YOKOHAMA STANDS WITH UKRAINE

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International Cooperation The City of Yokohama and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) collaborate to provide 300 used PCs to children in Ukraine. (May 2025) ...
International Cooperation The City of Yokohama and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are supporting the reconstruction of a nursery school in the city of Odesa in the UNDP’s first collaboration with a municipality outside Ukraine.(July 2024) ...
International Cooperation Meeting with Odesa in Berlin, Germany ~For discussions on cooperation in restoration and reconstruction~(June 2024) ...
International Exchange Our condolences to the victims in our sister city of Odesa.(March 2024) ...
International Cooperation Participated in JICA event “Connecting with Ukraine – Strengthening and Co-creating Ukraine-Japan Partnership”(February 2024) ...
International Cooperation Deputy Mayor of Odesa visited Yokohama City(February 2024) ...

Yokohama and Odesa: Sister Cities

Odesa, Ukraine is a vibrant port city on the Black Sea. Based on their shared experience as international port cities that rose from the ashes of war, Yokohama and Odesa formed a sister city agreement in 1965. This page introduces the history of exchange and cooperation between the two cities.

Yokohama and Odesa: Sister Cities

Support initiative for displaced Ukrainians in Yokohama

The City of Yokohama opened the community café to provide a space for displaced Ukrainians in Yokohama.

The café is used as a safe space for displaced Ukrainians to meet and trade information in their native languages, and connect them with local residents and businesses that offer support.

Ukrainian Community Café ДРУЗІ(“friend” in Ukrainian)