There were serious questions about Naomi Osaka's left injury sustained during her second-round match against Suzan Lamens at the Japan Open earlier this week. Despite her optimistic tone, Osaka withdrew from the tournament and later announced the end of her 2025 season in an Instagram post.

Naomi Osaka shared about spending her birthday at the hospital during the ongoing Japan Open. The Japanese battled through injury to reach the quarterfinals round of the tournament on Wednesday.

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka opened her bid for the Kinoshita Group Japan Open title with a straight sets win over wildcard Wakana Sonobe on Monday. She will next meet defending champion Suzan Lamens in the second round.

Data center operator Colt DCS and APAC real estate firm ESR are partnering in Japan. The pair have formed a joint venture to develop the first phase of a 130MW hyperscale data center site in Minoh City, Osaka, Japan. The first phase, comprising 65MW, will be designed and built by the JV and operated by Colt.

Naomi Osaka is through to the quarter-finals of the WTA 250 event in Osaka, though it wasn’t a straightforward path. After edging out the first set in a tiebreak, she dropped the second 6-3 to Dutch player Suzan Lamens.

The 2025 World Exposition in the city of Osaka attracted a total of 25,578,986 visitors during its 184-day run, which ended on Monday. According to data released Tuesday by the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, the event's organizer, a total of 207,889 people visited the site on the closing day.