Japan to push for African seat on UN Security Council, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says


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Japan will use its place on the United Nations Security Council to push for an African seat on the top world body, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said. Tokyo and the African nations also underscored their commitment to better cope with a food crisis aggravated by Russia’s war in Ukraine , as they wrapped up a two-day meeting in Tunisia on Sunday. “Japan reiterates its determination to redress the historical injustice against Africa of not being represented through a permanent membership on the Security Council,” Kishida told the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Tunis on Sunday....