Tag: sapporo

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A smiling Naomi Osaka overpowered Ashleigh Barty 6-4 6-2 to reach the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time and end the host nation’s involvement in the women’s draw at the Australian Open on Saturday. Barty’s quantum ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka clinched her match with an ace, beating local hope Ashleigh Barty 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the fourth round at Melbourne Park. The Japanese 20-year-old's win finally marked some success in the third round at a major — she was previously 0 for 5. ( read original story ...)

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Japan’s Naomi Osaka overpowered Ashleigh Barty 6-4 6-2 to reach the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time on Saturday, leaving the host nation without a contender for the Australian Open women’s title. Barty’s quantum ... ( read original story ...)

Ashleigh Barty is out of the Australian Open after falling victim to the awesome firepower of Japan's Naomi Osaka. Unseeded Osaka crunched 12 aces and 24 clean winners past Barty on Saturday to send Australia's last women's singles hope packing with a ... ( read original story ...)

The emperor of Japan has honoured a long-time Calgary chiropractor, diamond hunter, black-belt holder and friend to busted-up cowboys everywhere. Eighty-two-year-old Dr. Tetsuo Yoshida was this week awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays ... ( read original story ...)

Cue squeals of delight now: The latest social media obsession with palm-sized hedgehogs has landed in Tokyo, with the opening of a new hedgehog café. Over the last few years, the latest pet craze has spawned many a viral video of hedgehogs being cradled ... ( read original story ...)

In the early hours of Thursday, Tokyo Metro Co. discovered one of its trains had been vandalized overnight with graffiti while parked near Nakano Station, the subway operator said. The incident was the third in the past seven days where Tokyo Metro subway ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 20-year-old male student at Keio University over the fatal stabbing of his father at their residence in Ota Ward on Thursday, reports TBS News (Jan. 19). At around 10:00 p.m., Tomonari Torita ... ( read original story ...)

"It's ready to go," Takeda told AFP in an interview. "We would use all the facilities from the (1972) Sapporo Olympics. The sliding courses for bobsleigh and luge no longer exist, but we would use the Nagano tracks. "We could also use the Sapporo Dome for ... ( read original story ...)

KANAGAWA (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have revealed that a man who has admitted to killing nine persons in his residence in Zama City last year repeatedly pestered his only male victim for money, reports Fuji News Network (Jan. 17). According to ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police revealed on Wednesday that the boss of a criminal syndicate has been re-arrested, reports Fuji News Network (Dec. 22). Over a four-year period ending in October of last year, Yasunori Matsudo, a 53-year-old boss within the ... ( read original story ...)

The likeable Queenslander is Australia’s last remaining competitor in the women’s singles draw and could face a potential fourth-round match-up with top seed Simona Halep with a win over Japan’s Naomi Osaka. Barty declared Osaka ‘a great chick ... ( read original story ...)

A man, 68, was robbed of 20 million yen in cash in Nagoya’s Nakamura Ward on Tuesday (TBS News) AICHI (TR) – Aichi Prefectural Police have launched an investigation after a man was attacked and robbed of a bag containing 20 million yen in cash in ... ( read original story ...)

A disaster drill aimed particularly at providing shelter for stranded foreigners was conducted at the Roppongi Hills complex in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday, the 23rd anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. The exercise was held in ... ( read original story ...)

Aliens from Space Invaders were projected onto the window panes of a Tokyo skyscraper where they were blasted by enthusiastic fans to celebrate 40 years of the game. Four decades after the game took the world by storm, a high-tech exhibition is allowing ... ( read original story ...)

HOKKAIDO (TR) – Hokkaido Prefectural Police have arrested a former co-worker of a 23-year-old woman who was found murdered in her residence in Sapporo last year, reports Nippon News Network (Jan. 17). Police have accused Akihiro Kumakura, 43, of ... ( read original story ...)