A new U.N. standard inspired by Japan's volunteer probation officer system is being developed, government sources said Sunday ...

Since 2000, 98 inmates have been executed in Japan and 107 are presently on death row. The last execution in the country was carried out more than two years ago. Studies have consistently shown ...

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

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 ...

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

Pyongyang's first test-fire of 2025 came as Blinken, America's top diplomat, met with South Korea's acting President Choi ...

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.

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

The UN defines racial profiling as "the process ... who is of Indian descent and a permanent resident in Japan, claimed that he has been questioned by the police at least 70 times since he arrived ...