A senior United Nations official has expressed high hopes for Japan to play a major role in rebuilding the war-torn Gaza Strip.

Japan was among five countries elected Thursday to hold a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 2023 and 2024. The UN Security Council during a debate in ...

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 ...

Japan releases fifteenth batch of treated water from Fukushima with tritium levels well below international limits, IAEA ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The situation in Gaza will be the main topic at the UN General Assembly in New York next week. However, Japan will forgo recognizing Palestine as a state during the high-level ...

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 ...

A United Nations panel called Japan's method of execution 'cruel', among other criticisms of its use of capital punishment People in Japan are expressing their anger after a United Nations panel urged ...

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.

UNITED 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 encourage nuclear ...

TOKYO, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Japan will use its turn next year in leadership roles at the Group of Seven and the United Nations to pressure Russia to halt its war in Ukraine, Japanese Minister of Foreign ...

This submission aims to contribute to the Human Rights Committee’s (“the Committee”) upcoming review of Japan’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR or “the ...

Sanae Takaichi’s historic ascent to the leadership could have significant repercussions for the country’s relationships with China, Russia, and the two Koreas.