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England and Saracens lock George Kruis will join Japanese Top League side Panasonic Wild Knights on a one-year contract at the end of the season. ( read original story ...)

Japan was poised to lift its nationwide state of emergency over the coronavirus on Monday, gradually reopening the world's third-biggest economy after new cases slowed to a crawl. Compared to hard-hit ... ( read original story ...)

Wales centre Hadleigh Parkes is leaving Scarlets for a new career in Japan with Panasonic Wild Knights. The New Zealand-born player became eligible for Wales in 2017 and scored two tries on his debut ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese casual clothing chain Uniqlo, owned by Fast Retailing , said it plans to sell face masks made of fabric used for its Airism underwear line in response to strong demand for protective ... ( read original story ...)

Students in two more Australian states have returned to school full-time as numbers of virus patients in hospitals across the country fall ... ( read original story ...)

Elsewhere, for the first time since the pandemic began, China reported no new cases on Saturday and millions of Muslims are marking a muted and gloomy holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the end of the fasting ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is looking to lift a state of emergency for Tokyo and remaining areas still facing restrictions while also considering fresh stimulus worth almost $1 trillion to help companies ride out the ... ( read original story ...)

Johnny Sexton says Ireland got it wrong with their pre-match plans to take down the All Blacks at the World Cup. ( read original story ...)

Japan is considering a fresh stimulus package worth over $929 billion (£764 billion) that will consist mostly of financial aid programmes for companies hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)

Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet slumped to a near three-year low, a poll by the Mainichi Shimbun daily showed on Saturday, in a further setback to the premier after ... ( read original story ...)

The 22-year-old twice grand slam champion's total of just over $57 million is the most ever earned by a female athlete in a 12-month period. ( read original story ...)

A onetime U.S. Army Special Forces member accused of assisting in the cloak-and-dagger escape of Nissan Motor Co.’s former chairman from Japan will fight any attempt to extradite him from the U.S., ... ( read original story ...)

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is cutting hundreds of jobs in Washington state and shuttering its U.S. operations for the troubled SpaceJet project, the company said Friday. "Due to the budget directives ... ( read original story ...)

Tennis star Naomi Osaka earned $37.4 million last year, a record for a female athlete, according to Forbes. The previous record was fellow tennis player Maria Sharapova’s $29.7 million in 2015, ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka moved ahead of Serena Williams as the highest-paid female athlete in the world. ( read original story ...)

CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports from Tokyo as a new emperor takes the reins after the first imperial abdication in the country in 200 years. ( read original story ...)