JISDA Hosts Ukrainian Military Delegation At Diet Study Session
The session gave Japanese lawmakers and defense firms direct access to Ukrainian battlefield experience on drones, electronic warfare, long-range strikes, and air defense, feeding into policy discussion on how Japan organizes equipment, training, and logistics together.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
JISDA Inc. held a study session on September 8, 2026, at the First Members' Office Building of the House of Representatives, with Ukrainian Major General Volodymyr Holbachuk as lecturer. Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Yurii Lutvinov and Military Attaché Andrii Bilenkyi attended. Diet members including Tsuyoshi Kusama and Yusuke Kashima joined, along with defense and security companies and firms affiliated with JISDA's RISE consortium.
The venue was the First Members' Office Building of the House of Representatives. Holbachuk spoke on how the Ukrainian military reads the current situation and how the front-line environment has changed, taking questions from Diet members afterward.
The stated purpose was to hear operational conditions directly rather than work from equipment data alone. JISDA describes the trends in drones, electronic warfare, long-range strikes, and air defense as important to security policy and the defense industry, and argues that procurement has to be considered alongside unit operations, training, logistics, and production capacity.
JISDA says the session was the second sharing knowledge gained in Ukraine, following one held in June 2026 at the same building.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- ASCII.jp JISDA、衆議院議員会館にてウクライナ軍代表団を招いた勉強会を開催