A Japanese organization has developed a textbook for people from Ukraine, to help them learn the Japanese language.

The material has been developed by the Association for Japanese-Language Teaching, which helps refugees and others to learn the language.

The textbook focuses on everyday conversation, such as greetings and useful phrases for shopping.

Learners can also listen to dialogue on their smartphones.

The textbook also explains Japanese signs for elevators and vending machines with photos, and gives an introduction to Japanese culture.

The association has produced 2,500 copies of the book to distribute to evacuees from Ukraine for free.

It hopes the learning material will help them live independently in Japan.

Sekiguchi Akiko, who heads the association, says she believes the materials will help evacuees become confident they can learn Japanese, even if they have no access to language lessons.