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Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Security Council Issue in Japan's UN Policy, 1956-89 -- Introduction -- Joining the UN -- UN policy during the initial years -- Early moves towards the Security Council bid -- Keeping UN Charter revisionism alive -- 'Quasi' permanent Security Council membership as a stepping stone? -- Conclusions -- 2 Japan's Multilateral Record and the Rationale for the Bid -- Introduction -- Japan's multilateral diplomacy in the 1990s -- The Gulf War, 1991 -- Japan's record as a non-permanent member on the Security Council -- PKO participation and the bid -- Permanent membership: a matter of prestige? -- Permanent membership: a matter of financial power? -- Permanent membership: a matter of merit and readiness? -- Conclusions -- 3 Gathering Support at the Domestic and International Levels -- Introduction -- The end of the East-West confrontation and the Security Council -- Competitive pressures from Germany -- A low profile policy for domestic consumption versus external lobbyism -- The outcome: application by stealth and prevarication -- Winning support among member states -- The pros and cons of US endorsement -- Support from the UK, France and Russia -- Common EU position defeated by Italy -- Buying Third World backing? -- Conclusions -- 4 Japan's Participation in the Working Group on Security Council Reform -- Introduction -- Historical background of security council reform attempts -- Security Council reform in the 1990s -- Equitable representation -- Financial power as qualification -- Scope of Security Council enlargement -- Silence on the veto right -- Improving working practices of the Security Council -- Towards permanent stalemate instead of permanent membership? -- Conclusions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.