U.S. President Biden supports Japan becoming permanent member of the U.N. Security Council

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U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida review an honor guard during a welcome ceremony for President Biden, at the Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo, Japan, May 23, 2022. Eugene Hoshiko/Pool via REUTERS

TOKYO, May 23 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that he supports Japan becoming a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, NHK public television said on Monday.

Calls have been rising recently for reform of the United Nations Security Council, where both Russia and China are permanent members.

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potpotkettle on May 24th, 2022 at 01:04 UTC »

Just as Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump did.

HLASM-S370 on May 23rd, 2022 at 22:39 UTC »

Due to there currently being no process to remove a permanent UNSC member state, maybe limit permanent UNSC membership to the current 5 nuclear states. Technically Russia is occupying the USSR’s permanent seat, but being a nuclear state was a pretty effective way for Russia to slip in with little serious discussion.

RenouvellementUnAn on May 23rd, 2022 at 22:28 UTC »

if you listen closely you can hear the chinese slamming the veto button