The ICC previously evaded the issue of North Korean abductions, saying these happened before Japan's membership. These abductions, however, are ongoing crimes.
Russia has concentrated its military and security forces on the invasion of its neighbor. Domestic terror group Islamic State exploited that defense gap.
Japanese judge Tomoko Akane takes on the presidency as the ICC faces mounting calls to help ensure accountability in war-torn lands such as Ukraine and Gaza.
Putin may play up his "overwhelming victory" but as long as he commits outrageous acts like the invasion of Ukraine, the backlash at home and abroad...
The author believes anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny returned to Russia knowing that his death would have a greater impact than if he were killed abroad.
"But if Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine will end," says Yuriy Sak, highlighting the unbending will of his countrymen to win this war and maintain independence.
Yuriy Sak, advisor to the Ukraine Ministry of Strategic Industries, discusses what it takes to win Russia's war against his country in an exclusive interview.
If the international community perceives Japan as pandering to Russia by its silence on the Alexei Navalny death, then our national interests will suffer harm.
North Korea and Russia continue to trade arms in flagrant breach of UN resolutions, threatening regional security and raising weapons proliferation risks.
The Ukraine war is motivated by a Russian imperialism that rejects the Western-led order and a belief that Russia will one day emerge as the world's...
Russia illegally occupies lands belonging to both Japan and Ukraine, including the Northern Territories in Hokkaido, which Soviet troops grabbed in 1945.
The Russian majority has favored imperialist parties even during relatively democratic times, suggesting that imperialism will continue beyond Putin's tenure.