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Children stand near a damaged car, which Palestinians say was burned by Israeli settlers, in Halhul near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on May 20.
WORLD
Jun 18, 2026
U.N. warns Israeli settlers could join blacklist for violations against children
A United Nations report says it has verified the killing of 2,668 Palestinian children in Gaza and 57 in the West Bank in 2025.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres before their meeting at the Prime Minister¡¯s Office in Tokyo on Monday
JAPAN
May 19, 2026
Japan vows ¡®firm support¡¯ for multilateralism within U.N.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reiterated the nation¡¯s support for dialogue during a meeting with visiting U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Palestinians inspect a burned vehicle and tractor following an attack by Israeli settlers in the northern outskirts of Tayasir village near the occupied West Bank town of Tubas on March 31.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 1, 2026
Applying Israel¡¯s death penalty law would be a ¡®war crime¡¯: U.N.
Under the new law, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank convicted by military courts of carrying out deadly attacks classified as ¡°terrorism¡± will face the death penalty.
U.S. first lady Melania Trump presides over a United Nations Security Council meeting at U.N. headquarters in New York on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 3, 2026
How will the next U.N. chief be chosen and who wants the job?
A new United Nations secretary-general will be elected this year for a five-year term starting on Jan. 1, 2027.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech at the opening of the 61st session of the U.N. Human Rights Council at the United Nations office in Geneva on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 24, 2026
U.N. chief decries global rise of ¡®rule of force¡¯
In his final in-person address to the U.N.¡¯s top rights body, Antonio Guterres said the worst conflict-hit areas were not the only places where human rights were eroding.
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during the Reuters NEXT conference in New York on Wednesday.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Dec 4, 2025
Multilateralism works even as U.S., fossil fuel industry oppose climate action, U.N. chief says
The recent COP30 summit pushed through a compromise climate deal that supports poor nations coping with global warming but omitted any mention of the fossil fuels driving it.
Spanish peacekeeping officers stand in formation during Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles' visit to the Spanish United Nations Interim Forces (UNIFIL) in Marjaayoun, Southern Lebanon, on Jan. 20.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2025
U.N. to slash a quarter of peacekeepers globally over lack of funds
The U.S., the U.N.¡¯s largest peacekeeping contributor, was already $1.5 billion in arrears before the new financial year began on July 1, and it now owes an extra $1.3 billion.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses members of the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday. At a climate summit hosted by Guterres on Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country would cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 7%-10% from its peak by 2035.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Sep 25, 2025
Beijing takes the lead with new climate plans amid Washington¡¯s denial
China¡¯s reduction target marked the first time the world¡¯s biggest emitter pledged a cut in emissions, rather than just limiting their growth.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 24, 2025
Ishiba highlights Â鶹´«Ã½ postwar quest for peace at U.N.
The prime minister emphasized the need to confront history, apparently reflecting his intention to issue a statement on the 80th anniversary of the end of the war.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets with Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera on the sidelines of the TICAD meeting in Yokohama on Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2025
Japan calls for private investments in Africa at TICAD
Tokyo is offering itself as an alternative to China as African nations reel from a debt crisis made worse by Western aid cuts, conflict and climate change.
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks via a video message during the opening of the Helsinki 50 Conference, marking the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act in Helsinki on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 4, 2025
U.N. lays out survival plan as Trump threatens to slash funding
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is slashing more than $700 million in spending and laying plans to overhaul the United Nations as the U.S. pulls back support.
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks to reporters at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2025
Koike seeks to attract U.N. functions to Tokyo
The United Nations is working on a major organizational overhaul to hold down costs.
An Amazon Web Services data center in Ashburn, Virginia
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 23, 2025
AI should run on 100% renewable energy by 2030, U.N. chief says
A typical AI data center consumes as much power as 100,000 homes, according to the U.N., and the largest centers now being built will use 20 times that.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
May 23, 2025
Ishiba and Guterres agree to deepen Japan-U.N. cooperation
Ishiba stressed the importance of the role played by the United Nations at a time when the international community faces a host of challenges.
A United Nations Security Council meeting on Tuesday. The U.N. is considering an overhaul that would represent the most sweeping reforms in decades, according to an internal memo.
WORLD / Politics
May 2, 2025
U.N. considers major overhaul amid funding crisis, internal memo shows
Deep budget shortfalls ¡ª 20% staffing cuts at UNICEF, 30% at the migration agency¡ªhave spurred urgent calls for ¡°bold and immediate¡± efficiency measures.
Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reaffirm the need for reforming the U.N. Security Council at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2025
Iwaya and Guterres reaffirm need for U.N. Security Council reform
Japan is promoting diplomacy through dialogue and harmony and shares the same orientation as the U.N. chief, Iwaya said.
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev speaks at the Opening Ceremony of the United Nations climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2024
COP29 host Azerbaijan hits out at West in defense of using oil and gas
Some observers of the COP29 negotiations said the president of Azerbaijan¡¯s remarks did not bode well for a strong result from the two-week summit.
Antonio Guterres
WORLD
Oct 13, 2024
Israeli foreign minister reiterates U.N. chief Guterres is persona non grata over Iran stance
Iran fired more than 180 ballistic missiles at Israel on Oct. 1 amid an escalation in fighting between Israel and its proxy in Lebanon, Hezbollah.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield attends a U.N. Security Council meeting on Sept. 4 in New York City.
WORLD
Sep 12, 2024
U.S. supports two permanent U.N. Security Council seats for Africa
The move comes as the U.S. seeks to repair ties with Africa, where many are unhappy about Washington¡¯s support for Israel¡¯s war in Gaza.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres meets with a Palestinian child evacuated from the Gaza Strip at a hospital in El-Arish, Egypt, on Saturday.
WORLD
Mar 24, 2024
U.N. chief calls conditions in Gaza a ¡®moral outrage¡¯
For months, aid organizations have struggled to transport and distribute sufficient food and other supplies in Gaza.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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