Ukraine receives $1 billion from Japan and UK under World Bank program
Financial assistance is crucial to cover social and humanitarian expenditures of the Ukrainian budget, while nearly all country’s tax revenues are spent on the military.
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Zelenskyy honors Japanese PM Kishida, discusses energy support and sanctions
The leaders discussed securing $50 billion from frozen Russian assets and Japanese humanitarian aid for Ukraine.
Japan reportedly pledges $106 million in reconstruction aid for Ukraine
The aid package is expected tol be formally unveiled at the Japan-Ukraine Conference for Promotion of Economic Reconstruction in Tokyo on 19 February, Kyodo news reported referring to its sources.
Japan’s Foreign Minister visited Kyiv for the first time, discussed cooperation, and commemorated victims of Russian crimes in Bucha
Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi made an unannounced visit to Ukraine on 9 September 2023. This was the first time he visited Ukraine since Russia's February 2022 invasion. Hayashi met with Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba, and Minister of Digital Transformations Mykhailo Fedorov. He also visited the memorial to victims of Russian war crimes in Bucha.
Ukraine asks Japan to provide equipment for electronic warfare
Ukraine’s Defense Minister said in his interview for the Japanese outlet Kyodonews that Ukraine has asked Japan to…
Japan will be first to cover military risks in Ukraine investments
Japan is the first country to provide $23 million to cover military risks associated with investments in Ukraine,…
Kremlin launches Pacific Fleet exercises to boost partnership with China and deter Japan’s support for Ukraine
The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced that Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu will meet with China’s Defense…
Japan’s PM Kishida visits Bucha: feels “great anger at the atrocity”
During his visit to Ukraine, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who presides over the Group of Seven (G7),…
Ukrainian folk tale Kotyhoroshko translated to Japanese, tells story of boy born from peas like Japan’s Momotaro
The project was implemented with the financial support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Ambassador of…
Japanese expert: Ethnic Ukrainians form 60% of Northern Territories’ (Kuriles’) population
Yoshihiko Okabe, an expert on Russia at the University of Kobe in Japan, says that “about 60 percent…