'It's like hell': As the Olympics loom, Japan's health system is in turmoil
Just 2.5 hours from Tokyo, Covid patients are dying before they can get medical care.
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Tokyo Olympics: Majority of Japanese want Games cancelled
Pressure to cancel the Games intensifies as the IOC wraps up its final planning sessions.
Tokyo Olympics: Torch relay pulled as Covid cases surge
Barely 10 weeks out from the Games' start date, the worrying signs keep coming.
A brief guide to every sport at the Olympics
New York Times: From archery to yachting, and everything in between.
A grudge match in Japan: One corner, two 7-Elevens
New York Times: Inside a war complete with threats, spies and videotape.
Covid-19 concerns see NZ Olympic doctors pull out of Tokyo games
A handful of health specialists pulled out of the NZ team but have since been replaced.
How can the Olympics protect 78,000 volunteers from the coronavirus?
New York Times: They're being offered little more than masks and hand sanitiser.
NZ's Covid conundrums: The virus border breaches still confounding our experts
View a summary of New Zealand's most puzzling Covid-19 outbreaks.
Tokyo under Covid emergency orders, 3 months before Olympics
Japan's third state of emergency includes shutdown orders across Tokyo.
'CHIMPO': Harry's new job title has X-rated meaning in Japan
The prince's new boss said he would be stepping into a 'meaningful and meaty role'.
'Run over by a bus': Dame Val's pandemic parenting challenge
Valerie Adams' young son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in the middle of the pandemic.
Pātea Māori Club going strong as hit song becomes a classic
Dalvanius Prime and Poi E have set the Pātea Māori Club apart, members say.
Suez Canal blockage: Egypt seizes Ever Given, demand $1.2b compo
Suez authority wants payment for salvage work, stalled canal traffic and transit fees.
Japan plans to release radioactive Fukushima water into the sea
The water has been stored in tanks at the nuclear power plant since its 2011 meltdown.
Japan raises Covid alert level in Tokyo ahead of Olympics
Japan to raise Covid-19 alert level in Tokyo to allow tougher measures as cases surge.
Covid patient receives first lung transplant from living donors
The woman was on life support before her husband and son donated parts of their lungs.
Air routes bringing in the most Covid cases not flagged as 'high risk'
India-Dubai brings the majority of cases yet not deemed as high risk.
The Tokyo Olympics, explained
New York Times: After a year's delay, here's what we know about the Games.
How the KitKat went global
Financial Times: What UK snack's reinvention in Japan tells us about cultural identities.
Suez Canal grounding: Pilots, crew under scrutiny as Ever Given costs mount
Legal experts predict a long fight ahead as massive bill for damage and delays comes due.
'Not a safe place at all': Medical experts unconvinced about holding Olympics
Organisers say they are mitigating the risks, but some medical experts aren't convinced.
Why 'cursed' Olympics are pressing ahead amid a pandemic
New York Times: Money, national pride and political obduracy are important drivers.
Plan made to refloat ship blocking Suez Canal
The Ever Given got wedged in a single-lane stretch of the canal on Tuesday.
7.0 magnitude earthquake shakes Japan, minor injuries
No reports of major damage after 7.0 magnitude earthquake shakes Japan.
Gwynne Dyer: The Quad awakes
Opinion: Quadrilateral dialogue stirs tensions in Asia-Pacific - aimed at a common foe.
Furore in Japanese town casts light on Fukushima's legacy
New York Times: A lingering anxiety 10 years after the Fukushima disaster.
How a broken phone booth connected a country's grief
Why 10000 of visitors are placing one-way calls from a phone booth in rural Japan.
A village erased: Japan still rebuilding 10 years on
New York Times: The wave hit. Time stopped. And this village became history.
Japan's nuclear ghost town - and the people who never left
The Geiger counter gives off a near-constant crackle - even inside homes.
Ten years after Fukushima disaster, this nurse may be the region's best hope
New York Times: Rina Tsugawa wants to care for the residents who helped raise her.
'There's no town left': Fukushima's eerie landscapes
New York Times: 10 years since an earthquake and tsunami led to nuclear meltdown.
Fukushima's deadly legacy: Japan grappling with 1.2 million tonnes of radioactive water
Japan has a crisis on its hands at the site of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Japan seeks 'recovery of people's hearts' decade after quake
Ten years after Japan's earthquake, the lives of many who survived are still on hold.
Heads up: Some sea slugs grow new bodies after decapitation
Biologists call Monday's study a case of the most extreme regeneration on Earth.