Japan is to freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel over its recommendation that Japan’s male-only imperial succession rule should be revised from gender-equality perspecti

TOKYO, Japan - Japan said it would not fund a UN women's rights committee and suspended a member's visit over calls for the nation to change its male-only imperial succession rules.

Japan on Friday reiterated its call for reforms to the UN Security Council, said the country’s Foreign Ministry.

At least five people have been arrested in Sweden in connection with the murder of Salwan Momika, an Iraqi Christian extremist known for burning Qurans in public and leading anti-Islam protests.

The Japanese government has responded to a United Nations committee's recommendation to revise a law that limits imperial succession to male offspring in the male line.

Japan has decided to freeze voluntary funding to a United Nations women's rights panel following a call to end the country's male-only imperial succession rule. The government informed CEDAW of its decision to exclude it from funding and plans to suspend committee member visits to Japan.

Japan has hit back at a U.N. panel over its recommendation to revise the Imperial House Law by denying it access to the country's voluntary contributions to the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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.

Tokyo to ensure no funding goes to Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women, says foreign ministry - Anadolu Ajansı

The Japanese government on Wednesday announced countermeasures against a U.N. committee on discrimination against women that has call

TOKYO (AP) — 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.

People in Hiroshima expressed disappointment that the Japanese government is considering not attending an upcoming