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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 19, 2018
Empty hotels, idle boats: What happens when a Pacific island upsets China
Empty hotel rooms, idle tour boats and shuttered travel agencies reveal widening fissures in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau, which is caught in an escalating diplomatic tug-of-war between China and Taiwan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2018
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 ceremony for the victims of the 1945 atomic...
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JAPAN
Jul 16, 2018
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Jul 14, 2018
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 world has access to clean...
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 4, 2018
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.
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JAPAN / Politics
Apr 22, 2018
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.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2018
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.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2018
Social networking key to food security
Ending global hunger is as much about re-imagining social networks as it is about deciding what goes into the ground.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2018
Head of U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees urges more Japanese aid amid slash in U.S. funding
The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees has called on the government to offer additional urgent support following a U.S. decision to cut more than half of its funding.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 24, 2018
Japan reports to U.N. details of North Korean tanker suspected of violating sanctions
Japan has notified the United Nations about a North Korean tanker spotted in the East China Sea that it suspects was engaged in a transfer of goods with another tanker in defiance of U.N. sanctions, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 9, 2018
As millions go hungry, India eyes ways to stop wasting $14 billion of food a year
For Bhaskar Kumar it is a struggle to name green leafy vegetables found in India for his homework, as his staple diet is rice and salt, with vegetables served only on festive occasions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / UNITED NATIONS DAY
Oct 24, 2017
Creating a peaceful and just world
Our world faces many grave challenges.
Japan Times
JAPAN / UNITED NATIONS DAY
Oct 24, 2017
Today, a revitalized and responsive U.N.
Anniversaries always present an opportunity to look back. But today, as we commemorate the establishment of the United Nations on Oct. 24, 1945, we must not focus solely on past lessons and progress.

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