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Sep 4, 2024 | 
afr.com | Yoko Kamikawa
I am overjoyed to be returning to Australia after five years – and for the first time as foreign minister – to attend the 11th Japan-Australia Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations (Japan-Australia 2+2). Ten hours of travelling brings me from the heat of Japan to an Australia that is at long last welcoming spring.
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May 6, 2024 | 
kompas.id | Yoko Kamikawa |Harian Kompas
On the 60th anniversary of Japan’s accession to the OECD, it is a great honor for Japan to chair this year’s OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) with the participation of Indonesia, Thailand, Viet Nam, Singapore, Laos (the ASEAN Chair) and the ASEAN Secretariat.
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May 2, 2024 | 
euractiv.com | Yoko Kamikawa
Sixty years after its accession to the OECD, Japan sees an active role for the organisation in Southeast Asia, where bolstering sustainable growth standards will benefit the economies and resilience of Europe, Southeast Asia and beyond, writes Yoko Kamikawa. Yoko Kamikawa is the foreign affairs minister of Japan.
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May 1, 2024 | 
kompas.id | Yoko Kamikawa |Harian Kompas
› English›Why is the OECD Relevant for... Indonesia will be able to attract private investment by adopting OECD regulations and standards. This article has been translated using AI. See Original . About AI Translated Article Please note that this article was automatically translated using Microsoft Azure AI, Open AI, and Google Translation AI. We cannot ensure that the entire content is translated accurately.
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May 1, 2024 | 
kompas.id | Yoko Kamikawa
Mengapa OECD Relevan bagi Indonesia dan Asia Tenggara? › Opini›Mengapa OECD Relevan bagi... Indonesia akan mampu menarik investasi swasta dengan mengadopsi peraturan dan standar OECD.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
passblue.com | Arthur Bassas |Darsen Hover |Yoko Kamikawa |Banjo Damilola |Ian Martin
Welcome to This Week @UN : Japan's no-nukes effort; Palestine statehood; Haiti's survival; UNRWA cash. Plus: Famine in Gaza; forced labor; AI; a "shitshow." We are pausing the weekly summary on March 29 for the holidays. Our top story of the week: Palestine's Quest for Statehood Was Hindered From the Start, a Legal Expert Argues The month: The Key to Security Council Reform?
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
passblue.com | Banjo Damilola |Yoko Kamikawa |Ian Martin |Darsen Hover
The United Nations Security Council endorsed an international police mission last fall to try to regain control of Haiti from the powerful armed gangs dominating parts of the country. Yet violence is now convulsing more regions of Haiti as the mission has been put on hold and the interim Haitian government has resigned.
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Mar 17, 2024 | 
passblue.com | Yoko Kamikawa |Banjo Damilola |Ian Martin |Dawn Clancy |Anastasiia Carrier
Prospects for a world without nuclear weapons are becoming more severe. Divisions are growing not only between nuclear weapon States and non-nuclear weapon States but also among nuclear weapon States and among non-nuclear weapon States over how to pursue nuclear disarmament as the global security environment becomes less stable - a trend exemplified by Russia's threats to use nuclear weapons since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
samoaobserver.ws | Yoko Kamikawa |Kazimier Lim |Uale Tofilau |Enid Westerlund
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists’ 2024 Nuclear Notebook estimates that China now has about 500 nuclear warheads, and more are being produced to equip future delivery systems. Of the nine nuclear-armed powers, China is thought to have one of the fastest-growing nuclear arsenals at present. Last October, the US Department of Defence in its 2023 Annual Report made two forecasts: First, as of May 2023, China has more than 500 active nuclear weapons, exceeding earlier estimates.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
samoaobserver.ws | Yoko Kamikawa |Enid Westerlund
The atrocities perpetrated by Hamas on 7 October 2023 and the war in Gaza that followed caught much of the world off guard. Most governments appeared surprised both by the reignition of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its wider consequences, for regional stability and social cohesion.
