Japan

Four candidates for Japan PM

Politics

Japan's new PM Kishida says virus fight 'top priority'

The British Royal Navy's HMS Queen Elizabeth

British Aircraft carrier in Japan on Indo-Pacific mission

Moderna vaccine

Japan detects more Moderna vaccine contamination

Japan vaccination program

Japan stops use of 1.63 million Moderna doses over contamination

Paralympics

Paralympics organisers tighten virus rules as cases surge

Tokyo Olympics

Counting the coronavirus cost at Tokyo's Olympics

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge

USA top Olympic medal table as delayed games draw to close

China mass testing

Covid cases top 200 million worldwide as China vows massive vaccine boost

Germany's Florian Wellbrock

Germany's Wellbrock doubles up to win Olympic marathon swim

USA's Sydney Mclaughlin

McLaughlin looks to emulate Warholm on day 6 of Olympic athletics

Simone Biles

Biles makes belated Tokyo gold bid, Jamaicans battle again on track