The Government of Japan announced this the inclusion of new Russian individuals and entities to the sanctions adopted by Tokyo following the invasion of Ukraine and will expand its export restrictions to include construction materials.
Japan thus joins the countries that have expanded or extended their sanctions on Russia and related countries involved in the conflict with the neighboring country since the G7 summit was held in Japan, whose members promised to continue supporting Kiev and increase the pressure on Moscow to end the war.
With “the purpose of contributing to international efforts” to resolve the conflict peacefully, Japan today announced the addition of 24 individuals and 78 entities to the lists affected by the war-related asset freeze. and the annexation of Crimea and other territories by Russia, reported Foreign Affairs.
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More than 700 Russians sanctioned
Under these measures, individuals and entities covered by the sanctions are restricted from making payments and capital transactions on Japanese soil.
With the inclusion of the new affected, who are mostly (17) people linked to the Russian army and their families.s, the list of individuals covered by these sanctions amounts to 700, and the list of entities, to 207, according to updated figures from the Foreign Ministry.
The sanctions also affect another 311 individuals linked to the annexation of Crimea and other territories taken from Ukraine.among them some of the self-proclaimed new authorities of Lugansk, Donetsk and Zaporizhia.
Tokyo also announced the inclusion of 80 new entities that will be affected by trade restrictions, specifically sensitive exports to “contribute to the improvement of Russian industrial capacities.”
In this sense, entities have been added that could receive products destined “for the engineering and construction sectors,” the Japanese government spokesman, Hirokazu Matsuno, explained at a press conference.
In this way, there are already 437 Russian companies and entities included in Japan’s list of export restrictions, which, among other areas, covers technologies and materials with potential military use or luxury products.
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