Japan, China trade barbs over Hiroshima invite at U.N. conference

Japan, China trade barbs over Hiroshima invite at U.N. conference

Japan's Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama (C) calls for reinstating Tokyo's invitation to top leaders to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the proposed outcome document of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review conference in New York on May 18, 2015. China has maintained its opposition to the move. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan, China trade barbs over Hiroshima invite at U.N. conference

Japan, China trade barbs over Hiroshima invite at U.N. conference

Chinese disarmament ambassador Fu Cong (R on front row) speaks at a meeting of a Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review conference panel in New York on May 18, 2015. China maintains its opposition to Tokyo's invitation to top leaders to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the proposed outcome document of the conference. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

N. Korean foreign minister returns home after barbs with Trump

N. Korean foreign minister returns home after barbs with Trump

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho arrives at Pyongyang international airport on Sept. 28, 2017, after a trip to New York where he attended an annual U.N. General Assembly session. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan, expert trade barbs over freedom of expression at U.N. body

Japan, expert trade barbs over freedom of expression at U.N. body

Junichi Ihara, Japan's ambassador to international organizations in Geneva, addresses the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on June 12, 2017, aiming to wipe away concerns over Japan's press independence and contentious secrecy law. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan, expert trade barbs over freedom of expression at U.N. body

Japan, expert trade barbs over freedom of expression at U.N. body

David Kaye, the U.N. special rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, shows concerns over Japan's press independence, secrecy law and textbook screening system at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on June 12, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo