Japan's foreign minister makes surprise visit to Ukraine

It's absurd how little media coverage the Russian South Donetsk breakthrough got in the media. For example, it is not even mentioned here, despite it being the most consequential event on the battlefront in recent memory. Amazing stuff how it goes completely unreported.

It seems people are pre-occupied with more "important" topics, such as North Korean soldiers in Kursk (which is in Russia and of which there is still no proof btw) and non-events like this.

Saw a leaked photo of him arriving at the station a while ago, in the dead of night.

And the elephant in the room is EU/UK and Japan can't finance the regime themselves if the incoming US administration pulls the plug on the funding/weapons.

Does it make a real difference?

Japan, along with the United States and other G7 members, has been supporting Ukraine while imposing economic sanctions on Russia since the invasion began in February 2022, including asset freezes and export bans.

Sanctions didn't work. Boomerang effect has actually hurt the countries applying the sanctions. Just ask Germany.

Moscow started preparing years ago on sanction-proofing the economy. It has actually grown, is more resilient and independent than ever.

And this behaviour spurred a rush towards de-dollarization in many countries.

He knows that surely.

Makes one wonder what amount of cash he bringing to Zelensky.

Well done, Japan. Please continue to help Ukraine remove the Russian murderers, thieves, rapists, and child abductors from their sovereign lands.

JJEToday 05:42 pm JST

Sanctions didn't work.

Sanctions are still working, and have not finished yet.

They are having a very serious effect on Russia's economy, and speeding its path to becoming a Chinese client state. And I'm sure you know that.

JJEToday 05:42 pm JST

And this behaviour spurred a rush towards de-dollarization in many countries.

Did you get a first dedollarizer yet?

Sanctions are still working, and have not finished yet.

They are having a very serious effect on Russia's economy, and speeding its path to becoming a Chinese client state. And I'm sure you know that.

What a bunch of delusional nonsense. The sanctions have zero effect, instead the Russian economy is growing:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-economy-shows-solid-growth-despite-ukraine-war-sanctions-2024-08-28/

So what are you talking about? For world sake the Russian ruble is way stronger than the yen. I mean how can people be so disconnected from reality?

Instead of saying nonsense, you should better encourage Japan to stop using our tax payers money to fund the mafia state of Ukraine and Zelenskyy and instead work on finding a way for peace.

Japan's foreign minister makes surprise visit to Ukraine.

Really? He didn't tell anyone he was going and just turned up?

Or should the headline be...

Japan's foreign minister makes unannounced visit to Ukraine?

Expect your taxes to go through the roof very soon

Well, he's got to go to make sure the ground is level for rebuilding contracts in the future....money and business first.

Japan has supported Ukraine from the get-go. Of course Japan also has territory that was stolen by Russia and to this date there exists no peace treaty. Inevitably the Russian invasion will end and Ukraine will have to focus on rebuilding what the Russians destroyed. Japan is poised to help the reconstruction. Despite being Ukraine's largest trading partner prior to February 2022, it's unlikely that Ukraine would open it's doors to China now after it has supported Russia.

daito_hakToday 07:52 pm JST

So what are you talking about?

Russia's economy is on a war footing, which is utterly unsustainable: much of what it is producing is being destroyed in Ukraine, and there is close to zero innovation.

It has been cut off from SWIFT and much of international banking.

Its imports and exports, and movement of people, have been severely curbed.

Many of its assets have been frozen, depriving it of ready cash in convertible currencies. Certain hard assets have been seized.

Many companies and investments have pulled out of Russia.

It is suffering a brain drain, and is losing people on the battlefield at a phenomenal rate.

It relies on North Korea, Iran, and China to sustain its war effort. Xi essentially now owns Russia's future (at least in the short-to-medium term), as Putin is wholly reliant on China. Russia's markets, and spheres of influence, are being overtaken by Chinese interests.

I could go on, but I think the above gives a decent picture...

daito_hakToday 07:52 pm JST

Instead of saying nonsense

Try "facts." It fits better than "nonsense."

you should better encourage Japan to stop using our tax payers money to fund the mafia state of Ukraine and Zelenskyy

Japanese tax payers are helping sovereign Ukraine repel the Russian aggressors, not funding a mafia state (which accurately describes Russia, incidentally).

and instead work on finding a way for peace.

The way to peace is for Putin to withdraw his invading murderers, thieves, rapists, and child abductors.

It has been cut off from SWIFT and much of international banking.

Many companies and investments have pulled out of Russia.

isabelle, it's two points where you are right. The rest is а lie. You shouldn't lie so much.

