Japan, Other G-7 Leaders Step Up Russia Sanctions

Japan, Other G-7 Leaders Step Up Russia Sanctions
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during his press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2023. Stanislav Kogiku/Pool Photo via AP
The Associated Press
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TOKYO—Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other Group of Seven (G-7) leaders adopted a set of additional sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine at an online G-7 summit Friday to mark the one-year anniversary of the start of the invasion.

The leaders renewed their commitment to “intensifying our diplomatic, financial, and military support for Ukraine, to increasing the costs to Russia and those supporting its war effort,” and countering the negative impact on the rest of the world, especially the most vulnerable people, they said in a statement, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.