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The Libema Open quarterfinals will feature a battle of US Open champions as Naomi Osaka takes on Bianca Andreescu on Friday for a spot in the semifinals. ( read original story ...)

The pace of gains in Japan’s producer prices quickened more than expected in May, registering the fastest clip in nine months, adding to signs of simmering inflationary pressure ahead of the Bank of Japan’s meeting this week. ( read original story ...)

Former world number one Naomi Osaka blasted her way into the quarter-finals of the S-Hertogenbosch grass-court tournament on Wednesday with a rapid-fire straight sets victory as she tunes up for Wimbledon. ( read original story ...)

Until quite recently, Americans needed to travel outside of the country to experience the likes of Pizza Bar on 38th at the Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo and Pepe in Grani just outside Naples. Now, L.A. is home to one of the country’s only pizza tasting menus ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA, Japan, June 12, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MEIJO NANO CARBON CO., LTD. (CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) has agreed to a capital and business alliance with SK Inc. Materials, a materials company of SK ... ( read original story ...)

A woman in her 80s died Wednesday after her neck became trapped under the handrail at the bottom of an escalator at a supermarket in ( read original story ...)

Japan will import 1500 tonnes of feed-quality wheat for livestock use via a simultaneous buy and sell (SBS) auction that closed late on Wednesday, Reuters reported, citing the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF). ( read original story ...)

Ahead of the Olympics, the United States will play a high level friendly against Japan in Kansas City. It's the first time that United States soccer will take part in the Olympics since 2008, but Marko Mitrovic is left with tough decisions since his squad can only be eight players for the tournament. ( read ...

Naomi Osaka says she feels “like a newbie” on grass again and wants to continue to show the level that saw her push Iga Swiatek to the limit at the French Open. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said she would run for a third straight term as leader of the Japanese capital, setting up an unprecedented race between two women for one of the highest-profile positions ... ( read original story ...)

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan - U.S. Forces Japan pushed back on claims in local media of possible water contamination at its home base in western Tokyo as “inaccurate” and “regrettable.” A June 9 report by ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Advantest said on Wednesday booming demand for high bandwidth memory (HBM) used for artificial intelligence (AI) tasks is boosting its memory tester business. HBM, a type of high performance ... ( read original story ...)

The headset will start at its highest asking price in China, where it will host apps from local developers, including Chinese tech giants like Tencent and ByteDance. The entrance into international ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's wholesale inflation jumped in May at the fastest annual pace in nine months, data showed on Wednesday, a sign the weak yen was adding upward pressure on prices by pushing up the cost of raw ... ( read original story ...)

Shota Fujio converted a penalty kick in the sixth minute, Mao Hosoya added a goal in the 69th and Japan beat the United States 2-0 in an under-23 game, the Americans’ last warmup ahead of the Olympics ... ( read original story ...)

Years after having a major impact on the court as a mom, Kim Clijsters has spoken about the recent struggles of the newly-turned mother, Naomi Osaka. Like Clijsters, Osaka made a comeback to tennis months after welcoming her first child. After giving birth ... ( read original story ...)