Japan will push ahead with support for Ukraine through a plan to host a meeting aimed at encouraging companies to participate in the war-torn country's economic recovery, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Wednesday.
The government plans to hold the gathering sometime late this year or early next year, Hayashi said in a speech at a two-day conference in London on Ukraine's reconstruction that was attended by representatives from over 60 nations.
"The Japanese public and private sectors can strongly support the recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine" through the meeting dubbed "the Japan-Ukraine Conference for Promotion of Economic Reconstruction," Hayashi added.