Japan’s Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi met with Ukrainian counterpart Andriy Sybiga in Osaka ahead of Expo 2025, pledging continued political, economic and humanitarian backing “until a durable, just peace is reached.”
Key takeaways
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Unbroken support: Iwaya stressed that Tokyo will keep funding recovery, supplying non-lethal equipment and leading G7 sanctions enforcement.
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Shared security lens: Sybiga underlined that Russia’s aggression reverberates across the Indo-Pacific, arguing for tighter Japan-Ukraine coordination in global forums.
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Next steps: The ministers agreed to expand joint projects in energy resilience, cyber-defence and de-mining, and to hold a strategic dialogue this autumn.
The meeting signals that Japan sees Ukraine’s struggle as integral to its own security architecture, reinforcing Tokyo’s shift toward a more active international-security role.
