Tokyo: Japan will ban imports of the machinery equipment, some types of wood and vodka from Russia, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday. “A decision was made to impose a ban on imports from Russia of a number of machinery, certain types of wood and vodka from the next week,” Kishida told a press conference. The prime minister also said that Japan will decrease imports of coal from Russia and aims to fully ban them in the future. “In the light of events [in Ukraine], we are expanding sanctions against Russian banks, in particular against Sberbank and Alfa-Bank,” Kishida said, adding that Japan will also sanction some 20 Russian organizations. UNI/SPUTNIK GNK
