The Japanese government is considering not attending the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as an observer. Government sources said Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru is instead thinking about dispatching a ruling lawmaker to the event, scheduled to take place at the UN headquarters in New York in March.
Japanese high school students from the atomic-bombed cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima will be sent as Peace Messengers to a UN nuclear weapons ban treaty conference.
NHK has learned that Japan's government and ruling coalition are considering sending Diet members to a UN nuclear weapons ban treaty conference without observer status.
Japan will not take part in a U.N. nuclear weapons ban treaty conference in New York in March as an observer, said Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, overriding calls from a key political partner as well as hibakusha.
A new U.N. standard inspired by Japan's volunteer probation officer system is being developed, government sources said Sunday, reflec
VIENTIANE: Laos and Japan have opened a new chapter in their bilateral ties by elevating their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, which coincides with the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations.
Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui on Friday urged Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to decide on Japan's participation as an observer at a me
People in Hiroshima expressed disappointment that the Japanese government is considering not attending an upcoming
The announcement shows just how shrewdly the U.S. has gamed the international system. Since 1982, a United Nations agreement called the Law of the Sea has served as the cornerstone of the global maritime order.
Congolese rebels and allied Rwandan forces entered the outskirts of Goma on Sunday and the airport in the key eastern city was no longer in use, the top U.N. official in the country said. Thousands fled the fighting that also killed at least 13 peacekeepers.
The report focused on the role of a 'bird strike' and involved an analysis of the engines and the 'localizer' landing guidance structure in the crash.
The feedbacks are the real killers. Our emissions heat the planet, and then wildfires, floods & mudslides, hurricanes, rising sea levels and half a dozen other feedbacks wreak mayhem