Ukrainian youth to be invited to participate in Japanese project - Japanese Ambassador to Ukraine

Japanese Ambassador to Ukraine Shigeki Sumi said this at a briefing in Kyiv, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“That is a regular project and from Ukraine we invite 12 young people so selection will take place very soon. That is the project Japan is running for sometimes by inviting young people under 30 from around 10-11 countries and put all of them in a boat that travel about 3 weeks in the area of Japan,” he said.

The ambassador noted that the next year when Ukraine would take part in the project, the participants would also visit New Zeeland.  

Ambassador Shigeki Sumi told about the project, when announcing the details of the visit of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his wife Maryna Poroshenko to Japan. The visit is scheduled for April 5-7.

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