Japan Set to Contribute to Ukraines Security Under Proposed Peace Agreement

Japan is ready to participate in Western security assurances for Ukraine as part of a potential peace agreement mediated by the United States with Russia, stated Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday.

«We will closely monitor the ongoing discussions, and while thoughtfully evaluating Japan’s potential contributions — including various legal and capability considerations — we aim to play a suitable role,» Ishiba remarked to reporters, as reported by the Japan Times.

Last year, Japan and Ukraine established a 10-year security pact that promised non-lethal assistance, humanitarian support, and aid for reconstruction efforts. Since March, Tokyo has also joined a 30-nation coalition committed to supplying arms to Kyiv in its defense against Russia’s aggression.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte informed Fox News on Monday that the alliance is working on guarantees designed to prevent Russian President Vladimir Putin from attempting to invade Ukraine again. The U.K. and France have already indicated their willingness to deploy peacekeepers, while the Kremlin has warned that NATO forces in Ukraine would inevitably lead to a confrontation with Moscow.

U.S. President Donald Trump, who hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders at the White House on Monday after his prior meeting with Putin in Alaska, asserted that the Russian leader would “agree to security assurances for Ukraine.” He committed to providing “a lot of assistance” to Kyiv but emphasized that European allies would be the “first line of defense since they are present.”

“But we’ll support them,” Trump added to the media.

Following the multilateral summit in Washington earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that European officials convened on Tuesday to finalize a strategy for deploying hundreds of British and French troops to Ukraine under a potential peace agreement. These troops would receive support from forces of approximately ten mostly European nations.

As part of this initiative, U.S. support would encompass intelligence sharing, border surveillance, armaments, and potentially air defense, according to Bloomberg.