Exclusive interview of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine Kuninori Matsuda to the Interfax-Ukraine agency Authors: Oleksandr Martynenko, Valerie Proschenko Japan will hold the presidency of the G7 in 2023.
And as ambassador you will organize work G7 Ambassadors' Support Group for Ukraine. Japan has really rapidly spoken out against Russia's aggression in Ukraine.
What kind of assistance can Ukraine expect from Japan in economic, military and humanitarian areas? Before directly answering your questions, let me briefly explain Japan's basic policy toward this war.
Prime Minister Kshida has articulated right after the war that there is no more business as usual with Russia. In other words, we have to completely change our stance toward Russia.