In September 2023, Foreign Minister Hayashi visited Ukraine and provided demining equipment, including four ALIS units, to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU).
The next 50 units of ALIS are to be provided to Ukraine.
ALIS Contributes to Landmine Clearance (Ukraine)
“Your Shizuoka Newspaper Site” reports that ALIS is being used to detect landmines in the Bucha Forest outside of Kiev. （The above site is in Japanese.）
It also appeared in the August 4 Sankei Shimbun Tokyo morning edition in the section “With Ukraine: Looking Toward Asia.” LINK Japanses page only
Expectations for Japanese assistance in landmine clearance (from newspaper article)
THE JOURNAL of Conventional Weapons Destruction
THE JOURNAL of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Author Hayashi Ontoku Akihito:
MINE ACTION AND SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION: Case of JICA and CMAC There is also a description of mine clearance training using ALIS.
Article on ALIS Mine Detection Training for Ukrainian Troops
ALIS training has been conducted in Poland for Ukraine deminers.
Introducing the published article. (in Japanese)
＊KYODO NEWS(7Jul) Japan-supported mine detection training
＊FNN Prime Online(8Jul) Mine clearance in Ukraine
＊JIJI.COM(10Jul) JICA Assistance to Ukraine in landmine clearance
＊CMAC Director （CMAC:Cambodian Mine Action Centre）
The ALIS training in Poland was featured on Face Book!