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Japan vs United States: UN Voting Alignment

How often do Japan and United States vote the same way at the UN General Assembly? Agreement over every shared roll-call vote since 1946, by year, decade, and topic — plus the resolutions where they split.

Overall agreement

43.8%

of 5,627 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946

Agreement by year

0%25%50%75%100%1957198020002024
Japan–United States UN General Assembly voting agreement, 19572024. Latest: 1% agreement in 2024.

Agreement by topic

JapanUnited States UN voting agreement by topic
TopicAgreementShared votes
Israel–Palestine12.9%1,020
Nuclear weapons32.4%843
Disarmament38.8%1,073
Colonialism28.2%854
Human rights44.9%967
Economic development44.9%721

Frequently asked questions

How often do Japan and United States vote together at the UN?

Japan and United States voted the same way in 43.8% of 5,627 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.

Do Japan and United States agree on human rights votes?

On human rights resolutions, Japan and United States are split: they voted the same way in 44.9% of 967 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.

Data source: Erik Voeten et al., 'United Nations General Assembly Voting Data', Harvard Dataverse.