Ōsaka News

With a convincing series sweep of the Toyama Grouses culminating with Sunday's 81-66 triumph, the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix have delivered a clear message to the rest of the bj-league's Eastern Conference. The message? The Phoenix are the conference's elite team...

Sanyo Electric Co said Tuesday it plans to more than quadruple its photovoltaic cell production capacity in six years to 1.5 million kilowatts in fiscal 2015. Sanyo, the 11th-largest PV cell producer in the world in terms of production volume...

Sania Mirza is not one to say die – she might not be winning major tournaments but is surely winning hearts. The 22-year old is now in Japan and has reached the quarter final hurdle of Japan Open by beating...

Sania Mirza has now moved to the semi finals of the Japan Open 2009. She beat the 2006 champion Marion Bartoli of France 6-4, 2-0 when she had to retire due to a strained shoulder muscle. Sania Mirza will now...

Crossbow Japan Ltd, a subsidiary of Crossbow Technology Inc, along with strategic partner Sumitomo Precision Products Co Ltd, has launched the EcoWizard Wireless Energy Monitoring System. EcoWizard enables users to analyze and monitor energy consumption in real-time using intuitive visualization...

Aleksandra Wozniak of Blainville, Que., won her opening round match Tuesday at the $220,000 HP Open in Osaka, Japan, downing Australian qualifier Sophie Ferguson 6-1, 7-5 to earn a berth in Round 2. Wozniak, ranked 31st in the world, led...

Bartoli walked out of the match when she was trailing by 4-6, nil-2 in the second set. Interacting with the media after her win, Sania said: �You always like to win match point, so it was unfortunate but I felt...

She will next face the second seed Marion Bartoli of France in the quarter-final. Both Sania and Viktoriya served poorly in the opening set but the Indian just picked up her game and converted a break point to take a...

Fourth-seeded Francesca Schiavone of Italy beat Anne Kremer of Luxemburg 7-5, 6-2 in the first round of the Japan Women’s Open on Monday. Japan’s Ryoko Fuda, meanwhile, was ousted 6-4, 6-4 by seventh-seeded Melinda Czink of Hungary at Utsubo Tennis...

The Orix Buffaloes are to appoint Akinobu Okada as manager for next season, the Pacific League club said Tuesday. The 51-year-old former Hanshin Tigers skipper is set to be unveiled as the club's new boss at a news conference at...