Kirk here. First of all, sorry for the long absence – I’ve been working on another project.
I thought I’d share this video about how Ryunosuke Tokuda has been helping Lena Bereznaya (apologies if my Romanization is incorrect) who is from Ukraine. According to the article, Dr. Tokuda saw something on TV in which Lena expressed an interest in working with animals. This led him to reach out to Lena and invite her to come to Kumamoto to work as an assistant / apprentice at his animal clinic.
https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/rkk/1750988
What a great guy! Even though I have never had the pleasure of meeting him, his name has come up on this page many times:
https://www.facebook.com/profile/100064554018003/search/?q=Ryunosuke&locale=ja_JP
If you read Japanese, you can follow him on Facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/tokuda.ryunosuke
His Facebook page links to this blog post of his about Lena:
https://ameblo.jp/ryunosuketokuda/entry-12881321208.html
If any of you know Lena, please wish her well for me! And, if you know Dr. Ryunosuke, tell him he has many fans on this page! :)