Japan

Tokyo -- Japanese comedian Sanyutei Enraku, known for hosting the TV series "Shoten," died of lung cancer at the age of 76, his family said.

Tokyo -- The owner of a Tokyo karaoke bar says he has heard people sing Frank Sinatra's "My Way" their way 25,000 times at his bar, and nearly all were awful.

Tokyo -- Top ranking Japanese officials said the government might have to use public funds to keep struggling Japan Airlines Corp. from going bankrupt.

Osaka, Oct. 18 -- Australian Samantha Stosur won the Japan Women's Open Sunday, her first singles championship on the WTA Tour.

Osaka, Japan, Oct. 15: Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki needed just 13 games Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the $220,000 HP Japan Women's Open tennis tournament.

Kyoto, Japan -- Japanese researchers say they've discovered suppressing a key gene in mice prevents age-related cardiac changes and preserves much of the heart's function.

Osaka, Japan -- Fourth-seeded Francesca Schiavone of Italy beat Anne Kremer of Luxembourg in Monday's first round of the HP Japan Women's Open.

Tokyo -- The speeches of U.S. President Barack Obama have become the favorite way of Japanese students to learn the English language, sales figures show.

Tokyo -- Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga cruised to the championship in the Japan Open Sunday, defeating Russian Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 6-3.

Tokyo -- Unseeded Mikhail Youzhny continued his series of upsets Saturday with a surprising victory over Lleyton Hewitt in the semifinals of the Japan Open.