23 percent of Japanese seriously considered committing suicide
The survey was the third of its kind, with the first one taken in 2008 and the second one in 2012.
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North launched missile but failed
US and South Korean forces say North Korea fired a missile on Wednesday morning, but that the launch appears to have been unsuccessful.
Tokyo: Cherry blossoms start to bloom
Tokyo has become the first place across Japan to announce the blooming of this year's first Somei Yoshino cherry blossoms.
Foreign residents in Japan hit record high for 2nd year
The number of legal foreign residents in Japan came to 2,382,822 at the end of 2016.
Japan: Foreign students may have been forced to work
Labor officials in southwestern Japan suspect that the operator of a Japanese language school forced Indonesian students to work at a care home.
Number of foreign visitors to Japan rises 7.6% in February
The figure for February -- 2,035,800 visitors -- was the largest for the month.
Japan: Major Japanese firms offer smaller pay hikes
Managers at major Japanese companies have notified their labor unions they will offer smaller pay hikes than last year.
Japan: Govt. to set monthly maximum overtime hours
Japanese business and labor leaders are close to a final agreement on limiting worker's overtime hours.
Japan: Toyota agrees to pay raise
The Japanese automaker decided to offer a base pay-scale hike of about 11 dollars. The labor union was negotiating for 26 dollars.
Girl found dead in empty house in Ishikawa
The body of a 16-year-old girl has been discovered with her hands bound with duct tape in an empty house in Ishikawa Prefecture.
