TOKYO -- As newly bred Japanese strawberries and cherries that are sweeter and juicier than previous kinds hit the market, they are increasingly copied by farmers overseas, infringing on ... ( read original story ...)
Red-hot Osaka powers past Giorgi into Tokyo final
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka stormed past Italy’s Camila Giorgi 6-2 6-3 on Saturday to reach the final of the Pan Pacific Open, where she will face Karolina Pliskova. ( read original story ...)
US Open champion Osaka reaches Pan Pacific Open final
TOKYO (AP) -- Naomi Osaka eased into the final of the Pan Pacific Open on Saturday with a comfortable 6-2, 6-3 semifinal win over Camila Giorgi. The U.S. Open champion, who upset Serena Williams in th... ( read original story ...)
SanBio: Notice Regarding an Equity and Business Alliance Between Five Companies for Joint Research on the Appropriate Use, Adoption, and Stable Distribution of Regenerative …
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SanBio Co., Ltd. (representative: Keita Mori, headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; hereinafter SanBio) hereby announces that it has resolved to enter into an equity and business allia... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka wins 10th straight match to power into Tokyo final
TOKYO: US Open champion Naomi Osaka stormed past Italy's Camila Giorgi 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday to reach the final of the Pan Pacific Open, where she will face Karolina Pliskova. Osaka's victory in ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka wins 10th straight match to power into Tokyo final
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka stormed past Italy’s Camila Giorgi 6-2 6-3 on Saturday to reach the final of the Pan Pacific Open, where she will face Karolina Pliskova. ( read original story ...)
Japan lowers rovers onto ‘dumpling’ asteroid, hopeful of historic touchdown
Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has lowered two small rovers onto an asteroid in an epic mission to study the distant space rock. Preparations have been underway for the landing since the Japan Aerospac... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s GPIF unveils first global property mandate
Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world's largest pension fund with JPY 158.6 tln (€1.2 tln) of assets under management, has awarded its first global property mandate, appointing ... ( read original story ...)
Japan eyes bilateral US talks as a way to avert car tariffs
TOKYO -- Japan will soon restart trade talks with the U.S., this time more inclined to accept the Trump administration's preferred bilateral format for discussing tariffs, out of a belief that two ... ( read original story ...)
BoJ’s huge buying programs reaching their limits – Nikkei Review
Writing for the Nikkei Asian Review, former Bank of Japan (BoJ) member Sayuri Shirai is warning that the central bank's massive stock and bond purchasing programs are beginning to run out of roadway, ... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) “Training the Trainer” regional workshop in Saint Lucia
(PRESS RELEASE) – Saint Lucia, along with seven other Caribbean countries, is part of a regional initiative to advance the ratification of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fa... ( read original story ...)
Japan warms to bilateral talks with US to avoid auto tariffs
TOKYO -- Japan will soon restart trade talks with the U.S., this time more inclined to accept the Trump administration's preferred bilateral format for discussing tariffs, out of a belief that two ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka eases into Tokyo semis
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka continued to flourish in front of her home crowd at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, as she comfortably dispatched Barbora Strycova 6-3 6-4 on Friday ... ( read original story ...)
Straight up? DIY colonoscopy among weird science at Tokyo show
TOKYO: A gadget to "translate" dog barks for humans, a "babypod" that plays music inside the mother's vagina for unborn babies and the world's first self-colonoscopy method were among the whacky inven... ( read original story ...)
Japan space rovers lowered to asteroid to collect data
TOKYO - A Japanese spacecraft has released two small exploration robots on an asteroid in a research effort that may provide clues to the origin of the solar system. The Japan Space Exploration Agency ... ( read original story ...)
Officer admits to swindle of lost-and-found money in Osaka
OSAKA--A police officer was arrested over allegations he leaked information from a lost-and-found database to two friends who then falsely claimed lost property as their own, Osaka prefectural police ... ( read original story ...)