Tokyo, Sept 29: Second-seeded Maria Sharapova was eliminated from the Pan Pacific Open on Thursday when she was forced to retire in the first set of her quarterfinal match against Petra Kvitova.With her Czech opponent
Tokyo, Sept 29: Fourth-ranked Vera Zvonareva of Russia defeated compatriot Maria Kirilenko 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday to advance to the semifinals of the Pan Pacific Open.Zvonareva had five aces in the match that lasted 1
Tokyo, Sept 28: Maria Kirilenko of Russia defeated Ana Ivonovic 6-3, 6-1 in the third round Wednesday to eliminate another seeded player at the Pan Pacific Open.Kirilenko, who knocked out U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur
Tokyo, Sept 27: Third-seeded Victoria Azarenka made short work of Irina-Camelia Begu on Tuesday, beating the Romanian 6-1, 6-3 in the second round of the Pan Pacific Open.Azarenka, winner of two WTA Tour titles this
New Delhi, Sept 23: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal entered the semifinals of Japan Open Super Series badminton tournament in Tokyo after dispatching Singapore's Juan Gu in straight games in just half an hour on
Tokyo, Mar 31: As Japan grapples with an unprecedented triple disaster—earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis—the Web has spawned creativity and innovation online amid a collective desire to ease suffering.Once the magnitude of the March 11 disaster
Tokyo/Fukushima, Mar 27: Workers were evacuated from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear plant today after radiation levels surged 10 million times higher than usual, dealing a major blow to efforts to avoid a meltdown of the
Tokyo/Fukushima, Mar 23: High levels of radioactive iodine were detected in Tokyo's tap water prompting government today to declare it unsafe for infants, as rising smoke from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant forced another evacuation
Tokyo, Mar 19: One week after an earthquake and tsunami spawned a nuclear crisis, the Japanese government conceded it was slow to respond to the disaster and welcomed ever-growing help from the United States in
Tokyo, March 16: Thousands of people have been fleeing nuclear-stricken Fukushima Daiichi due to radiation fears, reports the British daily The Telegraph, whose corerspondent Andrew Gilligan has filed this report from Nasushiobara:"The railway station at
London, March 14 : The French government has advised its nationals to leave Tokyo "for a few days", reports The Daily Telegraph, London.The advice from Paris is the most alarmist response from any major country,
Tokyo, March 13: A volcano in southwestern Japan erupted Sunday after nearly two weeks of relative silence, sending ash and rocks up to four kilometres into the air, a local official said.It was not immediately
Tokyo, March 13 : Japan's industrial heartland was saved from the heaviest blows of earthquake and tsunami on Friday, reports The New York Times. The report says, the epicenter was in and around the coastal
Tokyo, Mar 12: Japan's nuclear authorities warned today that quake-hit atomic plant Fukushima No. 1, about 250 kilometres northeast of Tokyo, "may be experiencing a nuclear meltdown", media said.Kyodo News agency said radioactive caesium had
New Delhi, Mar 12 (PTI) A day after Japan was hit by giant tidal waves caused by a massive earthquake which has left 1600 people dead or unaccounted for there, India today said all its
Tokyo, March 12 : The first wave of military rescuers began arriving by boats and helicopters.Prime Minister Naoto Kan said 50,000 troops would join rescue and recovery efforts following the quake that unleashed one of
Tokyo, Mar 11: Millions of people in greater Tokyo were stranded far away from home today evening after Japan's biggest earthquake on record shut down the capital's massive subway system.Sirens wailed through Tokyo, television helicopters
Tokyo, March 11 : The Japanese government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has said no abnormal levels of radiation have been reported at four nuclear power plants in the quake-hit Tohoku region. Tokyo-based NHK news agency
Moscow, March 11 : Russian authorities on the fareastern Sakhalin Island and nearby territories have evacuated some 11,0000 residents from coastal areas in anticipation of tsunami waves unleashed by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off Japan's
Tokyo, March 11: People in cars tried to outrun the huge tsunami waves that lashed the coastal highways of Japan soon after the 8.9 temblor hit the island nation sitting on the Pacific Ring of
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