Yokohama’s new GEOLADAR X-AT all-terrain tire will be released in 27 sizes in July. (Photo: Yokohama Tire) Yokohama Tire has announced the launch of its new extreme all-terrain tire, the GEOLANDAR ... ( read original story ...)
Stuttering Osaka braced for tough match against Azarenka
PARIS (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka expects Thursday’s French Open second-round meeting with a resurgent Victoria Azarenka to be her toughest challenge this year as the world number one struggles to ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama chosen as original equipment supplier for new Mazda3
Yokohama Tire announced it was chosen as the original equipment supplier for the new Mazda3. The new MAZDA3 which went on sale globally on May 24, 2019, is coming factory-equipped with “BluEarth-GT ... ( read original story ...)
Nervy Osaka survives huge first-round scare
PARIS (Reuters) - World number one and top seed Naomi Osaka said she was a bundle of nerves as she flirted with a first-round exit at the French Open on Tuesday before firing herself up to beat ... ( read original story ...)
Man kills 2, wounds 17 in knife attack on Japanese schoolgirls outside Tokyo
Tokyo bureau chief covering Japan ... who was at a park near the site, told Kyodo News. He said he saw children falling to the ground. But Satoru Shitori, the deputy principal of the Caritas ... ( read original story ...)
Deadly knife attack near Tokyo raises alarm on child safety
The attack near Tokyo on Tuesday has raised concerns about how children can be protected on their way to school. Officials say the knife-brandishing man ran while slashing a group of schoolgirls ... ( read original story ...)
Japan attack: Child among two killed in Kawasaki stabbing
He began stabbing the children and then boarded the bus and stabbed children inside as well, according to the BBC's Japan correspondent, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes. News agency Kyodo said the man was ... ( read original story ...)
Stabbing of 17 Children Shocks Japan, Where Parents Trust Streets Are Safe
One father, who had come to pick up his second-grade daughter, said that his wife had seen news of the stabbings on television, and that he had received a message from the school on Line, a Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s First Junk Bond Would Break Barriers in Wary Market
(Bloomberg) -- Aiful Corp., the consumer lender brought to the edge of bankruptcy a decade ago, is on the verge of selling Japan’s first yen-denominated junk bond in the public markets, showing how ... ( read original story ...)
1, not done: Osaka avoids French Open upset; Azarenka next
The wind was swirling, Naomi Osaka's shots were flying everywhere except where she wanted and her debut as the No. 1 seed at a Grand Slam tournament was not going well. Not well at all. ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka flirts with early exit as top players struggle at French Open
PARIS (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka's quest for a third consecutive Grand Slam title almost came to an abrupt end on Tuesday as a number of top players struggled to book their spots in the second round of ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo, European Elections, Renault: Your Tuesday Briefing
President Trump shrugged off North Korea’s recent short-range missile tests in a joint news conference with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan in Tokyo at the end of his four-day state visit, ... ( read original story ...)
Dozen Japanese schoolgirls stabbed by middle-aged man outside Tokyo, two dead
Tokyo bureau chief covering Japan ... The knives were found nearby amid pools of blood at the scene, the Kyodo News agency reported. “I heard a man and a woman screaming,” a 50-year-old woman who ... ( read original story ...)
Trump basked in spotlight in Japan, even as his focus seemed elsewhere
Then Monday, in a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Trump continued his headlong plunge into diplomatic mayhem, expressing such eagerness for a deal with North Korean ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Osaka struggles early at French Open but wins
Naomi Osaka dug herself out of a hole at the French Open and kept her bid alive for a third consecutive Grand Slam title. Coming back from a disastrous first set, the U.S. Open and Australian Open ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka survives huge first-round scare
PARIS (Reuters) - World number one and top seed Naomi Osaka flirted with an opening-round exit at the French Open on Tuesday but recovered from a first-set horror show to beat Anna Karolina ... ( read original story ...)