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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 27, 2020
As U.S. and China squabble at U.N., a plea — and warning — from Micronesia
As China and the United States feuded at the United Nations last week over COVID-19 and the climate, one of the world's smallest states pleaded for detente.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 20, 2020
Spinning clock in New York counts down time until climate devastation
Climate campaigners unveiled a huge countdown clock on Saturday, showing how little time is left before global temperatures hit a critical high, to kick off a week of climate action in New York.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 20, 2020
U.S. says U.N. sanctions on Iran are back as allies and rivals object
The U.S. said international sanctions on Iran are automatically "snapping back” in a move that most nations say the Trump administration doesn’t have the authority to demand since quitting a 2015 nuclear deal two years ago.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 17, 2020
Pandemic sharpens 'battle for the soul' of United Nations between U.S. and China
The tension between the United Nations' two biggest financial contributors is front of mind for many diplomats at the world body.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 12, 2020
As Myanmar erases names of destroyed Rohingya villages, U.N. map-makers follow suit
On maps produced in 2020 by the U.N. mapping unit in Myanmar, which it says are based on Myanmar government maps, the site of the destroyed village is now nameless.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 6, 2020
First famines of coronavirus era are at world’s doorstep, U.N. warns
The first famines of the coronavirus era could soon hit four chronically food-deprived conflict areas — Yemen, South Sudan, northeast Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo — the top humanitarian official of the United Nations has warned.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 4, 2020
U.N. experts decry Hong Kong security law in letter to China
The 'open letter' reflected a detailed legal analysis of the national security law imposed in Hong Kong on June 30.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 31, 2020
Locked out by the pandemic, refugees' lives are put on hold
Many who had been promised escape from war, violence, conflict or persecution have seen their lives thrown into limbo.
WORLD
Aug 20, 2020
United Nations removes survey asking staff if they are 'yellow'
The United Nations has been accused by some of its staff of racism after it issued a survey that included a question asking how they identify themselves, and offered 'yellow' among the possible responses.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 20, 2020
Trump pushes U.N. to renew Iran sanctions in blow to nuclear deal
The move will set the U.S. on a collision course with other powers, including key allies, who say the U.S. doesn't have the authority to reimpose international sanctions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 19, 2020
Taiwan can help the world recover better together
Only by working in solidarity can we end the COVID-19 pandemic and effectively tackle its consequences.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 12, 2020
Trump risks crisis at U.N. by turning to Iran deal he shredded
Moves to reimpose sanctions could leave the United States in an isolated position.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2020
U.N. goals crucial as pandemic-linked inequities rise, business leaders say
United Nation's sustainable development goals said key to global peace as the coronavirus pandemic exacerbates social and economic inequalities in Japan and across the globe.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 4, 2020
U.N. chief warns world facing 'generational catastrophe' on education
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday that the world faces a "generational catastrophe" because of school closures amid the coronavirus pandemic and said that getting students safely back to the classroom must be "a top priority."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 4, 2020
North Korea has 'probably' developed nuclear devices to fit ballistic missiles, U.N. says
North Korea is pressing on with its nuclear weapons program and several countries believe it has "probably developed miniaturized nuclear devices to fit into the warheads of its ballistic missiles," according to a confidential U.N. report.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 25, 2020
More than 40 countries accuse North Korea of breaching U.N. sanctions
More than 40 countries accused North Korea on Friday of illicitly breaching a United Nations cap on refined petroleum imports and called for an immediate halt to deliveries until the end of the year, according to a complaint seen by Reuters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / LAW OF THE LAND
Jul 15, 2020
Is the Article 9 labyrinth merely academic?
Numerous creative theories have been read into the Constitution's no-war clause by scholars over the years.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 14, 2020
Global hunger and obesity are worsening due to coronavirus fallout
Hunger and malnourishment are increasing around the world as the coronavirus crisis pushes more people into poverty and limits access to healthy diets, according to the United Nations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 20, 2020
Putin uses WW2 anniversary to push idea of Russian-backed summit to stabilize world
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the leaders of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council to make good on an agreement to hold a face-to-face summit to try to tackle the world's problems as soon as possible.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 4, 2020
'Near impunity' for drug war killings in Philippines, U.N. report says
Tens of thousands of people in the Philippines may have been killed in the war on drugs since mid-2016, amid "near impunity" for police and incitement to violence by top officials, the United Nations said on Thursday.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Foreign residents closely follow Japan's election and party pledges
A police officer walks past posters of Liberal Democratic Party candidates, as well as one showing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, outside the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. As Japan’s foreign population continues to rise, one of the talking points during Sunday’s election was how the country should deal with the increase of international residents.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Hitomi Obara, 2012 Olympic champion in wrestling, dies at 44
Hitomi Obara competes at the London Olympics in August 2012.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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