Japan’s education minister has informed Ukraine of a plan to accept 100 Ukrainian university students as part of bilateral cooperation to support Ukraine’s reconstruction efforts.
Moriyama Masahito announced the program during a bilateral meeting held in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Monday. He was visiting the country after attending the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
The meeting was the first since Japan and Ukraine signed a memorandum of cooperation in education, science and technology in February, agreeing to set up discussions on specific measures for collaboration.
At the beginning of the meeting, Ukraine’s Education and Science Minister Oksen Lisovyi said that financial support from the Japanese government is particularly important in the areas of education, science and technology. He said their cooperation is proceeding rapidly.
Japanese officials reportedly informed the Ukrainian side of plans to accept 100 government-sponsored Ukrainian university students over five years.
The officials also said that Japan aims to promote exchanges among researchers and present Japanese picture books translated into Ukrainian.
Moriyama told reporters after the meeting that the Ukrainian side had requested cooperation on issues such as mental health care for people returning from battlefields. He said Japan will consider what can be done based on the discussions held during the meeting.
Sources say the next meeting will be hosted by Japan.