Japan announced its intention to promote sanctions against Russia and assistance to Ukraine

Japan as chairman of the G7 will promote sanctions against Russia and support for Ukraine, said Cabinet Secretary General Hirokazu Matsuno.

“Japan, as the chairman of the G7, will work closely with the international community and, first of all, with the G7 countries, to promote sanctions against Russia and support for Ukraine,” Matsuno said (quote according to TASS).

In addition, he spoke about Japan’s plans to reaffirm the unity of the G7 on issues such as global economic issues, nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, and climate change.

Last autumn, Tokyo expanded sanctions against Russian individuals and companies, including relatives of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, head of the National Guard Viktor Zolotov, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, deputy chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev. Of the organizations under Japanese sanctions, Rostec, the Kalashnikov concern, the Ruselectronics holding, UEC-Klimov, and others fell.

In July, Japan banned the export of 65 Russian and 25 Belarusian companies, and imposed restrictions on another 57 individuals and six legal entities. The sanctions included Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Grigorenko, cellist Sergei Roldugin, as well as his wife Elena Mirtova, head of the United Aircraft Building Company (UAC) Yuri Slyusar and others.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also blacklisted 384 members of the House of Representatives (lower house) of the Japanese Parliament.