70 Japanese men answer Kyiv's call for volunteers to fight against Russia, many inquiring, Japanese volunteer army?

[beijingwalker]

70 Japanese men answer Kyiv's call for volunteers to fight against Russia​

Tokyo, Japan
Published: Mar 02, 2022, 06:10 PM

Sniper teams from the Ground Self-Defence Force's first Airborne Brigade take a break during the Arctic Aurora exercise held with elements of the US Army in Alaska Photograph AFP )

Approximately 70 Japanese men have answered Kyiv's call for volunteers to fight against Russia, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper said, quoting a Tokyo company handling the volunteers.

These include 50 former members of Japan's Self-Defence Forces and two veterans of the French Foreign Legion.

A spokesperson for the Ukrainian Embassy acknowledged receiving calls from people "wanting to fight for Ukraine," but declined to give further details.

A social media post from the embassy thanked Japanese for their many inquiries about volunteering.

"Any candidates for this must have experience in Japan's Self-Defence Forces or have undergone specialised training," it said.

In a new post on Twitter on Wednesday, the Ukrainian embassy in Japan said it was looking for volunteers with medical, IT, communication, or firefighting experience. It was not immediately clear if the volunteer positions were remote or involved travelling to Ukraine.

The war in Ukraine has stirred strong emotions in Japan, which has a post-war pacifist constitution that has been reinterpreted in recent years to allow Japan to exercise collective self-defence or aid allies under attack.

Hundreds gathered for a protest against the Russian invasion last week in Tokyo, while the Ukrainian embassy said it collected $17 million in donations from some 60,000 people in Japan after it put out an online request for help.

Japan has also announced sanctions on Russia, including freezing the assets of Russian groups, banks and individuals and suspending exports of semiconductors and other sensitive goods to military-linked organisations in Russia.

Japan will accept Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia's ongoing invasion, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday, in a break with the country's usual reticence to accept humanitarian arrivals.

Japan typically accepts just a few dozen refugees a year out of thousands of applicants, and its borders are currently closed to virtually all foreign visitors to prevent Covid-19 infections.

But Kishida said the country would now "proceed with a plan to welcome people from Ukraine who have fled to third countries" in a bid to "demonstrate our solidarity with the Ukrainian people at such a crucial moment."

Kishida said Japan expected to first accept those with relatives or friends in the country, "but beyond that, we will respond from a humanitarian perspective," he added without setting a specific cap on arrivals.

He said refugees would be processed outside of the current border regime that bars foreign tourists and limits overseas arrivals.

Japanese billionaire Hiroshi "Mickey" Mikitani said Sunday he will donate $8.7 million to the government of Ukraine, calling Russia's invasion "a challenge to democracy".

The founder of e-commerce giant Rakuten said in a letter addressed to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky that the donation of 1 billion yen ($8.7 million) will go toward "humanitarian activities to help people in Ukraine who are victims of the violence".

Japanese men answer Kyiv's call for volunteers to fight against Russia

Approximately 70 Japanese men have answered Kyiv's call for volunteers to fight against Russia, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper said, quoting a Tokyo company handling the volunteers. These include 50 former members of Japan's Self-Defence Forces and two veterans of the French Foreign Legion. A...

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[Trailer23]

700?

That's the best Japan could muster up.

Hell, I could get 700 from just my neighbourhood in Karachi to fight alongside China against any aggressor.

 

[Beast]

Are these Japanese airsoft fan club members? We are talking about real war and bullets and not airsoft bb.

 

[retaxis]

Are these Japanese airsoft fan club members? We are talking about real war and bullets and not airsoft bb.

These japanese are incels who think they are going on a retreat for video game addiction.

 

[Beast]

These japanese are incels who think they are going on a retreat for video game addiction.

Airsoft are popular in Japan. I think these Japanese take it too seriously.

 

[retaxis]

Airsoft are popular in Japan. I think these Japanese take it too seriously.

they don't understand you can't just log off when you get hit. Nevertheless the Japanese government gonna talk about how brave Japanesefought in Ukraine and probably promote some nationalism at home.

 

[-=virus=-]

Thrillseekers, we had plenty of these wannabe rambos during ISIS too.

idiots

 

[Dragons]

This is not a japanese comic book convention gentlemen

 

[Oracle]

call the japnese when ukraine want to surrender

 

[Solidify]

Like 70 odd rifle men are going to make significant changes.

 

[beijingwalker]

From Giving Funds to Volunteering as Soldiers, Japanese Rally for Ukraine​

Over the first weekend of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, several cities in Japan held peaceful demonstrations to show their support for Ukrainians.

