Quasi-Permanent UNSC Seat Needed for Japan: Ex-Official

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Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan should encourage the United Nations to establish quasi-permanent Security Council membership and pursue the position, former senior U.N. official Kiyotaka Akasaka has said. “Quasi-permanent seats allowing consecutive re-elections should be established, and Japan should secure one,” Akasaka, former U.N. undersecretary-general for communications and public i…