The energy of the U.S.-Japan alliance was on show as they quickly coordinated the supply of 38 tons of non-lethal tools help for Ukraine, Mar. 16, 2022. Allied forces mobilized inside hours of the Japanese Authorities’s determination to supply humanitarian help provides to Ukraine finishing drop-off, preparation and loading onto a U.S. C-17 Globemaster III plane in lower than three days.

“At this time we see one other instance of the U.S. – Japan alliance in motion,” stated Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Ambassador to Japan. “At this time our alliance marks a brand new and distinctive chapter in our historical past, by serving to our associates in Ukraine. This kind of coordination might sound extraordinary, however for allies and associates, it’s abnormal. Whether or not a time of battle, a pure catastrophe, or united in opposition to the acts of a pariah, the USA, Japan and Ukraine stand collectively.”

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U.S. Air Drive Airmen from the 730th Air Mobility Squadron wait on the bottom flight line with humanitarian help cargo at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Mar. 16, 2022.U.S. Air Drive Airmen from the 730th Air Mobility Squadron wait on the bottom flight line with humanitarian help cargo at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Mar. 16, 2022. Allied forces mobilized inside hours of the Japanese Authorities’s determination to supply humanitarian help provides to Ukraine, finishing drop-off, preparation and loading onto a U.S. Air Drive C-17 Globemaster III plane in beneath three days. (U.S. Air Drive photograph by Employees Sgt. Ryan Lackey)

Earlier than the loaded C-17 Globemaster III left Yokota, Emanuel, Oniki Makoto, Japan’s State Minister of Protection, and Oleksandr Semenyuk, Deputy Chief of Mission Embassy of Ukraine in Japan, expressed thanks for the joint bilateral effort and the dedication to the assist of Ukraine’s proper, and each nation’s proper, to its sovereignty and freedom from hostile exterior interference.

“I’d like to precise the deepest gratitude to our Japanese and American associates for his or her help to Ukraine,” stated Semenyuk. “It’s not simply the cargo, it’s an indication of solidarity.”

U.S. and Japan alliance is constructed on shared pursuits, shared values, and a dedication to freedom and human rights; the alliance has by no means been stronger, and it has by no means been extra essential to this area than proper now as we face tough safety challenges. This partnership is continually displayed via practiced teamwork of the Japan Self-Protection Forces and U.S. Forces in Japan, as they stand able to face any problem.

Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Ambassador to Japan (center), speaks at a press conference as a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III loads Government of Japan humanitarian aid cargo at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Mar. 16, 2022.
Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Ambassador to Japan (heart), speaks at a press convention as a U.S. Air Drive C-17 Globemaster III masses Authorities of Japan humanitarian help cargo at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Mar. 16, 2022. Emanuel complimented the coordinated efforts of the U.S.–Japan partnership to supply wanted humanitarian provides to Ukraine, declaring that irrespective of the state of affairs, the USA, Japan and Ukraine stand collectively as associates. (U.S. Air Drive photograph by Employees Sgt. Ryan Lackey)