US President Donald Trump wrapped up his visit to Japan, where he met the country's newly elected prime minister, Takaichi ...

For the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents decades ago, this week is perhaps the best shot they’ve had in years of substantive progress.

A senior United Nations official has expressed high hopes for Japan to play a major role in rebuilding the war-torn Gaza ...

Follow live updates as President Donald Trump visits Japan and meets with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi as part of his ...

Japan was among five countries elected Thursday to hold a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 2023 and 2024. The UN Security Council during a debate in ...

President Trump met Monday with families of Japanese citizens who had been abducted by North Korea amid speculation about ...

A United Nations report on gender equality, combined with the recent defeat of Japan's conservative-minded Liberal Democratic Party, has triggered renewed optimism that legal changes can be forced ...

President Trump told reporters late Friday that he would “100 percent” be open to meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong ...

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 ...

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.

TOKYO — Japan on Wednesday said it will freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel that called for an end to the country's male-only imperial succession rule. The unusual step ...

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 ...