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UNSC condemns N. Korea launch in presidential statement

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Shintaro Ito (R) speaks at a news conference at Japan's permanent mission to the United Nations in New York on April 13 after the U.N. Security Council adopted a nonbinding presidential statement on North Korea's rocket launch. At left is Japanese Ambassador to the U.N. Yukio Takasu.

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Japan to take multipronged approach to Security Council bid

NEW YORK, United States - Kenzo Oshima, Japan's chief ambassador to the United Nations, tells reporters in New York on Dec. 22 that he will pursue a multipronged approach in trying to win a permanent seat for Japan on the U.N. Security Council.

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Kishida, U.N. assembly president-elect hold talks

TOKYO, Japan - Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa (far L), incoming president of the United Nations General Assembly, and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (far R) hold talks at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on July 11, 2014. Kishida reiterated Japan's aspiration to become a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council.

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Japan official in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (3rd from front in left row) and Shotaro Yachi (R), who heads the secretariat of Japan's National Security Council, hold talks in Moscow on March 12, 2014. The Japanese official was in Russia to discuss the crisis in Ukraine.

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Japan official in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) and Shotaro Yachi (R), who heads the secretariat of Japan's National Security Council, hold talks in Moscow on March 12, 2014. The Japanese official was in Russia to discuss the crisis in Ukraine.

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Japan's national security chief leaves for Russia

NARITA, Japan - Shotaro Yachi (L front), Japan's top bureaucrat of its National Security Council, is seen at Narita airport near Tokyo on March 12, 2014, before leaving for Russia. Yachi will meet with Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Security Council of Russia, and other officials to confer on the tensions in Ukraine.

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Japan, U.S. security advisers agree on closer bilateral cooperation

WASHINGTON, United States - Shotaro Yachi, head of the secretariat of Japan's new National Security Council, speaks to reporters in Washington on Jan. 17, 2014, after talks with U.S. State Secretary John Kerry. Yachi told reporters he discussed "various issues" with Kerry including the situation in East Asia but declined to go into further detail.

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National Security Council

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi (L), head of Japan's new U.S.-style National Security Council, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at Abe's office in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2014.

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N. Korea launches rocket

TOKYO, Japan - Members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces enter the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2012, after North Korea launched a rocket. The rocket apparently flew over Okinawa Prefecture in southwestern Japan. Japan, the United States and other countries suspect the launch is a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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Japan stresses need for speedy UNSC reform

NEW YORK, United States - Kazuo Kodama, Japan's deputy U.N. ambassador, speaks with reporters in New York on Nov. 28, 2011. During intergovernmental talks on the reform of the U.N. Security Council at the U.N. headquarters earlier the same day, Kodama stressed the need for facilitating the reform in a speedy manner.

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Japan's Maehara, Singapore's Yeo meet in Yokohama

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (L) and Singaporean Foreign Minister George Yeo shake hands prior to their meeting on Nov. 11, 2010 in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. Yeo affirmed his support for Japan's bid to become a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council and welcomed Japan's positive stance toward a U.S.-backed Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. (Pool photo)

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Aso calls N. Korea rocket launch 'extremely provocative'

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 5 after the end of a meeting of Japan's Security Council. Aso harshly criticized the rocket launch conducted by North Korea earlier in the day.

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Aso calls N. Korea rocket launch 'extremely provocative'

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 5 after the end of a meeting of Japan's Security Council. Aso harshly criticized the rocket launch conducted by North Korea earlier in the day.

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Japan lodges protest, condemns N. Korea rocket launch

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 5 after the end of a meeting of Japan's Security Council.

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Gates calls for Japan's contribution

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates delivers a speech at Sophia University in Tokyo on Nov. 9. Gates said the United States has supported Japan's bid to become a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council as Japan has played a responsible role in the security field in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Bolivia supports Japan's bid for nonpermanent Security Council seat

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Bolivian President Evo Morales meet at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on March 6, where Marales expressed his country's support for Japan's bid for another two-year term as nonpermanent member of the U.N. Security Council, Japanese Foreign Ministry officials said.

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Japan OKs trade sanctions on Iran amid nuke standoff

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Cabinet approved on Feb. 16 a set of measures to implement a U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution that bans trading with Iran in items that could contribute to the country's nuclear and ballistic missile programs. (From L to R) are Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Foreign Minister Taro Aso and welfare minister Hakuo Yanagisawa.

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China voices readiness to agree to sanctions against N. Korea

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's U.N. Ambassador Kenzo Oshima listens to a media question after a U.N. Security Council meeting held at the U.N. Headquarters on Oct. 10 to discuss a U.S.-proposed draft resolution against North Korea.

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Koizumi calls for Africa's cooperation in UNSC reform

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi delivers a speech at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa on May 1. ''We must realize U.N. Security Council reform without delay...We would like to strengthen collaboration with our African colleagues,'' Koizumi said, apparently referring to Japan's bid to become a permanent member of the council and the African Union's campaign to win membership for two African countries. (Pool photo)

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Central American nations back Japan's UNSC bid

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic pose for photos prior to attending a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at his office on Aug. 18. The leaders later told Koizumi they will support Japan's bid to become a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council. (Pool photo)

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Koizumi in Scotland, to seek G-8 backing for Japan's UNSC bid

GLASGOW, Scotland - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi waves at well-wishers on arrival at Plestwich airport in Glasgow on July 6 to attend a Group of Eight summit, with one of his aims seeking support from other G-8 leaders for Japan's bid to get a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council. (Pool photo)

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Colombia says Japan's bid for permanent UNSC seat 'reasonable'

TOKYO, Japan - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe speaks at a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 12. He said that Japan's bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council is ''reasonable,'' but stopped short of categorically expressing support.

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(2)Thousands of Chinese rally against Japan in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A participant in an anti-Japan rally in Beijing on April 9 holds a placard calling for a boycott of Japanese products. Thousands of people turned out at the rally, accusing Japan of distorting its wartime past and calling for rejection of Japan's bid for a permanent membership on the U.N. Security Council.

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Dutch minister says Japan UNSC bid key to larger role in world peace

TOKYO, Japan - Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pose for photos prior to their talks in Tokyo on April 7. Bot told Koizumi that Japan's bid to become a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council will be key to its efforts to play a larger role in world peace and stability.

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Koizumi urges S. Korea to support Japan's UNSC bid

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks with reporters at his office on April 1. He urged South Korea to support Japan's bid for permanent membership on the U.N. Security Council.

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Hundreds join signature drive to oppose Japan's UNSC bid

BEIJING, China - Members of the China Federation for Defending the Diaoyu Islands call on people to sign their names to banners declaring opposition to Japan's bid for permanent membership in the U.N. Security Council at a park in Beijing on March 31.

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Japan presses bid for permanent U.N. Security Council seat

NEW YORK, United States - Senior Vice Foreign Minister Ichiro Aisawa (R, standing) addresses ambassadors and representatives from 68 countries to consolidate Japan's position of seeking a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 21.

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Japan tells Annan it is ready for greater role at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Ichiro Aisawa (L) shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan at the U.N. headquarters on Dec. 20. Aisawa told reporters later he handed Annan a letter from Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that expressed Japan's strong resolve to achieve Security Council reform.

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Japan calls new U.N. resolution on Iraq 'desirable'

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Ambassador to the United Nations Koichi Haraguchi (L) speaks at the U.N. Security Council where non-council member countries aired their position on Iraq in an open debate. He said it is ''desirable'' to adopt a new resolution that shows Iraq has not fully complied with its U.N.-mandated obligations to dismantle weapons of mass destruction.

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(1)Lower house panel begins discussing emergency law

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi answers opposition questions May 7 as a House of Representatives special committee began discussing three bills governing Japan's reactions to a foreign military attack. The three bills consist of one for a new law specifying measures to deal with armed attacks, one for revision of the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) Law and one for the establishment of the Security Council of Japan.

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(1)Japan approves support plan for U.S.-led strikes

TOKYO, Japan - Flanked by Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa (L) and Defense chief Gen Nakatani (R), Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi sits for a security council meeting at his official residence Nov. 16, 2001 to act on a basic plan to provide Japan's noncombat support for U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in Afghanistan.

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Japan to dispatch 3 MSDF vessels to Indian Ocean

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C), who chairs Japan's top national security council, is to hold a council meeting at the premier's official residence on Nov. 8. The Security Council of Japan decided to dispatch three Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels to the Indian Ocean to collect information before Japan's lending of noncombat support to the U.S.-led military operations.

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Costa Rica voices support for Japan's U.N. Council membership

TOKYO, Japan - Costa Rican President Miguel Angel Rodriguez Echeverria, who is visiting Japan on a five-day trip, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on April 4. He said he welcomes Japan's bid to become a permanent member of U.N. Security Council.

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Mori calls for staged approach to reform UNSC

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori delivers a speech to the U.N. Millennium Summit in New York on Sept. 7. He urged world leaders to adopt a step-by-step approach to reform the U.N. Security Council, but stopped short of stating Japan's bid for a permanent seat on the council.

