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Takaichi-Guterres talks

Combined photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) holding talks with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 18, 2026.

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Takaichi-Guterres talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (far R) holds talks with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres (far L) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 18, 2026.

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Takaichi-Guterres talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres during a meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 18, 2026.

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Takaichi-Guterres talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres during a meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 18, 2026.

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Reception for heads of U.N. agencies

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front row, 2nd from R) poses for a photo with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres (front row, 3rd from R) and the heads and officials of other U.N. agencies ahead of a welcome reception at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 18, 2026.

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Groundbreaking ceremony for U.N. hall in Nairobi

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres (L) shakes hands with Kenyan President William Ruto during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 1,600-seat conference hall at the U.N. office in Nairobi on May 11, 2026.

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Groundbreaking ceremony for U.N. hall in Nairobi

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres (R) and Kenyan President William Ruto (C) attend a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 1,600-seat conference hall at the U.N. office in Nairobi on May 11, 2026.

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Groundbreaking ceremony for U.N. hall in Nairobi

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 1,600-seat conference hall at the U.N. office in Nairobi on May 11, 2026.

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Groundbreaking ceremony for U.N. hall in Nairobi

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres (3rd from R) and Kenyan President William Ruto (4th from R) attend a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 1,600-seat conference hall at the U.N. office in Nairobi on May 11, 2026.

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Anti-plastic pollution artwork in Geneve

Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong's installation "The Thinker's Burden" is displayed in front of the U.N. office in Geneva on Aug. 12, 2025, as a session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution is held.

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Anti-plastic pollution artwork in Geneve

Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong poses for a photo in front of his installation "The Thinker's Burden" in front of the U.N. office in Geneva on Aug. 13, 2025, as a session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution is held.

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US: Mid-Missouri Hit by Severe Storms and Possible Tornado, Thousands Lose Power

Severe storms swept through mid-Missouri on Sunday, April 20, prompting tornado warnings and causing widespread damage. A possible tornado in Callaway County injured one person in New Bloomfield. Thousands of customers experienced power outages.

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Japan Coast Guard demonstrates intelligence gathering know-how

Vice Adm. Hiroaki Kanosue, Japan Coast Guard's vice commandant for operations, meets the press in Sepang in the Malaysian state of Selangor on Feb. 26, 2025, after a demonstration of Japan's maritime intelligence gathering techniques using radar and thermographic cameras as part of a U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime program.

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Japan Coast Guard demonstrates intelligence gathering know-how

Vice Adm. Hiroaki Kanosue (C), Japan Coast Guard's vice commandant for operations, meets the press in Sepang in the Malaysian state of Selangor on Feb. 26, 2025, after a demonstration of Japan's maritime intelligence gathering techniques using radar and thermographic cameras as part of a U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime program.

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U.N. General Assembly president in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) holds talks with U.N. General Assembly President Philemon Yang at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2025.

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U.N. General Assembly president in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) shakes hands with U.N. General Assembly President Philemon Yang at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2025.

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U.N. Human Rights Council working group session

Jo Chol Su (2nd from R), North Korea's ambassador to the U.N. Geneva Office, speaks at a working group session of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on Nov. 13, 2024.

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U.N. Human Rights Council session in Geneva

Jo Chol Su (front, C), ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Permanent Representative of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the United Nations Office at Geneva, attends a working group session of the U.N. Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in North Korea on Nov. 7, 2024.

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Japan protests U.N. call over imperial matter

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2024, after Japan lodged a protest with a U.N. human rights watchdog that had called for reviewing a domestic law that limits imperial succession to male heirs on the emperor's father side.

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Japan to furnish grant for anti-drug measures in Afghanistan

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa (R) shakes hands with Ghada Waly, executive director of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, in Tokyo on July 4, 2024, after signing a paper to contribute 1.51 billion yen in grant aid for anti-drug measures in Afghanistan.

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Japan PM Kishida meets U.S. ambassador to the U.N.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) shakes hands with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 19, 2024.

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Abductee's families meet U.S. envoy to U.N.

Takuya Yokota (2nd from L), head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, speaks to reporters following a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 18, 2024. His sister Megumi was abducted by North Korea at age 13 in 1977.

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Abductee's families meet U.S. envoy to U.N.

Members of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, including Sakie Yokota (3rd from R) -- whose daughter Megumi was abducted at age 13 in 1977 -- pose for a photo as they hold a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield (3rd from L) at the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 18, 2024. Seen on the far left is Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi.

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Abductee's families meet U.S. envoy to U.N.

Members of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, including Sakie Yokota (3rd from R) -- whose daughter Megumi was abducted at age 13 in 1977 -- hold a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield (4th from L) at the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 18, 2024.

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Abductee's families meet U.S. envoy to U.N.

Members of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, including Sakie Yokota (back, 2nd from R) -- whose daughter Megumi was abducted at age 13 in 1977 -- hold a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield (front, far L) at the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 18, 2024.

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Abductee's families meet U.S. envoy to U.N.

Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea at age 13 in 1977, attends a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 18, 2024. Other members of a group representing the families of Japanese abductees were also present.

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Abductee's families meet U.S. envoy to U.N.

Sakie Yokota (front, C), whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea at age 13 in 1977, attends a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 18, 2024. Other members of a group representing the families of Japanese abductees were also present.

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Abductee's families meet U.S. envoy to U.N.

Sakie Yokota (C), whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea at age 13 in 1977, speaks to reporters following a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 18, 2024.

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U.N. Office at Geneva

File photo taken Jan. 25, 2024, shows the U.N. Office at Geneva in Switzerland.

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U.N. disaster reduction office chief

Mami Mizutori, head of the U.N. Office for Disaster Reduction, gives an interview in Geneva on Dec. 12, 2023.

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U.N. disaster reduction office chief

Mami Mizutori, head of the U.N. Office for Disaster Reduction, gives an interview in Geneva on Dec. 12, 2023.

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OCHA chief on Gaza humanitarian crisis

Martin Griffiths, undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator at the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, speaks at a press conference in Geneva on Dec. 7, 2023, over the humanitarian situation in Gaza amid Israel's attacks.

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Kishida heads to UAE

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2023, before he departs for the United Arab Emirates to attend a U.N. conference on climate change.

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Anti-Israel rally in Jakarta

People stage an anti-Israel rally in front of a U.N. office in Jakarta on Oct. 20, 2023, amid the Israel-Hamas war.

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Anti-Israel rally in Jakarta

People stage an anti-Israel rally in front of a U.N. office in Jakarta on Oct. 20, 2023, amid the Israel-Hamas war.

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Japan PM Kishida meets media before N.Y. trip

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2023, ahead of a departure to New York to attend a U.N. General Assembly meeting.

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UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Triggs

Gillian Triggs, assistant high commissioner for protection at the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, gives an interview to Kyodo News in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2022.

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UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Triggs

Gillian Triggs, assistant high commissioner for protection at the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, poses for a photo in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2022.

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Aso hints at making concession over U.N. resolution on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 10. Aso suggested Japan may make concessions and not insist on the adoption of a U.N. Security Council resolution in response to North Korea's recent rocket launch.

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Aso hints at making concession over U.N. resolution on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 10. Aso suggested Japan may make concessions and not insist on the adoption of a U.N. Security Council resolution in response to North Korea's recent rocket launch.

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Abe, Merkel meet over cooperation on climate change, U.N. reform

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 29 prior to their talks.

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Abe, Merkel meet over cooperation on climate change, U.N. reform

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) chats with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 29 prior to their talks.

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Abe, Merkel meet over cooperation on climate change, U.N. reform

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) holds talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (3rd from L) to reaffirm cooperation over climate change, U.N. reforms, Africa and Afghanistan at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 29.

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Indian children's rights advocate speaks at U.N. office in Geneva

GENEVA, June 17 Kyodo - Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian children's rights advocate who shared the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize with Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan, speaks to reporters at the U.N. European headquarters in Geneva on June 12, 2015.

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OCHA civil-military coordination officer in interview

TOKYO, Japan - Sophie Solomon, civil-military coordination officer at the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA, dispatched to Mali in West Africa, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo in December 2014.

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Japanese handmade paper added to UNESCO intangible heritage list

MINO, Japan - Local people celebrate the registration of Japanese traditional handmade paper called "washi" as an Intangible Cultural Heritage by the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization or UNESCO on Nov. 27, 2014, at the city office building of Mino, where one of the registered washi products called "Homminoshi" is produced, in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan. Confetti made of Homminoshi was used in the celebration.

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Ex-head of U.N. panel on DPRK human rights meets abductee kin

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Kirby (R), former chief of a U.N. commission investigating North Korean human rights violations, meets Eriko Yamatani, state minister in charge of the issue of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang agents, at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2014, shortly before meeting a group of Japanese abductees' relatives.

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UNHCR to stage 9th refugee film festival in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Lindenbauer, head of the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Representative in Japan, speaks about the ninth UNHCR Refugee Film Festival in Japan at a press conference in Tokyo in September 2014. The festival opened on Oct. 4 for a 23-day run through Oct. 26 in Sapporo, northern Japan, and Nishinomiya, western Japan, as well as in Tokyo.

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Japan travel industry signs U.N. tourism code of ethics

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Tourist Service Inc. President Yoshikazu Azuma (L) holds a signed document of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism at the office of the Japan Tourism Agency in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2014, as U.N. World Tourism Organization Secretary General Taleb Rifai looks on. The company and 12 other tourism organizations and agencies are the first ones in Japan to sign the code.

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Japanese student peace envoys deliver anti-nuke signatures to U.N.

GENEVA, Switzerland - Masaki Koyanagi (C), one of 20 Japanese high school students visiting the United Nations Office in Geneva, hands over a stack of signatures collected in a campaign calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons to the deputy secretary general of the Conference on Disarmament on Aug. 19, 2014.