Japan will become a non-permanent member of the U.N. Security Council in 2023-24. The country holds the presidency of the council in January 2023. Diplomatic ability is expected to be tested at a time when the council is dysfunctional over the Ukraine crisis. Professor: Japan’s ability to help stop “high-handedness” by Russia and China will be “put to the test”.
Japan has long expressed its ambition to become a permanent member of a reformed Security Council. Foreign Ministry official: “Few countries would oppose the U.N. Charter or international law”. The world’s third-largest economy won an annual election in June for five of the 10 non-permanent seats.
