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JAPAN’S football friendly against Jamaica was cancelled today after 10 Jamaican players were unable to board their flight because of virus test issues, the Japan Football Association said. Japan had ... ( read original story ...)

N aomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open on Monday and wrote on Twitter that she would be taking a break from competition, a dramatic turn of events for a four-time Grand Slam champion who said she ... ( read original story ...)

The team will be confined to one floor of a hotel as it prepares for the Tokyo Games, which are scheduled to begin July 23 despite a coronavirus outbreak and growing public opposition. ( read original story ...)

Ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the Japanese city of Kamo spent 70 million yen ($640,000) on horizontal bars, gymnastic mats and other upgrades to training facilities for 42 Russian gymnasts and ... ( read original story ...)

From June 1 to June 11, the Yokohama authorities will have a window for receiving the actual RFP submissions from the qualified candidates, with the aim of choosing a single suitor this summer. ( read original story ...)

Leading figures in tennis and sport have rallied to support Naomi Osaka after the women's world number two withdrew from the French Open in a row about post-match media duties, saying she had been ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka's well-being is more important than any tennis match, but the way this has played out has done no favors for anyone involved. ( read original story ...)

The Games were meant to be a moment of national celebration but – with coronavirus cases rising in Japan – this summer’s postponed Olympics are the subject of recrimination and protest. Can widespread ... ( read original story ...)

Japan plans to start COVID-19 vaccination at workplaces and universities on June 21 to speed up the country's inoculation drive, a top government spokesman said on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

Spectators at the Tokyo Olympics may have to show a negative virus test result before being allowed to enter venues and could be ejected if they break rules banning eating, drinking and cheering.A ... ( read original story ...)

The four-time Grand Slam tournament winner wrote on Instagram that she had suffered from bouts of depression since 2018 and will “take some time” away from the tennis court. ( read original story ...)

Factbox on Japan's Naomi Osaka, who withdrew from the French Open on Monday in the wake of her decision to boycott post-match media duties, explaining she had been suffering from depression since ... ( read original story ...)

Australia's softball squad is set to arrive in Japan on Tuesday for a pre-Olympic training camp, as the majority of the Japanese public is opposed to holding the huge international event in a country ... ( read original story ...)

After 30 years in Japan, former Goldman Sachs vice chair Kathy Matsui, known for research that shifted government policy on women at work, is starting a venture fund that could help put some of her ... ( read original story ...)

In Japan, local authorities are giving away renovation subsidies to incentivize people to move into the country's rural areas. ( read original story ...)

Tennis star Naomi Osaka said Monday she is withdrawing from the French Open after refusing to speak to the media at the grand slam. ( read original story ...)