Japan is leading a global effort to help Ukraine recover from one of the world’s most dangerous legacies of war, millions of landmines contaminating its soil.
After nearly four years of conflict, Ukraine is the most heavily mine-contaminated country in the world, with unexploded weapons scattered across nearly a quarter of its land. In Tokyo, the Japanese government hosted the Ukraine Mine Action Conference, coordinating international technical, financial and humanitarian support.
Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu launched the Ukraine Mine Action Support Initiative, calling mine clearance “vital to recovery and reconstruction.”
Japanese company Nikken Corporation has supplied demining machines, while JICA is training Ukrainian officers in Cambodia alongside the Cambodia Mine Action Centre.Tokyo-based Obara Kogyo is developing prosthetics for victims, and drone maker Prodrone is testing AI-powered detectors.
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