As the Russian-Ukrainian conflict continued, many countries imposed international sanctions on Russia and Crimea during the Russian-Ukrainian war. The Japanese government also decided to expand sanctions against Russia and included a number of Russian shipping companies on the list of prohibited exports. The purpose is to harmonize with Europe and the United States, and strike at Russia's shipbuilding and military fields.
According to the announcement of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the sanctioned Russian shipping companies include:
Amur Shipbuilding,
AO Center of Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing,
Dalzavod Ship-Repair Center,
JSC Shipyard Vympel,
Nerpa Shipyard,
Novorossiysk Shipyard,
Rybinsk Shipyard Engineering,
Severnaya Verf Shipbuilding Factory,
Ship Maintenance Center Zvezdochka;
And the 35th shipyard belonging to the Russian United Shipbuilding Group (USC),
Astrakhan Shipyard,
Aysberg Central Design Building,
Baltic Shipbuilding Factory,
Krasnoye Sormovo Plant OJSC,
Zvyozdochka,
Pribaltic Shipbuilding Factory,
Onega Scientific Research Design and Technology Bureau and Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard;
In addition there is the Yaroslavl Shipbuilding Factory.
On March 25, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that, as additional sanctions against Russia, it would freeze the personal assets of 25 Russians and ban exports to 81 entities. If the previously announced 49 entities are added, the total export ban will increase to 130 entities. The new sanctions also include a ban on the export of luxury goods to Russia.
