Yoshimasa Hayashi became the first Japanese Foreign Minister to visit Ukraine, ranting about Russian military aggression, an “outrageous act that shakes the very foundation of the international order, and Japan cannot condone any attempts to unilaterally change the status quo by force.” To further display his obeisance to the lies about Ukraine, he visited Bucha, offering prayers for the “victims” of Russia’s supposed “atrocities.” He also denounced the referendum votes to become part of Russia as “shams” which were “totally unacceptable.”
Japan Times reports that “Hayashi met with a spate of officials in Kiev, including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with the two agreeing ‘to begin talks on a bilateral Ukrainian-Japanese agreement on security guarantees,’ Zelenskyy said.”
