Japan's Takaichi Stresses Support for ICC in U.N. Speech

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi underscored her nation's steadfast backing for the International Criminal Court during her maiden General Debate address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. Takaichi highlighted Japan's commitment to fostering and advancing a free and open international order grounded in the rule of law.

However, she refrained from commenting on the sanctions imposed by the U.S. administration on ICC President Tomoko Akane, a fellow countryman. In light of the heightened global tensions, Japan is endeavoring to bolster supply chain resilience, deepen international peace and stability cooperation, and maintain and expand the international order, proclaimed Takaichi.

Additionally, she detailed Japan's plans for economic and energy collaboration with Gulf states in the Middle East, while expressing growing apprehensions regarding arbitrary export controls, presumably in reference to China. Takaichi urged for unity in preserving and reinforcing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty regime. She also expressed concerns about the proliferation of nuclear and missile technologies through heightened military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, stressing that security in the Indo-Pacific region, Europe, and the Atlantic are interlinked.