TOKYO — Russia has banned the head of the Toyota Motor Corp. and 12 other senior Japanese business figures from entering the country, prompting Tokyo to file a protest on Wednesday.
The list published by Russia 's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday includes Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda; Rakuten chief Hiroshi Mikitani; and Akihiko Tanaka, president of the government-backed Japan International Cooperation Agency.The decision was a 'response to Japan's ongoing sanctions against our country in connection with the special military operation,' the ministry statement said, using Moscow's term for its invasion of Ukraine.
Japan has strongly backed the Western position on Ukraine, providing Kyiv with financial and material support and sanctioning Russian individuals and organizations.Japan's pacifist constitution restricts it from exporting weapons, but in December, Tokyo loosened arms export controls to enable it to sell domestically made Patriot missiles to the United States.
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