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During the 1970s, as it attained the status of an economic powerhouse, Japan was called on to play an increasingly large role in the UN. As Japan's role and its contributions increased so did sentiment, expressed as early as 1973, that Japan should be given a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) with the United States ...
In South Asia, Japan's role is mainly that of an aid donor. [173] Japan's aid to seven South Asian countries totaled US$1.1 billion in 1988. [173] [needs update] Except for Pakistan, which received heavy inputs of aid from the United States, all other South Asian countries received most of their aid from Japan as of the early 1990s.
“Japan, as non-permanent member, will cooperate with the U.N. and other involved nations to promote discussion between nuclear and non-nuclear states," he said.
Japan is a middle power and a member of numerous international organizations, including the United Nations (since 1956), the OECD, and the Group of Seven. [1] Although it has renounced its right to declare war, the country maintains Self-Defense Forces that rank as one of the world's strongest militaries.
The United States and Japan are sponsoring a U.N. Security Council resolution calling on all nations not to deploy or develop nuclear weapons in space, the U.S. ambassador announced Monday. Linda ...
A group working under the U.N. Human Rights Council has issued a wide-ranging report about rights in Japan, including discrimination against minorities and unhealthy working conditions. The report ...
United Nations Command–Rear (also known as UN Command–Rear or UNC–Rear) is a rump military command headquartered in Japan, and a subordinate element of United Nations Command. UN Command–Rear was established in 1957 as a result of the relocation of UN Command from Japan to South Korea following the Korean War .
Japan will use its turn next year in leadership roles at the Group of Seven and the United Nations to pressure Russia to halt its war in Ukraine, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoshimasa ...