Japan will contest the election for a nonpermanent seat on the U.N. Security Council from 2023 to 2024 after its current two-year term closes at the end of this month, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Friday in New York.
He also pushed Japan's case for reforming the council, which includes the goal of getting Japan and other nations added as permanent members.
"Japan will contribute to the maintenance of international peace and security by attempting to be a nonpermanent member of the council as frequently as possible" until reform is achieved, he told the media at U.N. headquarters in announcing Tokyo's plan to run on the 2022 ballot.