Tokyo and Warsaw have commemorated the centennial of Japan's rescue of hundreds of Polish orphans from Siberia, saying the humanitarian act continues to carry significance as Poland is hosting about 1 million displaced people from war-hit Ukraine.
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Poland's ambassador to Japan Paweł Milewski says military assistance to Ukraine would show that “Japan feels responsible for global security and world peace.”