TOKYO, August 5 (RIA Novosti) – Japan’s Cabinet approved sanctions against Russia announced last week, the Kyodo news agency reported Tuesday.
According to the agency, the sanctions will come into effect later today.
Japanese government released a list of new sanctions against Russia amid Ukrainian crisis on July 28. The measures envisage the freezing assets of individuals and entities "involved in the Crimea annexation and responsible for destabilizing the situation in Ukraine."
Tokyo will also implement new projects in Russia in accordance with the policies of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) adopted by the European Union and impose limitations on Crimean goods.
Japan was the last G7 member to apply sanctions against Russia: in March it stopped talks with Russia about the easing of visa requirements, and denied visas to Russian officials on April 23, without making their names public.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has already said it considers the new sanctions to be an unfriendly sign. Moscow pointed out that the new sanctions brought Russia-Japan relations a few steps back and that Tokyo should realize that.
