Supported by UNIDO

From Ukraine🇺🇦
‍
to Japan🇯🇵

Connecting Japanese companies with Eastern European talent, innovation, and business opportunities.

Concept image showing a digital connection between Ukraine and Japan for international IT talent collaboration

BASED IN

Izumo, Japan · since 2023

OUR PROGRAMME

Hello, Yaponiya, Ukraine!

Supported by

UNIDO

Funding

Japan Government(METI)

Who we are

Connecting Japan withEastern Europe.

People Cloud connects Japanese companies withexceptional technology talent and innovation from Eastern Europe.

Founded in 2023 by Japanese private partners and local Izumostakeholders, we build practical bridges between Japan andEastern Europe through talent mobility, business development andinnovation partnerships.

1900+
Applicant engineers
From Eastern Europe
90+
Program graduates
Completed the programme
45
Relocated engineers & families
Moved to Japan
Business professionals discussing ideas around a laptop during a Ukraine-Japan collaboration meeting

THE PLATFORM

Goal of Initiativefor Ukraine.

How we connect Japan and Eastern Europe through a circular model of mutual support — people attract businesses and businesses attract people.

Ukraine

Ukrainian
Talent Pool

Reskilled & upskilled talent.
Digital skills (IT, product, AI)
Japanese language (IT & business)
Cross-cultural readiness
“Creating a talent pool suitable for Japanese business.”
Presence of educated personnel drives development ofJapanese companies.

People Cloud
+ UNIDO / METI

Platform & framework.
HR development program design
Building a sustainable talent pool
Company discovery & matching
Cross-border operations support
UNIDO/METI funding & framework
Demand from Japanese companies increases applicationsand participation from talent.
Japan

Japanese
Companies

Seeking Eastern European growth.
Offshore development & recruitment in Ukraine
Outsourcing of business processes
Innovation partnerships
“Seeking sustainable business development in Ukraine.”
RESULT

A circular model in which people attract businesses and businesses attract people — supporting sustainableindustry development and job creation across both ecosystems.

What we do

We run
‍“Hello,Yaponiya,
Ukraine!”

A talent and business platform designed to help highlyskilled professionals access opportunities in Japan, and tosupport Japanese companies exploring growth in EasternEurope.

For Talent

We prepare professionals for opportunities in Japan.

/ 01

Online training

Practical, industry-led courses delivered remotely by Japanese and Ukrainian instructors.
Product management
AI & digital skills
Engineering practices
14–20 weeks
/ 02

Japanese language
courses

Track-based curriculum with IT and business context, taught with KNLU.
Beginner level (N5–N4)
Advanced level (N3–N2)
Business Japanese
2 levels · KNLU

For Companies

We help Japanese companies enter, hire, and cooperate across Eastern Europe.

/ 03

Market support

We help Japanese companies enter and operate in the Ukrainianmarket.
Discovery & partner matching
Operations & HR support
Legal & compliance liaison
B2B · ongoing
/ 04

Business cooperation

Co-creation and long-term partnerships between Ukrainianand Japanese companies.
Innovation partnerships
Joint product development
Long-term ventures
strategic

— Read how the programme works

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Funding & Implementing Organizations

UNIDO — Implemented Industrial Recovery Project

2026-2028

The programme supports the recovery and modernisation of Ukraine’s industrial ecosystem by creating new business opportunities between Ukraine and Japan.

/ Funded by

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI).

WHO MAKES IT POSSIBLE

Consortium

People Cloud leads this initiative together with a consortium of Japanese innovation and technology companies, in partnership with Ukrainian organisations including Beetroot Academy and Kyiv National Linguistic University (KNLU).

Partners in Japan
Partners in Ukraine

Our team

The people behind the bridge.

Hiroshi Makino

Founder
‍

Masahiro Hiraishi

Partnerships
‍

Svitlana Kyshchuk

Business Development

Marta Kondryn

Talent & Curriculum
‍

Alina Podzygun

Japanese Language Teacher

Contact us

Let’s build the bridge
‍
together.

Write to us — for cooperation, partnerships, talentenrolment, or simply to say hello.
We reply within two business days.

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Privacy Policy

Programme implemented jointly by People Cloud (Japan), Beetroot Academy (Ukraine) and Kyiv National Linguistic University(KNLU) with financial support from UNIDO and METI under the Green Industry Recovery Programme for Ukraine 2024–2028.

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