selling book "The Rape of Nanking" by Iris Chang, a Chinese American writer who researched the atrocities committed by Japanese troops after they seized Nanking in December 1939. Japan is among a handful of countries that have demanded a permanent seat in a reformed U.N. Security Council. Germany, Brazil, India and some African nations want to join the United States, China, Russia, France and Britain as permanent members. Negotiations are under way to reform the council by enlarging its membership from the current 15 countries to 24. A permanent seat confers prestige and power in the decision-making in the U.N. system. --More 2317 Local Time 2017 GMT
