The government of Japan has so far provided Ukraine with humanitarian, food, financial and other types of assistance totaling $7.6 billion, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said at a debate in the budget commission of the lower house of parliament, thereby confirming the figure previously announced in Kyiv, Report informs referring to TASS.
“To date, we have allocated a total of $7.6 billion to Ukraine for various economic needs, economic recovery, in the form of humanitarian, financial, food and other assistance,” the minister said. He noted that a Ukrainian delegation is now in Japan, which is getting acquainted, in particular, with the experience of overcoming the consequences of natural disasters and restoring destroyed infrastructure. The total amount of assistance also includes the costs of training Ukrainian demining specialists, he added.
In May, Tokyo also announced a decision to transfer 100 military trucks and 30,000 army food rations to Kyiv. The Japanese government also expressed its readiness to accept wounded Ukrainian servicemen for treatment.