The Saturday editions of all national papers reported on a teleconference between Prime Minister Kishida and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy on Friday evening, during which the Ukrainian leader voiced gratitude for Japan’s offer of defense equipment. The prime minister commented on the Russian attack on a nuclear power plant there by saying: “We are dumbfounded and enraged that Russia has committed another reckless act. It is absolutely unacceptable. As the country that experienced the Fukushima nuclear accident, Japan denounces the attack in the strongest terms.”