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TENNIS

Venus Williams hits a volley as partner Hailey Baptiste looks on in their women's doubles match against Eugenie Bouchard and Clervie Ngounoue on Day 1 of the Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington on Monday.
TENNIS
Venus Williams returns with doubles win at DC Open
The 45-year-old American joined compatriot Hailey Baptiste to defeat Canada's Eugenie Bouchard and U.S. teen Clervie Ngounoue.
Venus Williams competes during the Miami Open in March 2019.
TENNIS
Venus Williams prioritizing fun over results in return from long break
Williams is setting new personal goals, prioritizing enjoyment over results.
Iga Swiatek serves to Amanda Anisimova during their women's singles final tennis match at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships in Wimbledon, London, on Saturday.
TENNIS
Swiatek hits back at critics after Wimbledon win
By John WEAVER
Iga Swiatek pleaded with the Polish media to "leave me alone," saying she knows what she is doing after crushing Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 to win her first Wimbledon title on Saturday.
Jannik Sinner kisses the winner's trophy as he poses for pictures following his victory against Carlos Alcaraz at the end of their men's singles final tennis match at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships in Wimbledon, London, on Sunday.
TENNIS
Jul 14, 2025
Sinner rises above adversity to make Italian history at Wimbledon
By Martyn Herman
The ice-cool 23-year-old beat Carlos Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to become Italy's first Wimbledon singles champion.
Poland's Iga Swiatek kisses with the winner's trophy, the Venus Rosewater Dish, on the thirteenth day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships on Saturday.
TENNIS
Jul 13, 2025
Unforgiving Swiatek crushes Anisimova 6-0 6-0 to win maiden Wimbledon crown
By Shrivathsa Sridhar
Already a U.S. Open champion and a four-times French Open winner, Swiatek becomes the youngest woman since Serena Williams in 2002 to lift major titles on all three surfaces.
Jannik Sinner plays a forehand return to Novak Djokovic during their Wimbledon semifinal on Friday.
TENNIS
Jul 12, 2025
Alcaraz and Sinner set to resume rivalry in Wimbledon final
By Steven Griffiths
Sinner demolished Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 in a Centre Court masterclass on Friday to reach his first Wimbledon title match and his fifth at the Grand Slams.
Amanda Anisimova celebrates after winning a point against Aryna Sabalenka during their semifinal match at Wimbledon in London on Thursday.
TENNIS
Jul 11, 2025
Amanda Anisimova proves doubters wrong by reaching Wimbledon final
Anisimova, seeded 13th, stunned world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 win in a bruising semifinal.
Iga Swiatek celebrates after her win over Belinda Bencic in the Wimbledon semifinals in London on Thursday.
TENNIS
Jul 11, 2025
Iga Swiatek surprised by run to first Wimbledon final
Swiatek, who will face U.S. 13th seed Amanda Anisimova in Saturday's final, has not won a title since last year's French Open.
Novak Djokovic plays a forehand return to Flavio Cobolli during their Wimbledon quarterfinal match on Wednesday.
TENNIS
Jul 10, 2025
History-chasing Djokovic sets up Wimbledon showdown with Sinner
By Steven Griffiths
In the women's draw, five-time Grand Slam winner Iga Swiatek and former Olympic champion Belinda Bencic both reached the semi-finals for the first time.
Carlos Alcaraz celebrates after winning his Wimbledon quarterfinal match against Cameron Norrie on Tuesday in London.
TENNIS
Jul 9, 2025
Alcaraz and Sabalenka take contrasting routes into Wimbledon semis
By Steven Griffiths
The Spanish second seed dropped four sets in a series of scrappy displays during his run to the last eight, but was at his best on Tuesday.

Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Foreign residents closely follow Japan's election and party pledges
A police officer walks past posters of Liberal Democratic Party candidates, as well as one showing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, outside the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. As Japan’s foreign population continues to rise, one of the talking points during Sunday’s election was how the country should deal with the increase of international residents.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Hitomi Obara, 2012 Olympic champion in wrestling, dies at 44
Hitomi Obara competes at the London Olympics in August 2012.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
By Alex K.T. Martin

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