Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday that they are arranging charter flights in countries near Ukraine in case they need to evacuate Japanese nationals, as reported by Reuters.
Additional takeaways
"Not realistic to ease border controls in one go."
"If changes to the status quo with force were allowed in Ukraine, it would send the wrong message to Asia, international community."
"Making arrangements for talks with Russian President Putin."
"Will analyse rising oil prices to see what steps would be necessary further to ease the pain on people's livelihoods."
Market reaction
The USD/JPY pair stays under modest bearish pressure following these comments and was last seen losing 0.35% on the day at 115.05.
