Japan

Why is one football club suddenly so big in Japan?

Japan baseball star reveals marriage to 'ordinary' woman

Japan gives Staffordshire Cheese protected status

DNA test confirms dying man was Japan's most wanted

Japan Moon lander survives lunar night

After 1,250 years women join Japan's (nearly) naked festival

Top sumo wrestler demoted due to student's violence

Japan's main stock index closes above 1989 record

Japan-based US Navy sailor accused of espionage

Japan mafia boss tried to sell plutonium, says US

Founder of Japanese discount store Daiso dies

Case of US sailor stirs unease over Japan military ties

Japan relaxes haircut rules for new troops

Japan unexpectedly slips into a recession

Short History Of... The Ninja. Audio, 43 minutesShort History Of...

BBC returns to ghost town flattened by Japan quake. Video, 00:02:03BBC returns to ghost town flattened by Japan quake

Trapped orcas escape from drift ice near Japan

Orcas trapped in drift ice off the coast of Japan. Video, 00:00:33Orcas trapped in drift ice off the coast of Japan

Miss Japan steps down after tabloid exposes affair

The Failure of the Future. A Promise of Peace. Audio, 28 minutesThe Failure of the Future

Foreign residents sue Japan over racial profiling

Anniversary marked with Japan's cherry trees gift

'Toy poodles' on the Moon: Japan lander gets to work