While U.S. policy on Ukraine continues to flip flop as President Donald Trump seeks a deal for the sake of a deal, Japan has been stepping up its support for Ukraine and charting a more independent foreign policy toward Europe more broadly.
Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) will deploy two officers to Lithuania from November 3 to December 5 in a coalition alongside members from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The purpose of this deployment is to conduct demining training for the Ukrainian armed forces. Given Japan’s experience building up Cambodia’s demining capabilities, Japan had already been delivering equipment and training to Ukrainian forces under the Japan International Cooperation Agency’s leadership in partnership with Poland a
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