Which of the following states is NOT a permanent member of the UN Security Council?
A. China
B. France
C. Japan
D. United Kingdom
E. USA
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Japan is not a permanent member of the UN security council. If you have general knowledge of the history of these countries during WWII and their relations, including the history of Japan and the Japanese government decisions, you will know that the UNSC was formed after WWII.
The idea of the council was to avoid future wars. Japan (back in 1945) was the major enemy, and it was just defeated, which made it impossible to Japan to join the UNSC back in 1945.
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