A direct flight from Poland, where the government rented a seat, arrived at Narita Airport for the first time on the afternoon of the 9th in an attempt to help people evacuated from Ukraine travel to Japan.
As Russia's military invasion continues, the government plans to actively accept people evacuated from Ukraine, and more than 400 people have evacuated to Japan so far, including 20 who came to Japan on a government aircraft on the 5th of this month. I am.
For the time being, the government has decided to rent a seat for a direct flight to Poland every week to support travel to Japan, and the first plane arrived at Narita Airport at around 1:40 pm.
According to the Immigration Bureau of Japan, the government rented seats for this plane, with five women aged 6 to 55 and one man on board.
After that, after performing quarantine and immigration procedures such as inspections to check for infection with the new coronavirus, it is expected that they will move to their respective destinations.