The Japanese government wants the Ukrainian Embassy in Tokyo to refrain from recruiting Japanese nationals as military volunteers to fight against the Russian military.
The government has explained to the embassy that “an evacuation advisory has been issued” for Japanese nationals across Ukraine, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said Wednesday.
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