday night. And it's more of a toss-up than recent results suggest. ( read original story ...)

Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka's fourth-round U.S. Open showdown will serve as a welcome trip down memory lane for the two fan favourites, as they face off in a match made for prime time on Monday. ( read original story ...)

Sporting dark face paint and clutching a gun, teenage soldier-in-training Takuma Hiyane crawls across a field on Japan's Okinawa, the front line of the nation's defence as anxiety grows over China's ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's chief negotiator with the US on tariffs has canceled a visit to Washington over US plans to have a presidential order include stepped-up Japanese purchases of American rice, Nikkei Asia ... ( read original story ...)

Temperatures are soaring in many parts of Japan on Sunday. The mercury is expected to reach 40 degrees Celsius in Nagoya City, central Japan. ( read original story ...)

A team of researchers from institutions including Nagoya University has developed and patented a method to identify bullying chickens that pe ... ( read original story ...)

Ancient droplets found in meteorites reveal the history of planet formation. About 4.5 billion years ago, Jupiter expanded quickly into the giant planet we see today. Its immense gravity disturbed the ... ( read original story ...)

Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka have set up a high-profile showdown between two past title winners in the U.S. Open’s fourth round. ( read original story ...)

NEW YORK - Four-times major champion Naomi Osaka powered into the U.S. Open fourth round on Saturday with a 6-0 4-6 6-3 win over 15th seed Daria Kasatkina to continue her best Grand Slam run since ... ( read original story ...)

Gauff has a 3-2 lead against Osaka in head-to-head matches on the WTA Tour. Gauff won their last two meetings, including a walkover when Osaka suffered an injury in last year's China Open. Gauff went ... ( read original story ...)

However, while Osaka won the third-round match 6-0, 4-6, 6-3, she did look more human in the following two sets as the Australian challenged her for the latter part of the nearly two-hour match. ( read original story ...)