Osaka has received an anonymous gift of gold bars to repair the Japanese city’s aging water pipes. Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama says the donor gave 21 kilograms of gold worth about $3.6 million. He ...

Anonymous donor gives Japanese city £2.7m in gold bars to repair water system - Donor says they decided to offer help after ...

Sixteen players, including top stars like Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Naomi Osaka and Zheng Qinwen, had withdrawn. There ...

Eala is now the youngest Asian WTA player to have top-10 wins in multiple WTA 1000 tournaments.

Croatia's Antonia Ruzic chose tennis over karate as a child, took on Naomi Osaka and her jellyfish-inspired outfit in Melbourne and has now ridden her lucky loser spot all the way into her first WTA ...

Explore the key reasons behind Japan’s urban concentration, the trends shaping these megacities, and insights into how geography, economy, and culture drive where people live.

Beloved girl group KATSEYE has been at the top of their game, even earning Grammy nominations for Best Pop Duo/Group ...

Emma Raducanu ’s difficult run of form and fitness continued as the British No 1 suffered a first-round exit at the Dubai ...

Victoria Mboko has rapidly become one of the biggest rising stars on the WTA Tour, as showcased at the Qatar Open. Mboko made it all the way to the final of the WTA 1000 tournament in Doha, but lost ...

Researchers at The University of Osaka have created highly transparent wood without plastic additives and revealed that its clarity depends on ...

With details of a new high-speed rail line soon to be revealed, could this be the plan that actually gets up?