A-bomb survivor, supporters call on nations to join nuke ban pact
Michiko Tsukamoto, who was just 10 years old when an atomic bomb was dropped over her hometown of Hiroshima in 1945, on Tuesday urged countries that have not signed a landmark nuclear weapons ban treaty to do so quickly. "Last year the nuclear ban treaty ...
Trump's U.N. speech almost adds up to a doctrine
The U.S. president makes his best case yet for the importance of American sovereignty.
Japan urged to up ranks of female politicians to reach U.N. sustainable development goals
To help meet the United Nations' 2030 sustainable development goal for gender equality and empowering all women and girls, Japan needs more female politicians, especially at the local level. That was one of the recommendations civil society leaders and residents in the Kansai region discussed ...
Japan foreign minister and U.N. chief agree on need to keep North Korea sanctions
Foreign Minister Taro Kono and visiting U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres agreed Thursday on the need to maintain sanctions against North Korea to prompt it to denuclearize. Kono and Guterres also confirmed they will cooperate in nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation toward the goal of creating a ...
Attendance to Nagasaki A-bomb commemoration has 'special meaning,' U.N. chief Guterres tells Abe
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Wednesday that his visit to Japan this time is of momentous importance for him because he is set to become the first U.N. chief to attend the annual Aug. 9 remembrance ...
Japan to provide peacekeeper training for ASEAN nations in bid to counter China's growing presence
Japan will help train personnel in member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations taking part in U.N. peacekeeping operations, sources said Monday. The government has been providing training in Africa on how to operate heavy machinery, and plans to expand the program to ...
Inclusive approach needed as Kansai pushes U.N. development goals
Over the past six months or so, efforts have been underway by local governments and private businesses to promote the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Numerous speeches are being made about what Kansai might do to contribute to lofty ideals like ensuring the ...
U.N. experts seek urgent release of widow of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo
U.N. human rights experts urged China on Wednesday to release Liu Xia, the widow of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, and allow her to seek treatment for deteriorating health, including traveling abroad. The appeal came nearly a year after Liu Xiaobo died of liver ...
Japan reports suspected ship-to-ship transfer involving North Korean-flagged tanker
Japan has reported to the United Nations a suspected ship-to-ship goods transfer incident involving a North Korean tanker in the East China Sea in violation of U.N. sanctions, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday. The North Korean-flagged tanker Yu Phyong 5 was initially spotted beside a ...
Minister in charge of the abduction issue, Katsunobu Kato, presses North Korea to resolve the matter
Speaking at the U.N. headquarters in New York, minister says kin of abductees consider upcoming U.S.-North Korea summit a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
U.N. disarmament chief Izumi Nakamitsu of Japan makes Fortune's list of World's 50 Greatest Leaders
Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary-general and high representative for disarmament affairs, has been named one of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders by Fortune. Ranked 37th, she is the only Japanese national to make the list compiled by the influential U.S. economic magazine. Nakamitsu "has a reputation for ...
Trump's premature and illegal attack on Syria
The U.N. Charter prohibits the unprovoked attack of any nation against another, except in the cases of self-defense or a U.N. authorized military operation. Neither applies in this case.
