The first review of equality in Japan by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women in eight years has, however, met with a backlash from traditionalists demanding that ...

Japanese premier unfazed at request by atomic bomb survivors that Japan should participate in Meeting of States Parties to ...

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui on Friday urged Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to decide on Japan's participation as an observer ...

Japan will remain the third-largest contributor to the United Nations' regular budget for 2025-27, according to a resolution adopted by the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. The share of Japan's ...

The United Nations says the world economy resisted battering by conflicts and inflation last year and is expected to grow a ...

The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki want the Japanese government to attend an upcoming meeting about the United Nations treaty banning nuclear weapons as an observer.

London has previously stated that it wishes to see permanent seats for Germany, Japan, India, Brazil, and similar representation for Africa. Security Council reform would require all five veto-holding ...

North Korea claimed to have carried out a successful test-firing of a new hypersonic intermediate range ballistic missile ...