Hospitals in Japan's second largest city, Osaka, are running out of beds and ventilators under a large wave of new Coronavirus infections. Exhausted doctors warned of a "system collapse" and advised not to hold the Olympics this summer.

Japan: Medics warn against hosting Tokyo Olympics as COVID overwhelms Osaka hospitals

Tokyo is all set for Olympics even if on Sunday it reported 535 new cases of COVID-19, as the government is expanding the current state of emergency in the capital and other provinces.

Japan moves ahead for Tokyo Olympics amid concerns over new COVID-19 variants

A Tokyo restaurant operator suing the city for mandating shorter business hours decried the "hypocrisy" of health officials who flout the government's own COVID-19 contagion protocols.

'Kill Bill' restaurant operator suing Tokyo for hypocritical COVID-19 measures

Coronavirus infections in Tokyo hit a record daily high of 493 cases on Wednesday, as local media reported the Japanese capital was preparing to raise its alert level for infections to the highest of four stages