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 ...

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 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 ...

Highlighting public safety, security and the weak yen, Tokyo is positioning itself as an 'attractive' alternative to current UN locations As the United States increasingly retreats from global ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Wednesday said it will freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel that called for ...

On Jan. 27, Japan's Foreign Ministry said it informed the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights not to allocate any of Japan's voluntary funds to the U.N. Committee on the ...