Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that the nation intends to become part of the group of permanent United Nations Security Council members that currently includes China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
“I expressed the necessity to reform and strengthen the United Nations including the Security Council, which bears an increasing importance for peace and security of the international community, and gained the [U.S.] president’s support,” said Kishida during a joint press conference with U.S. President Joe Biden on May 23.
