Beginning February 15, Japan is coordinating several events focusing on public and private initiatives for the long-term support and reconstruction of Ukraine.
Japan and other donor nations must find ways to extend assistance to Palestinian refugees directly after United Nations workers aided the terrorist group Hamas.
Rescuing the abduction victims is a race against time. A renowned expert on Japan-Korean relations explains the feasibility of three ways they could be saved.
FM Yoko Kamikawa toured the Middle East and promised generous humanitarian aid. But what kind of peaceful solution is possible after the Gaza war?
Along with direct aid, Hayashi unveiled plans for a Ukraine Economic Reconstruction Promotion Office in the Foreign Ministry and public-private initiatives.
Families of abductees will not oppose aid to North Korea once all victims are returned. US lawmakers and officials have expressed support for this new policy.
The two groups in Sudan have been in conflict over the transfer of power to a civilian government. Meanwhile, 16 million Sudanese need humanitarian aid.
Humanitarian assistance and measured loosening of sanctions, the author argues, will help North Koreans survive and physically change North Korea from within.
Addressing Myanmar, Tokyo should utilize the relationship of trust it has built with ASEAN in the postwar period through economic and humanitarian assistance.
India’s ambassador to Japan says his country is not neutral over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It is just being autonomous, protecting national interests.
The biggest challenge for the upcoming Quad meeting will be India’s reluctance to take a strong stance when it comes to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Poland has welcomed millions of refugees while Japan is “extremely serious about doing something” to end the war in Ukraine, says Ambassador Milewski.