Japan is set to resume funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, which coordinates most of the aid to Gaza. Japan, once the sixth largest donor to UNRWA, was among more than a dozen countries that paused funding after Israel claimed a small number of the agency’s 13,000 Gaza employees were involved in the October 7 attack by Hamas. Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa met UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini in Tokyo on Thursday to discuss measures taken by the agency to improve governance and transparency.
