May 26, 2023 8:32 AM GMT+7
Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is escorted by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio
Kishida to the Cenotaph for the Victims of the Atomic Bomb at the Hiroshima
Peace Memorial Park, after Zelenskiy was invited to the Group of Seven nations'
summit in Hiroshima, Japan, May 21, 2023. Eugene Hoshiko/Pool via REUTERS
TOKYO, May 26 (Reuters) - Japan will place additional sanctions
on Russia after the Group of Seven (G7) summit the country hosted last
week agreed to
step up measures to punish Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Chief Cabinet Secretary
Hirokazu Matsuno said on Friday.
Matsuno, Tokyo's top government spokesperson, also condemned
Russia's move on
Thursday to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, saying it would further
intensify situations around the invasion of Ukraine.
"As the only
country to have suffered atomic bombings during wartime, Japan never accepts
Russia's nuclear menace, let alone its use," Matsuno told a regular press
conference.
The leaders of G7,
including the United States, Britain, Germany and France, last week showed their resolve to support Ukraine with additional military
aids and sanctions on Russia, at the annual summit held in the world's first atomic-bombed
city Hiroshima.
In a co-ordinated
action with G7, Japan will freeze assets of 78 groups and 17 individuals
including army officers in Russia and ban exports to 80 Russian entities such
as military-affiliated research labs, according to a Friday foreign ministry
statement.
Japan will also ban
providing construction and engineering services to Russia, although the details
of the measure will be announced at a later date, a trade ministry statement
said.
Reporting by Kantaro
Komiya; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Michael Perry
https://www.reuters.com/world/japan-slap-additional-sanctions-russia-after-g7-summit-bulletin-2023-05-26/
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