DECEMBER 22, 2023 By Junko Suetomi (末冨純子）AND Izumi Matsumoto （松本泉）2 MINS READ On 15 December 2023, the Japanese government announced that it would strengthen sanctions against Russia. Below is an overview of the latest measures: A total of 35 individuals and 44 entities in Russia, Ukraine or the UAE were designated as sanctioned parties in Japan. Making payments to these parties from Japan or by Japanese residents, as well as carrying out certain capital transactions (e.g. making a deposit…
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…
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 25 February, 2023, Prime Minister Kishida, announced further sanctions against Russia. The new measures will include: Additionally, the Prime Minister mentioned that the Japanese government is considering introducing further sanctions in coordination with other G7 countries and the international society. The details of the measures have not yet been announced. +++++ 2023年2月25日，岸田首相は，日本として次の制裁措置をとることを明らかにした。 1. ロシアの個人・団体に対する資産凍結，ロシアの個人・団体に対するビザの停止 ２．金融機関に対する資産凍結を含む金融制裁 ３．ロシアの軍事関連団体に対する輸出規制，国際合意に基づくリスト規制品のロシアへの輸出規制，半導体を含む汎用品のロシアへの輸出規制等の制裁措置 岸田首相は,上記３分野について日本政府が制裁措置を実施することを表明した。 岸田首相は，また，Ｇ７各国や国際社会と協力するかたちで，日本政府が更なる制裁措置をとることも検討していることを述べた。 上記制裁措置の詳細は，未だ発表されていない。