A passenger plane in the sky. File photoTOKYO, Mar 2Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declined to answer the question of whether Japan is going to close its airspace to Russian airlines.» Regarding measures to ban Russian airlines from flying over the territory: various countries act differently, but our country will look at the development of events and act in cooperation with the world community, primarily with the G7,» the Prime Minister said. Japan adopted two packages of sanctions in connection with the situation in Ukraine. The first provides for a ban on issuing visas and freezing the assets of representatives of the DPR and LPR, a ban on export-import operations and a ban on placing new Russian sovereign debt and operations with it in Japan. On Friday, Prime Minister Kishida said at an emergency press conference that Tokyo is stepping up anti-Russian sanctions. In particular, they imply a capital freeze, a ban on the issuance of visas to individuals and organizations, and a freezing of assets of Russian financial institutions. It was reported that sanctions are also being imposed against the Russian president. The energy sector was not affected by the sanctions. On Monday, Kisida announced that sanctions are also being imposed against the Bank of Russia. On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, and on February 24 announced the start of a military operation to demilitarize Ukraine.
The United States clarified the closure of airspace for Russian aircraft
