Ukraine crisis shows need to reform UN Security Council -Japan for min

FILE PHOTO: Japan's Foreign Minister greets Yoshimasa Hayashi Ukrainian ambassador Sergiy Korsunsky in Tokyo

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s foreign minister said on Tuesday Russia’s invasion of Ukraine showed the need to reform the Security Council of the United Nations, on which the country holds a permanent seat.

Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told a regular news conference Japan would do its utmost to reform the council, as he made an appeal for the Asian nation to become a permanent member.

(Reporting by Ju-min Park; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)

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