政府、キーウの日本大使館再開へ　大使が現地復帰

　政府は３日、ロシアの軍事侵攻を受けて閉鎖していたウクライナの首都キーウ（キエフ）の日本大使館を月内に再開する方針を固めた。松田邦紀駐ウクライナ大使が近く現地に戻る。政府関係者は「人員を徐々に戻していく」としており、ビザ（査証）発給などの領事業務再開へ向け、大使館の機能を段階的に元に戻す。
　在ウクライナ大使館は、ロシアが侵攻した翌月の３月２日に一時閉鎖し、西部リビウに開いた臨時連絡事務所に機能を移転。その後の情勢緊迫化に伴い、隣国ポーランド南東部のジェシュフに拠点を移した。
　松田氏は８月２２日～９月４日にキーウを訪問し、シュミハリ首相らと会談。安全面など再開に向けた課題について意見を交わした。政府は松田氏の報告を踏まえ、再開の可否を検討してきたが、大使館の警備など安全確保にめどが付いたと判断した。（2022/10/03-17:48）

The Japanese government plans to reopen its embassy in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv by the end of this month, seven months after the embassy was closed in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it was learned Monday.
   Japanese Ambassador to Ukraine Kuninori Matsuda will return to Kyiv soon, and the government plans to resume embassy operations in stages, according to informed sources.
   Following the start in February of the Russian invasion, Japan closed the embassy on a temporary basis on March 2 and transferred its functions to a temporary liaison office set up in the western Ukraine city of Lviv. The embassy functions were later moved to Rzeszow in southeastern Poland as the situation was escalating.
   Matsuda visited Kyiv between Aug. 22 and Sept. 4, meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and other senior officials to exchange views on safety and other issues that need to be addressed for the embassy's reopening.
   Based on a report from the ambassador, the Japanese government has considered whether it can reopen the embassy there, and now believes that it can secure the embassy's safety through measures such as putting guards.