View of Tokyo. File photoTOKYO Feb 28Japan may impose sanctions against Belarus as early as this week, said Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. then I expect that sanctions against certain individuals, starting with President Lukashenko, and organizations, measures to restrict exports will be adopted as early as this week,» Kisida said at a hearing in the parliamentary budget committee. On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, and on February 24 announced the start of a military operation to demilitarize Ukraine. In response, Japan, along with Western countries, adopted two packages of sanctions. 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 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 President of the Russian Federation. The energy sector was not affected by the sanctions. On Monday, Kishida announced that sanctions are also being imposed against the Bank of Russia.
