Former Ambassador to Ukraine: Japan Needs to Take the Initiative

Matsuda Kuninori, former ambassador of Japan to Ukraine, is interviewed in Tokyo, October 25, 2024. (© Fujiwara Tomoyuki)

Matsuda Kuninori, then ambassador of Japan to Ukraine (back row, center), attends a ceremony marking the provision of textbooks from the Japan International Cooperation Agency in Irpin, northern Ukraine, on September 26, 2024. (Courtesy the Embassy of Japan)