Topic: Japan Steps Up Quest for UN Security Council Seat (Reuters)

Reuters - Japan stepped up its lobbying on
Friday for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council,
apprehensive that delays from Washington could torpedo Tokyo's
membership this year.

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