As the technology for Nintendo's best-selling Wii and DS consoles has aged, sales have slowed significantly.

The nation's devastating crisis offers a chance for rebirth, writes Prime Minister Naoto Kan

The zero-emission Nissan Leaf is the 2011 World Car of the Year, edging out the BMW 5-Series and Audi A8.

The Japanese government is worried that some may discriminate against people who lived near the Fukushima nuclear plant.

Kenny Rao gets a second shot at proposing today after fearing his $27,000 engagement ring was lost in the Christchurch earthquake.

It is important to remember the two incidents were fundamentally different, writes Michael McCarthy in The Independent.

Bradley Ambrose, an Auckland photographer who works for the Herald on Sunday, was amazed at the grace and generosity of the Japanese people in the midst of the devastation wrought by last month's earthquake and tsunami.

A powerful 7.1 aftershock off Japan killed three people.

Japan started dumping water tainted with low-level radiation into the sea near the Fukushima nuclear plant.

As nuclear fears rise around the world, Robin McKiere visits the scene of Ukraine's 1986 explosion.

Waikato and former Chiefs utility back Sosene Anesi is poised to join Japanese club NTT Communications at the end of the Super rugby season.

Plutonium has been detected in small amounts at several spots outside the Fukushima power plant.