Published March 3, 2022
By Arielle Busetto

Protesters hold banners during a rally against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Tokyo, Japan, February 26, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Typically, political activism in Japan is quite tame on the surface.

Not this time. The Japanese are rallying after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

In the first few days of Russia’s invasion, people in Japan have come up with a wide variety of ways to show their opposition to the war.

Donations Flock​

On March 1, the Ukrainian embassy in Tokyo posted a message of thanks on Twitter to the people of Japan.

“We would like to express our heartfelt thanks, and we will make sure to distribute this sum to those most in need,” said the embassy’s tweet in Japanese.

Sergiy Korsunsky, Ambassador of Ukraine to Japan, confirmed in an interview with Sankei Shimbun and JAPAN Forward that the sum as of March 3 was up to nearly ￥2.5 billion JPY (about $17.4 million USD), for the people of Ukraine.

Hiroshi Mikitani, CEO of online retailer Rakuten in a powerful statement from Japan’s business world, announced that he and his family alone had decided to donate ￥1 billion JPY (about 8.65 million USD) to Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1497609434721251330

Volunteers Sign Up to Fight​

The Ukrainian embassy also shared the information that 70 people in Japan had responded to their appeal for volunteers to help on the ground.

Keichi Kurogi is a 39-year-old office worker who spoke with Reuters in an article published on March 3, explaining his reasoning for wanting to volunteer.

“I’m from a generation that does not know war at all,” he told Reuters, “It’s not that I want to go to a war, it’s more that I would rather go than see children forced to carry guns.”

On February 27, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on all friends of Ukraine “to come and fight,” which was then repeated by the Ukrainian embassies around the world. Ukraine had previously enacted a rule where all Ukrainian men between the age of 18 and 60 were not allowed to leave the country.

The Ukrainian embassy in Tokyo put a new announcement on Twitter on Wednesday, March 2, saying that they were looking for volunteers with medical, IT, communication, or firefighting experience.

Whether volunteers from Japan will be able to go is still a matter of discussion, as Japan doesn’t currently have an arrangement to support volunteer soldiers for dispatch to other countries.

“We are aware that the Ukrainian embassy in Japan is calling for [volunteers], but we would prefer that people avoid traveling [to Ukraine], no matter what the reason,” said Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi in the House of Councillors budget meeting on March 2.

Demonstrations Around Japan​

The wave of solidarity among the populations has crossed Europe, North America, and Australia, and even permeated into democratic regions of Asia, especially Taiwan, and Japan. Capitals around the world have seen hundreds of thousands of people gathering to show their opposition to war and support for Ukraine.

Over the weekend of February 26 and 27, several cities in Japan were among those to hold peaceful demonstrations to show their support for Ukrainians.

One of the largest was in Tokyo on Saturday, February 26, when, based on various estimates, up to a few thousand people gathered at the Shibuya Scramble intersection in the early afternoon with signs and colors in support of Ukraine.

There were more demonstrations calling for peace in Nagasaki and Hiroshima, and even to the north in Sapporo.

Nagasaki and Hiroshima have a strong connection to anti-nuclear sentiment as the only cities in the world to have experienced atomic bomb attacks. The demonstrations were therefore a way to express concern about a country possessing nuclear weapons like Russia waging war upon its non-nuclear democratic neighbor.

Demonstrations in these cities turned out to be eerily on target in their fears. On February 27, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he would be putting nuclear forces on “special alert.”

Ambassadors in Japan Respond​

Key foreign ambassadors in Japan held separate press conferences in succession at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan (FCCJ) on February 25, reacting to Russia’s sudden invasion of Ukraine.

“We must remove him (Russian President Putin) from the Kremlin. It is absolutely unacceptable that one individual created such a crisis for no reason. He must be stopped,” pleaded Sergiy Korsunsky, Ukraine’s ambassador in Tokyo.

He concluded, “We are not fighting the Russian nation, but we are fighting against the regime, which is anti-human.”

There were supporting views from the United States ambassador.

“Neither China nor Russia has allies, friends, or coalitions — and there’s a reason for that. It’s not an accident,” argued US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel. “Nobody is flocking to an authoritarian system based on the principle of raw exercise of power.”

“Democratic governments have their challenges, they have their vulnerabilities,” he acknowledged. “But people across the world…who are not part of it (democracy) want to join it, and people who are part of it are willing to fight to keep it.”

https://twitter.com/x/status/1497188866767605760

Russia’s Ambassador to Japan Mikhail Galuzin held a separate press conference the same day, also at the FCCJ, defending Putin’s actions.

