TOKYO -- Japan on Wednesday said it will freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel that called for an end to the country's male-only imperial succession rule. The ...

This in protest of the panel's recommendation to revise Japan’s male-only imperial succession law, the Foreign Ministry said on Jan. 29. Toshihiro Kitamura, press secretary at the Foreign ...

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)--Japan has hit back at a U.N. panel over its recommendation to revise the Imperial House Law by denying it access to the country’s voluntary contributions to the ...

Japan to Halt Funding for a UN Women's Rights Panel Over Call to End Male-Only Imperial Succession TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Wednesday said it will freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Wednesday said it will freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel that called for an end to the country’s male-only imperial succession rule.