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Travel updates: Taipei bans dining-in, Japan extends Covid-19 emergency
From Japan opening large-scale vaccination centers in Tokyo and Osaka while extending Covid-19 emergency to Taiwan’s capital 'Taipei' banning all on-site dining and drinking and Malaysia imposing new restrictions to curb coronavirus, catch all the travel updates here
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Published on May 24, 2021 11:02 AM IST
Bloomberg |
Japan to lift emergency coronavirus measures as Covid-19 infections decline
Japan's Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Aichi, Gifu and Fukuoka prefectures will all see their emergency coronavirus measures lifted as infections have declined significantly across the country since peaking in early January after a third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic had swept the nation
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Updated on Feb 26, 2021 09:50 AM IST
Reuters |
Naomi Osaka’s battle to unmask racism to go on
The world’s highest-paid female athlete, Naomi Osaka, born in Japan and brought up in the US, used her popularity around the world and one of the biggest sporting stages to highlight racial injustice.
Updated on Sep 14, 2020 06:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Rutvick Mehta
When protests rock the world of sport
Most organised sport have rules against protests, citing a supremely hypocritical adage that “sport and politics should not mix”. With the wave of protest culture running through sport now, perhaps it is time to lay these old notions to rest.
Updated on Sep 03, 2020 08:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
US Open: Osaka allays injury fears in three-set win over Doi
The past week saw Osaka, 22, emerge as tennis’ torchbearer in protests against racial injustice and she walked out to the court wearing a mask featuring the name of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed by police officers who burst into her apartment in March.
Updated on Sep 01, 2020 10:41 AM IST
NEW YORK | Reuters
Becker applauds Osaka protest over racial injustice
The 22-year-old’s move prompted the WTA Tour and ATP Tour to pause the tournament for a day as a show of support.
Updated on Aug 27, 2020 10:20 PM IST
LONDON | Reuters
Osaka reaches semis then withdraws to protest racial injustice
Osaka joins similar protests by athletes in the National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, on Sunday in Wisconsin.
Updated on Aug 27, 2020 07:46 AM IST
New York | Reuters
Osaka’s agent: 2-time Slam champ to play US Open, tuneup
The current No. 1 woman, Ash Barty, withdrew from the U.S. Open because she’s not comfortable with traveling during the coronavirus pandemic. The Grand Slam tournament is scheduled for Aug. 31 to Sept. 13.
Updated on Jul 30, 2020 11:29 PM IST
New York | Associated Press
Sania, Osaka to be part of five-day virtual summer festival
With the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 postponed until 2021, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and Airbnb, will bring the spirit of the Olympics and Paralympics online with a curated program of activities hosted by athletes for the first time.
Updated on Jul 16, 2020 02:14 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India
Review: Breasts and Eggs, a Novel by Mieko Kawakami
Humorous, ironic and occasionally tragic-comic, the Japanese writer’s new novel looks at the ways in which many women have quietly subverted gender roles
Updated on Jul 09, 2020 08:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vrinda Nabar
Virus forces Japan Davis Cup tie behind closed doors
The Davis Cup decision comes a day after football’s top-flight J-League postponed all matches until March 15.
Updated on Feb 26, 2020 02:05 PM IST
Tokyo | AFP
Snow problem for Japan’s ice sculpture festival
Snowfall in Sapporo has been less than half the annual average, according to the Japan Meterological Agency’s local observatory. High temperatures melted the snow in mid-December and the mercury is expected to stay above average.
Updated on Feb 10, 2020 10:33 AM IST
Sapporo, Japan | Agence France-Presse
‘She smelled expensive’ - Naomi Osaka reveals Beyonce pep talk
The two-time Grand Slam champion, who will be defending her Australian Open title this month, bumped into Beyonce and her husband Jay-Z while still “depressed” after losing in the fourth round at the US Open.
Updated on Jan 06, 2020 08:33 AM IST
Brisbane | AFP
Near-death experience gives Naomi Osaka perspective
An upbeat Osaka told reporters ahead of the season-opening Brisbane International that she had tried to have a bit of fun and experience new things during the off-season, which meant her “first vacation ever”.
Published on Jan 05, 2020 02:29 PM IST
Brisbane | AFP
Naomi Osaka out of WTA Finals with shoulder injury
The Japanese world number three was due to face Australia’s Ash Barty later in the day and her place in the tournament will now be taken by alternate Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands.
