Japan's government says GDP numbers for Q2 were higher than initial reports.

One of Japan's biggest furniture chains is getting into trade-ins.

As many as 530-thousand Japanese may have tried to commit suicide in the past year.

A Japanese supermarket kicks off its Christmas cake sales campaign.

Record rains in northernmost Hokkaido keep an evacuation order in place for Wakkanai residents.

A yakuza boss is harassed by a rival faction's autograph-seekers in Kobe, western Japan.

Tokyo's famous Yamanote line is getting its first new station in almost 50 years.

An outbreak of measles centering on Kansai International Airport is worrying people in Japan.

A cargo ship at anchor at a pier in Fukuoka catches fire.

Japan's Prince Hisahito, third in line to the Chrysanthemum throne, celebrates his 10th birthday.