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Within seconds, a bing, bing, bing of the cell phone also alerted him to approaching danger. A North Korean missile was flying over Japan. The Edmonton-born musician and his wife Eiko were directly in the flight path. "On Tuesday morning, there was a siren ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's deputy prime minister on Wednesday retracted a comment made a day earlier that seemed to suggest that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had good intentions. Taro Aso was speaking at a seminar for his faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday ... ( read original story ...)

The North's leader, Kim Jong-un, ordered the missile drill to be conducted for the first time from its capital, Pyongyang, and said it was necessary to undertake more exercises with the Pacific as the target, the North's KCNA news agency said. "The current ... ( read original story ...)

Amanda Harlow, who lives in the nearby city of Sapporo, was watching television with her partner when they received the same message on their phones, then over the news. "We just looked at each other and thought 'what do we do?' "Our nearest possible ... ( read original story ...)

A note was found in her bags at the hotel in Sapporo thanking her family for raising her, but telling them she wanted to make a fresh start, according to Chinese media reports. Wei’s letter expressed suicidal thoughts, according to the Japanese news ... ( read original story ...)

By Adam Frisk National Online Journalist, Breaking News Global News Shortly after North Korea launched another missile towards Japan, residents were awakened to blaring sirens, emergency text messages and instructions broadcast over loudspeakers ... ( read original story ...)

"When we were little, we would come to the U.S. Open every year. And even to practise, sometimes I would play here," the 19-year-old Osaka, who has dual nationality, told a news conference. "So the site feels really familiar to me... It's nostalgic every ... ( read original story ...)

The greatest thud of the day came when the defending women's champion Angelique Kerber fell, 6-3, 6-1, to Naomi Osaka, a 19-year-old who spent part of her childhood on Long Island. Kerber will continue her tumble out of the top 10 in the rankings ... ( read original story ...)

Sixth seed Kerber was defeated 6-3 6-1 by Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka, becoming the first defending champion in New York to exit in the opening round since Svetlana Kuznetsova suffered a similar fate in 2005. The German left-hander became number one for ... ( read original story ...)

Trump spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ... must respect those resolutions from the United Nations," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference on a visit to the United Arab Emirates, according to a translation of his remarks. ( read original story ...)

What happened: In a stunning upset, Japan’s Naomi Osaka ousted 2016 defending US Open champion Angelique Kerber, 6-3, 6-1. In their first meeting, Osaka came to the court locked and loaded with an arsenal of weapons, including her concise backhand ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka bounced back from the disappointment of losing a 5-1 third-set lead over Madison Keys in the third round of last year's US Open to stun defending champion Angelique Kerber in this year's opening round, 6-3, 6-1, Tuesday inside Arthur Ashe Stadium. ( read original story ...)

because I turn around a lot of matches," Kerber told a news conference. "She played good, especially also at the end of the match. I'm always trying to go for it when I had the chance." Kerber, however, barely got that chance as Osaka, who last year had ... ( read original story ...)

August 29, 2017 3:02pm EDT August 29, 2017 3:02pm EDT Tennis, Breaking News, WTA, News, Grand Slams, US Open, English, WTA Tour, Angelique Kerber Osaka thrashed Kerber in round one Tuesday, meaning last year's champion will drop out of the world's top 10. ( read original story ...)

The sixth-seeded German is out of the tournament and on her way out of the top 10 after being beaten by Naomi Osaka of Japan 6-3, 6-1 in one of the only completed matches on a rainy Tuesday. Not since Svetlana Kuznetsova lost in the first round in 2005 had ... ( read original story ...

Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka sent defending champion Angelique Kerber crashing out of the US Open first round on Tuesday, bringing a rare bright spot to a rain-lashed day at Flushing Meadows. As players ran for cover off the outside courts, Osaka's big ... ( read original story ...)