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Tennis Player, Naomi Osaka poses for a photo with LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers after the game on April 4, 2019 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.Andrew D. Bernstein | National Basketball Association | Getty…

PARIS -- Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina wants Russian and Belarusian players to say whether they oppose the war in her nation.“For us, for Ukrainians, it’s very important that they speak out, that they choose which side they take.…

Japan is planning to use flying cars to transport attendees at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka.The vehicles will carry visitors between the artificial island of Yumeshima, which will host the Osaka Expo, and nearby locations such as…

In its quest to build up its stockpile of COVID-19 drugs, the U.S. government has held talks with Japanese drugmaker Shionogi & Co. about buying its experimental antiviral pill, people familiar with the matter said. But finding…

A controversial art exhibition featuring works such as a statue symbolizing the “comfort women” who were forced or coerced into Japan’s wartime brothel system will be held in Tokyo next month, its organizers have said, after being…

For close to four decades, one Japanese company has been trusted to move silicon wafers around inside the factories of the world’s biggest chipmakers. Now it’s going back to the drawing board and redesigning its ubiquitous overhead…

‘Tis the season for hanami once again, with people across Japan looking to admire cherry trees’ pale pink petals and celebrate the spring season with family and friends.This year, Sunday marked the start of the cherry blossom-viewing…

Osaka – Overnight leader Takayasu maintained his one-win buffer at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday by beating fellow rank-and-file wrestler Hokutofuji.Fighting as a No. 7 maegashira, former ozeki Takayasu improved to a…

Manchester United’s “Theatre of Dreams” and the Green Bay Packers’ “Titletown” are two world famous location-based sporting monikers that have been widely derided over the past decade for failing to live up their outlandish…

Shanghai – Popular food chain Osaka Ohsho, which specializes in Japanese-Chinese food and is known in Japan mainly for its jumbo gyōza dumplings, aims to take advantage of a surge in demand for Japanese cuisine in China by opening a…