Japan’s Foreign Ministry has announced new sanctions against organizations and individuals that it considers involved in the DPRK’s nuclear and missile programs and other activities prohibited by UN Security Council resolutions, Report informs referring to RIA Novosti.
Four organizations and four people were included in the sanctions list, including the Moscow-based company Intellekt LCC, the remaining companies are located in Slovakia, China and the DPRK. Also, on the list was one Russian, a native of Azerbaijan with Slovak citizenship, as well as citizens of the DPRK living in Russia, China and Belarus.
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said that Japan introduced new sanctions against North Korea along with the US, South Korea and Australia as a response to the satellite launch.