“We have presented to the US and NATO proposals to ensure European security. Regretfully, these proposals were ignored,” argued Galuzin.

He went on to describe how supposed violence in the Eastern separatist regions by the Ukrainians led to the “forced” decision by President Putin to order a “special military operation to stop the tragedy in Ukraine.”

From Giving Funds to Volunteering as Soldiers, Japanese Rally for Ukraine | JAPAN Forward

Over the first weekend of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, several cities in Japan held peaceful demonstrations to show their support for Ukrainians.

japan-forward.com

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

All these good for nothing Nipponese are basically grown up kids.

Would any one risk their life fighting for a cause that is not even their belief?

They were raised by Arcade Video Machines and do not understand the real suffering and hardship in a war.

Their ancestors do.

When they discovered that there is no electricity nor clean water in Ukraine and it is very cold, that is the time they discovered their made believe surreal virtual game is now a living nightmare.

That is the time, they cried for their mamas.

 

[GumNaam]

70 Japanese men answer Kyiv's call for volunteers to fight against Russia​

Tokyo, Japan
Published: Mar 02, 2022, 06:10 PM

Sniper teams from the Ground Self-Defence Force's first Airborne Brigade take a break during the Arctic Aurora exercise held with elements of the US Army in Alaska Photograph AFP )

Approximately 70 Japanese men have answered Kyiv's call for volunteers to fight against Russia, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper said, quoting a Tokyo company handling the volunteers.

These include 50 former members of Japan's Self-Defence Forces and two veterans of the French Foreign Legion.

A spokesperson for the Ukrainian Embassy acknowledged receiving calls from people "wanting to fight for Ukraine," but declined to give further details.

A social media post from the embassy thanked Japanese for their many inquiries about volunteering.

"Any candidates for this must have experience in Japan's Self-Defence Forces or have undergone specialised training," it said.

In a new post on Twitter on Wednesday, the Ukrainian embassy in Japan said it was looking for volunteers with medical, IT, communication, or firefighting experience. It was not immediately clear if the volunteer positions were remote or involved travelling to Ukraine.

The war in Ukraine has stirred strong emotions in Japan, which has a post-war pacifist constitution that has been reinterpreted in recent years to allow Japan to exercise collective self-defence or aid allies under attack.

Hundreds gathered for a protest against the Russian invasion last week in Tokyo, while the Ukrainian embassy said it collected $17 million in donations from some 60,000 people in Japan after it put out an online request for help.

Japan has also announced sanctions on Russia, including freezing the assets of Russian groups, banks and individuals and suspending exports of semiconductors and other sensitive goods to military-linked organisations in Russia.

Japan will accept Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia's ongoing invasion, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday, in a break with the country's usual reticence to accept humanitarian arrivals.

Japan typically accepts just a few dozen refugees a year out of thousands of applicants, and its borders are currently closed to virtually all foreign visitors to prevent Covid-19 infections.

But Kishida said the country would now "proceed with a plan to welcome people from Ukraine who have fled to third countries" in a bid to "demonstrate our solidarity with the Ukrainian people at such a crucial moment."

Kishida said Japan expected to first accept those with relatives or friends in the country, "but beyond that, we will respond from a humanitarian perspective," he added without setting a specific cap on arrivals.

He said refugees would be processed outside of the current border regime that bars foreign tourists and limits overseas arrivals.

Japanese billionaire Hiroshi "Mickey" Mikitani said Sunday he will donate $8.7 million to the government of Ukraine, calling Russia's invasion "a challenge to democracy".

The founder of e-commerce giant Rakuten said in a letter addressed to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky that the donation of 1 billion yen ($8.7 million) will go toward "humanitarian activities to help people in Ukraine who are victims of the violence".

Japanese men answer Kyiv's call for volunteers to fight against Russia

Approximately 70 Japanese men have answered Kyiv's call for volunteers to fight against Russia, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper said, quoting a Tokyo company handling the volunteers. These include 50 former members of Japan's Self-Defence Forces and two veterans of the French Foreign Legion. A...

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uhm...did you say 70? that's like, a pre-breakfast fart bomb practice drill for the Russian Air Force...

 

[lastofthepatriots]

Reminds me of the Japanese PMC that was executed by ISIS in Syria.

Japanese warrior tradition has deteriorated since they got cucked by the US.

 

[Maula Jatt]

Straight up warriors these japs, really tough mofos if they bring out their WW2 side