US EditionChina Reiterates Japan Unqualified to Bid for UN Seat
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'Japan not qualified for UN Security Council seat'
A Chinese envoy said on Wednesday that Japan is not qualified at all for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. Japanese militarism has not been thoroughly reckoned with and its right-wing forces are pushing for remilitarisation, said Sun Lei, the charge d'affaires of China's permanent mission to the UN. "A country that shows no remorse for its historical crimes, that violates basic norms of international relations, that challe…
China reiterates Japan unqualified to bid for UN seat
Sun Lei, China's deputy permanent representative to the UN, speaks during a UN Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, U.S., January 15, 2026.He said Japan is unable to shoulder the responsibility of maintaining international peace and security, and cannot win the trust of the international community.
On the 21st, at an informal meeting of the UN General Assembly on Security Council reform, China's Deputy Ambassador to the UN, Sun Lei, criticized Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae's Diet response regarding a Taiwan emergency and remarks by a source in the Prime Minister's Office about possessing nuclear weapons, saying, "Japan has absolutely no qualifications to become a permanent member of the Security Council." Japan expressed its regret.
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