Japan’s government on Monday defended its stance on wartime sexual slavery and described South Korean court rulings ordering ...

Japan and South Korea have clashed again over wartime sexual slavery, with Tokyo rejecting UN criticism and calling Korean ...

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 ...

A group of Japanese high school students has submitted to the United Nations a petition with more than 110,000 signatures ...

The United Nations has given Japan the green light to dump its troves of treated radioactive water from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster into the Pacific Ocean. The controversial decision ...

The Japanese government is supporting voters’ education for the historic October 13 parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro ...

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 ...

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.

Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, warned joint military exercises of US, South Korea and Japan could bring about “negative consequences” for themselves, state media ...

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 ...