{"id":9164,"date":"2025-10-21T05:58:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T05:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/japan-needs-quasi-permanent-seat-on-u-n-security-council-says-ex-official\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T05:58:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T05:58:49","slug":"japan-needs-quasi-permanent-seat-on-u-n-security-council-says-ex-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/japan-needs-quasi-permanent-seat-on-u-n-security-council-says-ex-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan needs quasi-permanent seat on U.N. Security Council, says ex-official"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Japan should encourage the United Nations to establish quasi-permanent Security Council membership and pursue the position, former senior U.N. official Kiyotaka Akasaka has said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Quasi-permanent seats allowing consecutive reelections should be established, and Japan should secure one,&rdquo; Akasaka, former U.N. undersecretary-general for communications and public information, told a news conference in Tokyo on Monday, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the U.N.&rsquo;s establishment on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding a Japanese government target of gaining a permanent seat on the powerful U.N. panel, Akasaka said, &ldquo;It is difficult to achieve this due to the veto powers of China and Russia.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Due to foreign aid cuts by U.S. President Donald Trump&rsquo;s administration, the United Nations is in a tough situation, Akasaka said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the influence of China, the second-largest financial contributor to the United Nations, is growing in global affairs, he added, emphasizing the need for Japan to play a more active role within the organization.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Akasaka expressed his hope that more young people in Japan will seek jobs within the United Nations and other international organizations, including the post of secretary-general.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Regarding U.N. reforms promoted by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in response to decreasing U.S. financial contributions, Akasaka said, &ldquo;It&rsquo;ll be a hard task, like a merger of companies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Japan needs quasi-permanent seat on U.N. Security Council, says ex-official<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan should encourage the United Nations to establish quasi-permanent Security Council membership and pursue the position, former senior U.N. official Kiyotaka Akasaka has said. &ldquo;Quasi-permanent seats allowing consecutive reelections should be established, and Japan should secure one,&rdquo; Akasaka, former U.N. undersecretary-general for communications and public information, told a news conference in Tokyo on Monday, ahead&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/japan-needs-quasi-permanent-seat-on-u-n-security-council-says-ex-official\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Japan needs quasi-permanent seat on U.N. Security Council, says ex-official&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}