ISLAMABAD: The Government of Japan, UN-Habitat and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Wednesday signed an Exchange of Notes and a Grant Agreement for a project aimed at strengthening ...

Japan is taking a greater interest in the United Nations as fears grow that rival nations, including China, are using the organization for their own ends.A record number of Japanese nationals are ...

In a span of just four days last week, Beijing's envoy to the United Nations criticised Japan - and its leader's comments related to Taiwan - twice. Fu Cong first said, during a debate on reforming ...

Japan's January withdrawal of funding from the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women highlights its aversion to addressing gender equality issues at home. Despite externally ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China on Friday took its feud with Tokyo over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Taikachi’s recent comments on Taiwan to the United ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday urged Japan to stop retaliating against a UN committee for women’s rights . The development follows the committee’s recommendation that Japan revise its domestic ...

TOKYO — Japan on Wednesday said it will freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel that called for an end to the country's male-only imperial succession rule. The unusual step ...

Japan’s decision to end its contribution to the U.N.’s top gender equality body could hardly come at a worse time, both diplomatically and symbolically. Japan’s decision to exclude CEDAW from the list ...

UNITED NATIONSUNITED NATIONS — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed Tuesday night to lead the effort to put the struggling global nuclear disarmament effort back on track, proposing to ...

On February 15, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, showed positive signals regarding a summit meeting between Kim Jong Un and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio.