Approximately 120 Japanese are resident in Ukraine, where Russia's military invasion continues, and the government plans to do its utmost to protect Japanese people, such as helping those who wish to evacuate leave the country promptly.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there are about 120 Japanese residents in Ukraine, where Russia's military invasion continues, but most of them have families and others, and they have indicated their intention to stay in the future.
Based on local embassies, the government will contact the residents individually every day to understand their safety and continue to confirm whether they intend to evacuate overseas as the situation worsens. I have decided.
Those who wish to evacuate will be provided with traffic information so that they can leave the country quickly by land, and will also support the procedures necessary for entering and leaving the country.
In addition, even if we stay in Japan, we will continue to call for personal safety through shelters, etc., and we will do our utmost to protect Japanese nationals.
On the other hand, the government will soon officially decide on additional sanctions such as the asset freeze of Russian individuals and groups announced on the 25th and the export restrictions on semiconductors to Russia, and will promptly implement them with G7 countries etc. The idea is to keep pace and aim to overcome the situation.
Furthermore, in order to prevent the stable supply of energy from being hindered by this situation, we will cooperate with international organizations and related countries, and in order to minimize the adverse effects on people's lives due to soaring crude oil prices, for the time being. , The policy is to significantly expand and strengthen subsidies to oil wholesale companies.