Japanese online news: On November 9, a 20-year-old Japanese mercenary was killed in an armed struggle against Russia in Ukraine.
This is the first Japanese mercenary to die in battle since the Russian-Ukrainian war.
▲The Japanese mercenary who was suspected to have died in battle
I don’t know which link has dropped the chain. Before the Ukrainian authorities had notified the Japanese government first, they were posted online. He said, "He is the strongest force among Japanese mercenaries. I pray that he will meet the Taiwanese mercenaries who have died in battle again in the next life."
▲Wanwan's past mercenary Zeng Shengguang
So Japanese netizens, who have been hotly discussed for more than ten hours, but the Japanese government cannot tell the truth about the truth because it has not received the exact news.
Japanese Chief Cabinet Officer Matsuno could only answer "Confirmation of Information" when facing a question. And once again called on the Japanese people not to go to Ukraine.
At noon on the 11th, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs admitted that this was indeed the case. The man's family has been contacted to deal with his funeral. Moreover, the personal information of the Japanese man's name, age, occupation, etc. will not be published.
It’s a coincidence that just three days ago, Asahi Shimbun reported a scoop: “There’s nothing to lose”, a 20th generation Japanese volunteer soldier joined the team without telling his parents.
At present, about several Japanese are fighting in Ukraine. He only knows a little English and communicates with his comrades through body language.
Nominally, Japanese media call them "volunteer soldiers" or "volunteer soldiers", but in essence they are commonly known as "mercenaries". The male protagonist in the report showed the information of the contract he signed with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense to the Asahi Shimbun reporter.
▲The photo provided by a man to the Asahi Shimbun
He was born in Okinawa, his mother is Japanese and his father is American.
He was originally engaged in the construction industry. Friends all say that he is strong in performance and desires to be paid attention to. In March this year, he quit his job, left Japan without telling his family, and went to Ukraine to work as a mercenary through the United States.
▲The photo provided by a man to the Asahi Shimbun
Why did he do this?
He said that he belongs to the character of taking action before thinking seriously. I saw a video of Russian military tank crushing ordinary civilian vehicles online. I felt very indignant and wanted to help the Ukrainian people, so I went there. After arriving in Ukraine, he first worked as a health soldier in the western city of Lviv and the southern city of Nikolayev for a month.
Foreign mercenaries and Ukrainians were mixed into a combat team, many of which were local women. A 32-year-old Ukrainian woman instilled her values in him: to save her life, she hesitated to escape or to stay for battle? Finally choose to fight. Participate in military training and learn how to use weapons. If I don't shoot the enemy, I will be killed by the enemy.
Perhaps influenced by his female comrade-in-arms, he felt that he was a man and should protect the woman, so he chose to stay and went to the strategic important place in eastern Ukraine Ijium . There, his main task was to dig trenches and observe the movements of the Russian army.
▲The photo provided by a man to the Asahi Shimbun
He not only accepted "exclusive interviews" from the Asahi Shimbun, but also accepted interviews from other Japanese media.
From the perspective of his conversation, it is a bit frivolous. He obviously has no military experience, but he is quite confident and so confident that he underestimates the enemy. It is a lucky thing to escape from danger once or twice, but you are not awesome brother.
▲The video suspected of being interviewed by the man was
Combined with friends, he said that he "desires to be paid attention"; he said that he "acted without thinking"; and the reality of engaging in the construction industry. It is hard not to guess how much his "sense of justice" is mixed with the factors of "ignorance but good performance and wanting to be paid attention to".
And he didn't seem to realize that the Ukrainians mixed with foreign mercenaries were not only his comrades, but also played the role of supervision, supervision, and ideological education. Like the story of the Ukrainian sister, I was so happy that I successfully aroused his desire to protect him in the last month and was willing to fight to the death.
▲Video suspected of this man being interviewed by other Japanese media
At the beginning, it was said that about 50 Japanese mercenaries went to Ukraine. With the changes in the war, the internal problems of Ukraine and Russia's prisoner policy, more than 40 people have evacuated.
▲Left first: Japanese mercenaries with experience in the Self-Defense Force
Although these people quickly realized the reality, what awaited them was "once they returned to Japan, they were faced with arrest and confiscated their passports."
▲A Japanese mercenary who was interviewed
Because their behavior of going to foreign countries as mercenaries involved committing "preparation for private wars" and violating Japanese national laws.
Even though they have left the Ukrainian mercenary mixed troops for several months, they are still stranded abroad and have not returned to Japan.
▲Japanese "former mercenary" showed reporters his Ukrainian war suit
▲The war suit marked "Japanese" Ukrainian "YAPOSHKA"
On the third day of the exclusive report of "Asakhi Shimbun", the news of "the first Japanese mercenary who died in Ukraine" came. The characteristics of age, combat troops, activity areas, etc. are all in opposition to the Japanese soldiers who were interviewed exclusively.
After the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that a Japanese man died on the battlefield in Ukraine, the Asahi Shimbun released the details of the exclusive interview with the man.
He finally achieved the attention of everyone at the cost of his life. Did he regret that moment? Or do you really feel that there is no regret in this life, which is worth it?
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