You don't know what a war footing is. About "severely curded" where you get it from??? From Ukrainian Insider? Fantastic lie! You don't have any information at all. You should be more busy with your "life," as you once said. Taiwan can handle these fantasies here without you.

It is suffering a brain drain, and is losing people on the battlefield at a phenomenal rate.

"suffering a brain drain" - what it looks like?

Losing people? Yes, it's truth, but you never count the Ukrainians you sent to slaughter for the sake of your idea to exterminate Russia. More than 32 thousand Ukrainian men have already died in the Kursk region. Do you even know what they died for? For what idea? When a country cannot resist a superior force, it capitulates for the lives of its people.

They are having a very serious effect on Russia's economy, and speeding its path to becoming a Chinese client state.

Please give us the facts. Bread, eggs, milk, what else is there? Do bears walk down the street? Are children forced to learn Chinese at school? Is the work shift at the factories 16 hours? Are people being grabbed on the streets and forcibly sent to the front, as in Ukraine? What is happening in Russia??? Without pathos and common phrases. Come on!

Japan. Please continue to help Ukraine remove the Russian murderers, thieves, rapists, and child abductors from their sovereign lands.

In recent years, Ukraine has been getting rid of everything in the country that is associated with the word "Russian". Imagine a country that has nothing of its own: no history, no culture, no science, getting rid of what no one took it away from as a part of a great culture and history. Monuments are being demolished, graves are being ruined, books are being burned. Tell me, Pushkin, whose monuments are being demolished in all settlements of Ukraine, who was he? A rapist or a murderer? And Tolstoy? The killer? And Tchaikovsky, whose ballet The Nutcracker, you watch with children all over the world at Christmas, who was he? A thief or a murderer? isabelle, are you thinking what you write, or you only copy instructions? you've turned the whole world into a circus starring the clown Zelensky

PrimusinterToday 02:25 am JST

Japan. Please continue to help Ukraine remove the Russian murderers, thieves, rapists, and child abductors from their sovereign lands.

In recent years, Ukraine has been getting rid of everything in the country that is associated with the word "Russian".

And rightly so given the heinous assault from russia.

Imagine a country that has nothing of its own: no history, no culture, no science, getting rid of what no one took it away from as a part of a great culture and history. Monuments are being demolished, graves are being ruined, books are being burned.

They do have a burning hatred of the russian to unite them, though. Don't really need much else.

Tell me, Pushkin, whose monuments are being demolished in all settlements of Ukraine, who was he? A rapist or a murderer? And Tolstoy? The killer? And Tchaikovsky, whose ballet The Nutcracker, you watch with children all over the world at Christmas, who was he? A thief or a murderer?

Tough to say. Under the Tsar you had to do what was ordered without concern for anything else. The main problem is that russia has not advanced since then politically but has been allowed to enjoy the benefits of civilization regardless. It's kind of like China in that regard. Also, it was russia who violated Potemkin's grave.

isabelle, are you thinking what you write, or you only copy instructions? you've turned the whole world into a circus starring the clown Zelensky

Because russia has launch the most shameless war of aggression in 80 years.

The savage bombing of the dam ensured

Russians blew up the dam the same way as Russians "blew up" the Kurakhovsky reservoir. You first trumpeted to the whole world (Hanna Arkhirova) that the Russians blew up the dam in Kurakhov. And then the Ukrainians themselves released a video where it is clearly visible that they themselves blew up in order to slow down the advance of Russians. All your media activities are muddy lies and inventions.

Or maybe you meant the same thing? Maybe I misunderstood you? You know my basic English is poor unlike yours:))))

PrimusinterToday 05:31 am JST

The savage bombing of the dam ensured

Russians blew up the dam the same way as Russians "blew up" the Kurakhovsky reservoir. You first trumpeted to the whole world (Hanna Arkhirova) that the Russians blew up the dam in Kurakhov. And then the Ukrainians themselves released a video where it is clearly visible that they themselves blew up in order to slow down the advance of Russians. All your media activities are muddy lies and inventions.

Or maybe you meant the same thing? Maybe I misunderstood you?

That Khakhovka Dam blowing is the war crime I am talking about. There are no reliable videos of Ukraine blowing the Khakhovka Dam and russia was in retreat at the time due to the poor quality of their forces. Thankfully it ensures that Kherson will never again be under the control of the terrorist.

You know my basic English is poor unlike yours:))))

That's okay.

There are no reliable videos of Ukraine blowing the Khakhovka

There are no opposite videos either. So show restraint.