Updated on Oct 29, 2019 01:12 PM IST
AFP
Naomi Osaka beats Petra Kvitova in thrilling WTA finals opener
Opening the $14 million round-robin tournament, the first in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, the world No.3 regrouped from several lethargic stretches to win 7-6 (7/1), 4-6, 6-4 in two hours and 39 minutes.
Updated on Oct 27, 2019 05:42 PM IST
Shenzhen, China | Agence France-Presse
WTA Finals: Ash Barty, Naomi Osaka drawn in same group
French Open champion Barty and Australian Open winner Osaka were joined by the Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova and Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic in the Red Group.
Updated on Oct 25, 2019 09:44 PM IST
Reuters | Reuters
Osaka ends Caroline Wozniacki’s China Open reign to set up Barty final
The 21-year-old Japanese, who on Friday ended Bianca Andreescu’s run of 17 wins in a row, took time to settle against Denmark’s Wozniacki.
Updated on Oct 05, 2019 08:42 PM IST
Beijing | Agence France-Presse
Naomi Osaka reaches China Open round two despite being ‘riled up’
Osaka, who plays Andrea Petkovic of Germany next in Beijing, was disappointed that she was unable to replicate the form which won her the Pan Pacific Open in Japan a week ago.
Updated on Sep 29, 2019 03:24 PM IST
Beijing | AFP
Naomi Osaka ends title drought at home Pan Pacific Open
The former world number one overwhelmed Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-3 in just over an hour to make it third time lucky in finals at the tournament after finishing runner-up in 2016 and 2018.
Updated on Sep 22, 2019 02:12 PM IST
Tokyo | AFP
Kiki Bertens, Sloane Stephens bow out of Pan Pacific Open
The Dutchwoman recovered well to share the opening four games with Pavlyuchenkova but dropped her serve in the fifth, failing to keep up with her unseeded opponent’s devastating backhands.
Updated on Sep 19, 2019 06:47 PM IST
Reuters | Reuters
Watch: PM Modi meets Malaysian premier; discusses Zakir Naik’s extradition
PM Modi met Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe and Malaysian counterpart Dr Mahathir Mohamad in Russia’s Vladivostok.
Updated on Sep 05, 2019 11:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Hindustan Times
The world’s most liveable cities are generally less global capital, more regional second city
Vienna took the No. 1 spot in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s liveability ranking for the second year running, confirming that life is officially better on the banks of the Danube than it is by the Yarra River in Melbourne, which took second place.
Updated on Sep 04, 2019 12:41 PM IST
Bloomberg | Sybilla Gross
Vienna named most liveable city for second time
Vienna once again came ahead of Melbourne -- which had held the top ranking for seven years until losing it to Vienna in 2018 -- according to a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
Updated on Sep 04, 2019 12:29 PM IST
Vienna | Agence France-Presse
Naomi Osaka ousted by Belinda Bencic while Donna Vekic rallies for US Open win
Belinda Bencic’s 7-5, 6-4 triumph, her WTA-best sixth over a top-five foe this year, ensured 21-year-old Japanese star Osaka will fall from the world number one spot next week.
Updated on Sep 03, 2019 07:27 AM IST
New York | Agence France-Presse
US Open 2019: Serena mentor on coaching at 2018 final - “I’d do it again”
Beaten finalist Williams was given a warning for a coaching violation after Mouratoglou gestured in the stands during the dramatic decider against Naomi Osaka.
Published on Sep 02, 2019 09:06 AM IST
New York | Reuters
Coco Gauff takes doubles win after tearful US Open singles exit
The 15-year-old US sensation who made the fourth round at Wimbledon in July was routed 6-3, 6-0 by 21-year-old Japanese world number one Osaka on Saturday, her tears after the loss prompting Osaka to entice her to stay on court and speak to the crowd.
Updated on Sep 02, 2019 05:35 AM IST
New York | Agence France-Presse
Shots that make top women rule the courts
We analysed data from The Tennis Abstract, a website providing shot-by-shot descriptions for several matches (upwards of 50 for each player) to find out how each player likes to dominate the court
Updated on Aug 30, 2019 09:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Shijith P Kunhitty
U.S. Open: Osaka, Nadal, Coco open campaigns on day two
World number one Naomi Osaka begins her U.S. Open title defence on day two of the championships on Tuesday.
Updated on Aug 27, 2019 09:44 AM IST
New York | Reuters
‘Fast healer’ Naomi Osaka ready for US Open title defence
Osaka sought treatment and briefly returned to the court to play two more points but was broken to fall 2-0 behind in the third set against American Sofia Kenin before retiring.
Updated on Aug 24, 2019 02:25 AM IST
Reuters | Reuters