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In First U.N. Speech, Takaichi Calls for Removal of Japan’s Wartime ‘Enemy State’ Label

Summary by The Japan Times
Beijing has latched on to the clause in its row with Tokyo, insisting it remains legally binding and serves as safeguard of the postwar order.

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(Tokyo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Cho Seong-mi = Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, in a speech at the UN General Assembly held in New York on the 22nd (local time), [addressed] the defeated nations of World War II...

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In her general debate speech at the 81st United Nations General Assembly, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi emphasized the need to maintain and strengthen the international order based on the rule of law. Taking the 70th anniversary of Japan's UN membership as a milestone, she outlined Japan's policy to strengthen its contributions to the international community on a wide range of issues, including UN reform, nuclear disarmament and non-proliferatio…

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, in a speech at the United Nations (UN) on the 22nd (local time), demanded the removal of the UN Charter's 'enemy clause' targeting defeated nations of World War II, and called for the opening of the Security Council.

On September 22 (morning of September 23 Japan time), Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivered a general debate speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA. In her speech, Prime Minister Takaichi stated that "post-war Japan, as a peaceful nation, has always emphasized the rule of law in resolving any disputes," and declared that Japan has "consistently supported the International Criminal Court (ICC) and has produced judges for…

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