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Junko Suetomi

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The Japanese government introduced further sanctions against Russia on 26 May 2023. These include: Designations of additional Russian individuals and entities The Japanese government designated an additional 17 individuals and 78 entities related to the Russian Federation and 7 individuals who were judged to be directly related with the “annexation” of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol or the destabilization of the eastern part of Ukraine or who are connected with the eastern and…

On May 23, 2023, Japanese government announced an amendment of the export control regulations on the additional semiconductor related items, which will go into effect on July 23, 2023. The overview of the amendment of the Products and Technologies Specifications Ministry Order (“Ministry Order”), to which specific products and technologies were added to the controlled items, is as follows: From the international peace keeping and security point of view, items related with advanced semiconductor manufacturing…

The G7 announced the creation of a new Enforcement Coordination Mechanism “to bolster compliance and enforcement of our measures and deny Russia the benefit of G7 economies” on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Having focused on the enforcement of sanctions by the United States, United Kingdom, the European Union, Germany, France, Italy, and Canada in the past weeks, we continue our overview with enforcement trends in Japan. 1. What are the recent sanctions enforcement trends in Japan? Japan…

On March 31, 2023, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (“METI”) initiated a public comment procedure for the Draft Amendment to Ministerial Ordinance and the Draft Amendment to Circular that is intended to impose new export control requirements on certain sensitive semiconductor manufacturing equipment from Japan. The public comment period is from March 31st, 2023 to April 29, 2023. Anyone can submit a comment through either (i) the Japanese government’s website, (ii) email,…