Having drawn attention by holding a major rally in Tokyo two days after the Russian invasion, Ukrainians in Japan continue to seek support as they worry about their family and friends back in their home country.
Here are some of their photos and remarks.
"I feel anxious as I don't know what might happen next," said Iryna Kulbanska from the Luhansk oblast in eastern Ukraine during the rally, where she sang the country's anthem. She expressed concern over her parents who remain in the capital Kyiv.
About 2,000 people came together via social media and filled a square in front of Shibuya Station on Feb. 26. Ukraine's national anthem, also known by a title that translates as "Ukraine has not yet perished," resonated during the event.
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In Kawasaki, near Tokyo, Yuliya Sidorenko, 42, said, "It's like a bad dream. I still can't believe it."
She had fled to the residence of her Japanese husband with 13-year-old son Aiki from Poltava in central Ukraine in mid-February, before Moscow's Feb. 24 military attack.
"There has been damage everywhere and I'm so confused," Sidorenko said, revealing that she cannot sleep at night thinking of the dangers and fear suffered by people back home with whom she has lost contact.
"People are killed and families are ripped apart," she said, adding, "Ukraine is a small country. I want the world to protect it with us."
At another rally on March 5 in Shibuya, a Russian woman who joined her Ukrainian friend of 20 years said, "Everyone wants to be free, and wanting to be rich is the same in every country. Please don't hate Russia."
Mila Yakovenko, 9, who was handing out flyers that describe Ukraine's situation to passersby, said, "When I grow up, I want to be a singer and sing a song for peace."
Maryna Amauri said she dreams of her family going back to Ukraine someday, hoping that her 3-year-old daughter Jasmine will live in her hometown "free of conflict."
At a church near the Russian Embassy in Tokyo, some 20 Ukrainians gathered on March 6 to pray for peace and mourn the victims of the Russian invasion in a "Sunday service of forgiveness" held at the suggestion of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
Natalya Kovalova, 59, whose brothers are staying in Kyiv and their families have evacuated to shelters where food is insufficient amid shelling and air raids, lit a candle and closed her eyes in front of the altar.
"I can never forgive Russia for destroying the houses, shops and towns back home," she said. "God, don't let go of Ukraine, and the world."
Demonstrations to protest against the invasion have also been organized elsewhere across Japan.
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