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Japan announces fresh economic sanctions against Russia

By:
Reuters
Published: May 10, 2022, 01:22 GMT+00:00

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan announced on Tuesday new sanctions on Russia to freeze the assets of more individuals and ban exports of cutting-edge goods to some Russian groups including scientific research institutions.

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a news conference in Tokyo

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan announced on Tuesday new sanctions on Russia to freeze the assets of more individuals and ban exports of cutting-edge goods to some Russian groups including scientific research institutions.

It is a series of punitive measures by Tokyo following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which Russia calls a special military operation.

(Reporting by Ju-min Park and Elaine Lies; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)

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