China has used language in the United Nations charter to attack Japan as part of a broad pressure campaign that Tokyo wants Washington to help bring to an end.

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 ...

Japan is seeking Trump's help arranging talks between Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Kim Jong Un to resolve North Korean abductions.

Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s PM, meets with Donald Trump at the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday - Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo Japan’s prime minister has insisted her country is no longer an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China's ambassador to the United Nations said on Tuesday that Japan was "totally unqualified" to become a permanent member of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sun Lei, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations speaks at a UN Security Council's emergency meeting on January 15, 2026. Photo: VCG The "enemy state clauses" in the UN Charter ...

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 ...