Secretary General of the Cabinet of Ministers Hirokazu Matsuno said that the government intends to strengthen support for UkraineTOKYO, April 10.
/tass/. The Japanese government will continue to increase sanctions pressure on Russia, at the same time increasing support for Ukraine. This was announced on Monday at a regular press conference by the Secretary General of the Cabinet of Ministers of Japan Hirokazu Matsuno.
"In order to protect the international order, as chairman of the G7 and a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, Japan, in close cooperation with the international community, primarily with the G7, will continue to strengthen tough sanctions against Russia and support for Ukraine," he said.
Japan's sanctions, which were introduced in several stages due to the situation in Ukraine, already affect about 1,000 people and about 100 organizations from Russia. In addition, the assets of Alfa-Bank, VTB, and VEB were frozen.Russia, Novikombank, Otkritie Bank, Promsvyazbank, Rossiya Bank, Sberbank, Sovcombank, as well as about 40 other organizations and companies.
Japan has also approved a list of goods and technologies prohibited for export, there are already about 800 items in it. Among them are semiconductors, marine and aviation security equipment, telecommunications equipment, communications equipment, military products, including weapons, software, oil refining equipment, cargo equipment, dump trucks, bulldozers, railway locomotives, processing machines and other electrical equipment used in industry. In addition, a ban has been imposed on the supply of luxury goods to Russia, including cars worth more than 6 million yen (about $ 49 thousand), as well as on the import of gold from the Russian Federation. It is also prohibited to export a number of chemicals to Russia, including chlorine, methanol, acetone, ethylene and sodium hypochlorite.