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Japan’s PM makes surprise visit to Ukraine in show of support

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hold documents as they attend a joint news conference in Kyiv [Alina Yarysh/Reuters]

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has made a surprise visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, stealing some of the attention from Asian rival President Xi Jinping of China, who met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

Kishida, who will chair the Group of Seven (G7) summit in May, met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday while touring Kyiv and paying tribute to those killed in Bucha, a town outside Kyiv that became a symbol of Russian atrocities against civilians.

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