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Japan expands sanctions against Russia and will gradually reduce imports Russian coal and vodka.
This was announced today, April 8, at a press conference by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Japan is also freezing the assets of Alfabank and Sberbank, and new sanctions will suspend new investments in Russia in accordance with the measures taken by other G7 countries.
There are no specific deadlines yet
At the same time, Kishida did not name specific deadlines for phasing out coal imports , stating that Japan has used coal in different sectors.
Tokyo will need to consider all these fields and each of their situations, added the Japanese Prime Minister.
< p> He also condemn l Russia's actions in Ukraine, calling them unforgivable “war crimes” that violate international humanitarian laws.
We will apply strong sanctions to stop further escalation, violence and as soon as possible achieve a ceasefire and end the invasion,” Kishida said.
