var chart = c3.generate({ data: { columns: [ ['data1', 30, 200, 100, 400, 150, 250], ['data2', 50, 20, 10, 40, 15, 25] ], axes: { data1: 'y', data2: 'y2' } }, axis: { y: { label: 'Y Axis Label' }, y2: { show: true, label: 'Y2 Axis Label' } } }); setTimeout(function () { chart.axis.labels({y2: 'New Y2 Axis Label'}); }, 1000); setTimeout(function () { chart.axis.labels({y: 'New Y Axis Label', y2: 'New Y2 Axis Label Again'}); }, 2000);