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Osaka gears up for the 2025 World Expo with memories of hosting a half-century ago

Sep. 12, 2024 17:15 PM EDT

OSAKA, Japan (AP) — Visitors to Tokyo and Kyoto might not realize it, but Osaka — one of Japan’s biggest and oldest cities, known more as a business hub than a tourist destination -- is gearing up to host next year’s World Exposition. The city has been plastered with the...

Naomi Osaka's forehand goes awry and she loses in the US Open's second round to Karolina Muchova

Aug. 29, 2024 22:36 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Seemingly back in her U.S. Open match, suddenly a point from getting to a third set, Naomi Osaka lost her way Thursday night, missing forehand after forehand until she ceded that game and chucked her racket, sending it clattering on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court. ...

US Open 2024: Naomi Osaka feels better as she returns to the site of two of her Grand Slam titles

Aug. 24, 2024 13:29 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Naomi Osaka is at the U.S. Open to compete for the first time in two years, and she said Saturday that returning to the site of two of her four Grand Slam titles gives her a boost — but not because she focuses on her past success there. No, Osaka explained, it's...