Kiyomi Obo

Or­gan­is­ing com­mit­tee con­fi­dent event will go ahead de­spite health warn­ings, lack of pub­lic sup­port.

Abe seeks ‘diplo­mat­ic nor­mal­i­sa­tion’ of North Ko­re­an ties, long strained over de­nu­cleari­sa­tion and Japan­ese ab­ductees.

The 21-year-old be­comes ten­nis’s new world num­ber one af­ter win­ning the Aus­tralian Open, her sec­ond Grand Slam.