Japan will offer Ukraine $5.5 billion in new financial aid, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday, days before the first anniversary of the Russian invasion.
"There is still a need to help people whose livelihoods have been destroyed by war, and to restore destroyed infrastructure," he said in a speech in Tokyo.
“We have decided to provide additional financial support of $5.5 billion,” Fumio Kishida said.
He said the government would seek parliament's approval for "amendment of relevant laws and regulations" to allow the funds to be disbursed.
The announcement came as US President Joe Biden, during an unannounced visit to Kyiv, promised increased arms shipments to Ukraine.
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Japan had joined Western powers in imposing sanctions on Russia and has provided humanitarian, but not military, aid to Ukraine since the launch of President Vladimir Putin's invasion on February 24, 2022. Fumio Kishida said also announced a videoconference of G7 leaders with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, a year after the start of the war in Russia.
Japan is chairing the G7 this year.