Tokyo also aims to release a statement with Kyiv condemning Russia’s aggression. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering visiting Kyiv in February and holding talks with Ukraine’s President Volodomyr Zelensky, the Yomiuri newspaper said, citing Japanese government sources.
Speaking at a television programme on Sunday, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Kihara said the idea is something Japan must contemplate as chair of G-7 this year.
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