Reprinted from Prime Minister’s Office YOUTUBE
ALIS’s demining activities were introduced on YOUTUBE by the Prime Minister’s Office.
Cabinet Office Japan : ALIS Assistance for Landmine Clearance
2023/11/20 facebook / Embassy of Japan in Ukraine
From the facebook of the Embassy of Japan in Ukraine…On November 20, JICA – Japan International Cooperation Agency delivered ALIS (Advanced Landmine Imaging System) to the SES (State Emergency Service of Ukraine) in order to strengthen Ukraine’s mine clearance capability by improving mine detection accuracy and mobility. The 50 landmine detectors and 40 special vehicles were delivered to the Ukrainian SES.
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.