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Watanuki calls for reform of U.N. Security Council

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's House of Representatives Speaker Tamisuke Watanuki delivers a speech at a conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) at the United Nations on Aug. 30. He said the U.N. must reform the Security Council and restructure its finances if collaborative ties with national legislatures is to bear fruit.

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Japan's U.N. envoy seeks consensus on larger security council

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Yukio Sato (shown in this photo) said in a recent interview with Kyodo News in New York that Japan is hoping for a consensus among U.N. member states supporting its proposal to enlarge the U.N. Security Council during the upcoming U.N. Millennium Summit.

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(2)Koizumi makes pitch for Security Council seat in U.N. speech

NEW YORK, United States - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi expresses Japan's desire to become a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council in an address to the annual General Assembly session on Sept. 21. ''We believe that the role that Japan has played provides a solid basis for its assumption of permanent membership on the Security Council,'' Koizumi said. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Japan tells Annan it is ready for greater role at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Ichiro Aisawa (L) shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan at the U.N. headquarters on Dec. 20. Aisawa told reporters later he handed Annan a letter from Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that expressed Japan's strong resolve to achieve Security Council reform. (Kyodo)

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Japan presses bid for permanent U.N. Security Council seat

NEW YORK, United States - Senior Vice Foreign Minister Ichiro Aisawa (R, standing) addresses ambassadors and representatives from 68 countries to consolidate Japan's position of seeking a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 21. (Kyodo)

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Japan to take multipronged approach to Security Council bid

NEW YORK, United States - Kenzo Oshima, Japan's chief ambassador to the United Nations, tells reporters in New York on Dec. 22 that he will pursue a multipronged approach in trying to win a permanent seat for Japan on the U.N. Security Council. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi urges S. Korea to support Japan's UNSC bid

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks with reporters at his office on April 1. He urged South Korea to support Japan's bid for permanent membership on the U.N. Security Council. (Kyodo)

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Dutch minister says Japan UNSC bid key to larger role in world p

TOKYO, Japan - Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pose for photos prior to their talks in Tokyo on April 7. Bot told Koizumi that Japan's bid to become a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council will be key to its efforts to play a larger role in world peace and stability. (Kyodo)

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Colombia says Japan's bid for permanent UNSC seat 'reasonable'

TOKYO, Japan - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe speaks at a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 12. He said that Japan's bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council is ''reasonable,'' but stopped short of categorically expressing support. (Kyodo)

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(1)Machimura addresses ambassadors' meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura addresses a meeting in Tokyo of some 120 of Japan's ambassadors on May 16. He told the envoys that winning a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council is ''the most important issue'' for the administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi in Scotland, to seek G-8 backing for Japan's UNSC bid

GLASGOW, Scotland - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi waves at well-wishers on arrival at Plestwich airport in Glasgow on July 6 to attend a Group of Eight summit, with one of his aims seeking support from other G-8 leaders for Japan's bid to get a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Koizumi in Scotland, to seek G-8 backing for Japan's UNSC bid

GLASGOW, Scotland - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi waves at well-wishers on arrival at Plestwich airport in Glasgow on July 6 to attend a Group of Eight summit, with one of his aims seeking support from other G-8 leaders for Japan's bid to get a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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G-4 foreign ministers meet U.N. General Assembly president

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. General Assembly President Jean Ping (C) meets Group of Four foreign ministers -- (from L to R) Germany's Joschka Fischer, Japan's Nobutaka Machimura, India's Natwar Singh and Brazil's Celso Amorim -- to discuss their U.N. Security Council expansion plan. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Central American nations back Japan's UNSC bid

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic pose for photos prior to attending a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at his office on Aug. 18. The leaders later told Koizumi they will support Japan's bid to become a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Koizumi calls for Africa's cooperation in UNSC reform

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi delivers a speech at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa on May 1. ''We must realize U.N. Security Council reform without delay...We would like to strengthen collaboration with our African colleagues,'' Koizumi said, apparently referring to Japan's bid to become a permanent member of the council and the African Union's campaign to win membership for two African countries. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Koizumi calls for Africa's cooperation in UNSC reform

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi delivers a speech at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa on May 1. ''We must realize U.N. Security Council reform without delay...We would like to strengthen collaboration with our African colleagues,'' Koizumi said, apparently referring to Japan's bid to become a permanent member of the council and the African Union's campaign to win membership for two African countries. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)