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Naomi Osaka withdraws from French Open after media boycott fallout
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], May 31 (ANI): Amidst the ongoing controversy regarding her decision to boycott press conferences at the ongoing French Open, Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka on Monday announced that she is withdrawing herself from the tournament.
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B Shyam appointed as India's next Ambassador to Iceland
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): B Shyam, presently the Consul General of India, Osaka-Kobe, Japan has been appointed as India's next Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland.
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French Open: Naomi Osaka fined $15,000 for media boycott, warned of furthe
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], May 30 (ANI): World number two Naomi Osaka was on Sunday fined 15,000 dollars for skipping the press conference following her win in the first round in the ongoing French Open.
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French Open: Naomi Osaka wins opening match, sails into second round
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], May 30 (ANI): World number two Naomi Osaka got off to a flying start in the French Open as she defeated Patricia Maria Tig 6-4, 7-6(4) on the opening day of the tournament on Sunday.
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French Open: For ensuring better mental health, Naomi Osaka decides to boy
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Japan tennis player Naomi Osaka on Thursday said she would not be taking part in press conferences during the French Open in order to ensure better mental health.
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Japan's prefecture governors want state of emergency to be extended
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 26 (ANI): Japan's prefecture governors want the state of emergency to be extended as serious coronavirus cases remain high and the medical system is feeling the pinch as the government struggles to ramp up a slow start to its vaccination programme.
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Japan opens large COVID-19 vaccination centres in Tokyo, Osaka
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 24 (ANI/Sputnik): A major coronavirus vaccination centre that can provide shots to up to 10,000 people a day has opened in Japan with the support of Self-Defense Forces (SDF), a Sputnik correspondent reports.
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Japanese sportswear firm becomes latest to stop using Xinjiang cotton amid
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Osaka [Japan], May 21 (ANI): Japanese sportswear firm Mizuno Corporation on Friday announced its decision to stop using cotton sourced from China's Xinjiang region, believed to reflect concern amid allegations of human rights abuses by Beijing against the Uyghur Muslims.
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Japan: Gifu govt, Osaka TV station among targets of suspected Chinese mili
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 20 (ANI): The headquarters of the government of Japanese city's Gifu and a television station in Osaka Prefecture were among the targets of a major series of cyberattacks in 2016 and 2017 in which the Chinese military is believed to have been involved, local media reported
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Declining vaccination rates in Pakistan linked to CIA's misleading inocula
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 14 (ANI): Declining vaccination rates in Pakistan have been linked to operations undertaken by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 2011 apparently under the guise of a vaccination programme to try and locate Osama Bin Laden.
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COVID-19: Naomi Osaka 'not really sure' if it is appropriate to stage Toky
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] May 11 (ANI): Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka wants to play in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics but she isn't "sure" whether the quadrennial event would go ahead as planned.
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Japan expands COVID-19 Emergency to 2 more prefectures, extending till May
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The Japanese government has extended a coronavirus state of emergency in the prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo until May 31 and introduced the measure in two more prefectures, national media reported on Friday.
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