Japan’s Leader Arrives in Ukraine for Meeting With Zelenskyy

Japan’s Leader Arrives in Ukraine for Meeting With Zelenskyy
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) prepares to leave Haneda airport in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2023. Kota Endo/Kyodo News via AP
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Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Kyiv in war-hit Ukraine on Tuesday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to Japan’s Foreign Ministry, just a day after Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Russia.

Kishida was seen boarding a train from the Polish station of Przemysl near the border with Ukraine at around 1.30 a.m. (local time) after concluding a meeting in India, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported.