SerenaWilliamscrashedoutoftheMiamiOpeninthefirstroundhereWednesday,slumpingtoastraightsetsdefeatagainstJapan'sNaomiOsakainthelatestsetbacktotheformerworldnumber
WorldnumberoneSimonaHalepovercameCroatia'sPetraMarticinthreesetstoreachthesemi-finalsoftheBNPParibasOpenatIndianWells.Playingingustywinds,theRomanianbeattheworl
JapaneseclubCerezoOsakacausedacontroversybyhavingamonkeydressedupinaminiaturekithandthematchballtotherefereebeforeamatchonNovember26.TheleaguecontestbetweenCere
AngeliqueKerberbecamethesecondwomen’sdefendingchampiontoloseintheU.S.Openfirstroundwhenshewascrushed6-36-1by19-year-oldJapaneseNaomiOsakaonTuesday.AngeliqueKerb
For one suspected murderer in Japan, it has been a case of being able to run but not being able to hide.Left-wing revolutionary Masaaki Osaka has been arrested and charged for murdering a police officer during Tokyo street protests more than 45 years ago.
ForonesuspectedmurdererinJapan,ithasbeenacaseofbeingabletorunbutnotbeingabletohide.Left-wingrevolutionaryMasaakiOsakahasbeenarrestedandchargedformurderingapolic
Nobuo Nakatani had to catch his breath when he looked at a list of Japanese paintings in the possession of the British Museum while he was in London in 1999.
Japanese runner Kayoko Fukushi excelled herself and won the Osaka International Women's Marathon on Sunday, qualifying herself for this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto and Osaka Governor Ichiro Matsui announced on Thursday that a new national party focused on Osaka will be launched on Oct. 24.
The education office of the Chinese Consulate-General in Osaka and the Osaka Prefectural Board of Education signed an agreement on Wednesday to strengthen educational communication between students in Osaka Prefecture and students in China.
Japan's second-largest opposition party the Japan Restoration Party (JRP) formally decided to dissolve after an extraordinary party meeting in Osaka, local media reported Sunday.
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, also co- leader of the opposition Japan Restoration Party, announced Monday afternoon that he will run in a snap election for mayor soon after resigning from his post to gain further public support for his " Osaka Metropolis Plan" that would merge the prefectural and municipal governments.
The Osaka Prefectural Assembly rejected Monday a controversial plan to sell a private railway company to a U.S. investment firm after local residents shared concerns that the plan puts too much emphasis on the bidding price rather than maintaining stable local transportation, officials said.