Japan proposed to the United Nations on Friday that the five permanent U.N. Security Council members shoulder a minimum of 3 percent or 5 percent of the total U.N. budget, a concept that would force China and Russia to pay more to support the international organization.

Japanese diplomats submitted the proposal to a U.N. committee Thursday evening New York time, Foreign Ministry officials in Tokyo said Friday.

In its proposal, Japan argued that the lower limit for the five -- the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia -- should be set at either 3 percent or 5 percent.