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Thai football phenom Chanathip Songkrasin has been impressive since joining Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo and was recently hailed by teammates as the most valuable player. Half of his teammates believed ... ( read original story ...)

It's snowing incessantly in Sapporo, the largest city in Japan's northern most island – Hokkaido. The interiors of a vibrant izakaya provided the perfect comfort from the sub-zero temperatures of a ty... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – Less than two weeks after being awarded the event, Osaka leaders on Tuesday kicked off preparations for the 2025 World Expo. A formal prefectural headquarters to plan and prepare for the event ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan aims to boost defense spending over the next five years to help pay for new stealth fighters and other advanced U.S. military equipment, a source with knowledge of the plan sai... ( read original story ...)

New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Sascha Bajin, coach of the world number five Naomi Osaka, has become the first-ever recipient of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Coach of the Year Award. Heaping ... ( read original story ...)

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Sascha Bajin has been chosen as the first winner of the WTA Coach of the Year award after helping Naomi Osaka collect the U.S. Open title. The women's tennis tour announced i... ( read original story ...)

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Sascha Bajin has been chosen as the first winner of the WTA Coach of the Year award after helping Naomi Osaka collect the U.S. Open title. The women's tennis tour announce... ( read original story ...)

2019 Yokohama, to be held on 30 and 31 January at Pacifico Yokohama. The conference will host top companies and organizations from Japan and abroad who represent the future of the rapidly growing ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka's coach Sascha Bajin has been named as the first WTA Coach of the Year. Bajin was recognised as the coach who "serves as an ambassador of the sport and brings coaching to the forefront ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo prosecutors on Monday charged Ghosn, another Nissan executive and Nissan itself with underreporting his income by 5 billion yen ($44 million) over five years. Abe said in a televised news confer... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — The Latest on charges against former Nissan Motor ... In Japan, a company can be charged with wrongdoing. Kyodo News Service and other Japanese media reported Monday that prosecutors added mor... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Crown Princess Masako says she feels "insecure" about becoming empress in April, but will do her best to serve the people of Japan. Masako Owada will become empress when her husband, Crown Pri... ( read original story ...)

While the Sapporo area has enough winter attractions to easily fill an itinerary of several days or more, for those short on time, this moderately-paced itinerary offers a taste of some of the city's ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's parliament has approved a controversial new law allowing hundreds of thousands of foreigners into the country to ease labour shortages. From next April foreigners will be allowed to take up jo... ( read original story ...)

Japan started importing labourers in the early 1990s ... culminating with an all-caps classic: "FAKE NEWS THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!" Starting at 7 a.m. this morning, he was right back at it, posting a ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka exploded onto the tennis scene in 2018 on the court and she was pretty dominant in the press room as well. Photo Source: AP Welcome to the inaugural Tennis Now 25, where we celebrate the b... ( read original story ...)