Japan will provide an additional loan of $300 million to Ukraine in 2015, Japanese ambassador to Ukraine Shigeki Sumi said Tuesday at a press conference in Kiev, Sputnik reported.
"Since March 2014, Japan has promised to provide $1.5 billion in aid to Ukraine, and today, in addition to $1.5 billion, which Japan has already agreed to provide, Japan will provide $300 million in financial aid as a parallel loan with the World Bank," Sumi said.
Sumi added also that Japan would allocate a $16.6 billion grant to Ukraine.