Japan will present a further $300 million in monetary help to Ukraine, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida mentioned Thursday, because the nation faces an financial disaster as a result of Russia’s invasion.
“We have received calls for short-term funds support from the Ukrainian side as the fiscal situation has deteriorated due to Russia’s invasion,” Kishida instructed reporters in Tokyo.
Kishida mentioned in April that Japan would improve yen loans to Ukraine to $300 million. His pledge to offer further monetary assistance will convey the entire to $600 million.
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岸田総理大臣:「ロシアの侵略に伴う財政事情の悪化により短期的な財政資金についても、ウクライナ側より支援のニーズが寄せられています。資金協力、従来3億ドルを表明させて頂いていましたが、これを倍増して6億ドル財政支援を行う」
岸田総理は、週明けに予定されている日米首脳会談や日本とアメリカ、オーストラリア、インドによる枠組み=クアッドの首脳会議でも日本の対応を説明し、今後も国際社会と連携して支援していく方針を確認する見通しです。
ウクライナへの借款は、すでに表明している3億ドルと合わせ計6億ドルとなります。 – ANNnewsCH
Woman dies leaping out of automobile in Hokkaido
NewsOnJapan – May 19
SHIRAOI, Hokkaido, May 19 (NewsOnJapan) – A lady has died after falling out of a automobile throughout a quarrel on a freeway in northern Japan at round 2:30 am on Thursday morning.

This is Japan’s Pizza Vending Machine
akidearest – May 19
I simply got here throughout a pizza merchandising machine in Japan. The pizza really appears to be like actually good so I need to attempt to order a pair issues from it and produce it dwelling to simply see what merchandising machine pizza is like.

The endurance of Japan’s easy avenue snack
BBC – May 19
Eaten proper off the coals, yaki-imo (roasted candy potatoes) are a beloved centuries-old meals, whether or not they’re served by old school avenue distributors or fashionable “imo” ladies and boys.

Basquiat owned by Japan’s Maezawa sells for $85 million
france24.com – May 19
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s “Untitled” 1982 bought for $85 million at public sale in New York Wednesday, effectively above its pre-sale estimate and netting Japanese billionaire house vacationer Yusaku Maezawa a tidy revenue.