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Japan to permit evacuees from Ukraine to work upon arrival

A special outdoor concert "Love against wars" to support Ukraine, in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district on March 11. (Photo: AFP)

TOKYO: The Japanese government will allow Ukrainian evacuees displaced by Russia's invasion to work after they are accepted into the country, the justice minister said Tuesday.

Evacuees who are granted short-term residency for 90 days when entering Japan will be permitted to extend their visas to "designated activities" status for one year.

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