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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Businesswoman from Russia helps Ukrainian come to Japan

NIIGATA -- A Russian businesswoman living in Japan has become a guarantor for a Ukrainian national who fled his home country to live here.

Maria Karasawa came to Japan about 20 years ago and married a member of the founding family of a metalworking company in Tsubame, Niigata Prefecture. Karasawa said she was disappointed about her home country's invasion of its smaller neighbor.

Following the sudden death of her husband in 2019, Karasawa, 47, assumed the presidency of the family company.

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