70 Japanese answer Ukraine's calls to arms against Russia

Around 70 Japanese, mostly former members of the Self-Defense Forces, have answered the Ukrainian Embassy's since-deleted Twitter post soliciting volunteers to fight against invading Russian forces, an embassy official said Wednesday.The embassy in Tokyo had posted the tweet on the same day that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on foreigners to be part of an international legion to be organized to help repel Russian forces.Almost all Japanese who had applied as of Tuesday were men in their 20s to 60s. Their reasons for volunteering ranged from "not being able to forgive attacks on Ukrai…READ FULL ARTICLE