and spoke to germany. urging to tear down russia's new wall. echoing the fall of the berlin wall. we expect to hear the same message from zelenskyy in a little more than an hour here in japan. over the past few weeks, in what has beenen usual response from tokyo, we have seen tokyo quickly step up the international role as the invasion triggered a more assertive foreign policy response from japan. response not just aimed at russia but also china. in line with the united states and other nations, japan imposed significant sanctions against russia and belarus. and joined the call to cut russia from the swift banking system. japan is also provided about $100 million worth of humanitarian aid and rules to deliver defense equipment to the ukrainian people. when prime minister heads to brussels here later tonight, to attend a summit, we expect more