Russia said it has added nine Japanese individuals including Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya to its entry ban list amid the Asian country’s sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, triggering an immediate backlash from Tokyo on Tuesday.
The indefinite ban, which Moscow said is in retaliation for the sanctions, also targets former and current ambassadors to Ukraine, Kuninori Matsuda and Masashi Nakagome, as well as the presidents of private Japanese companies that used to operate businesses in Russia.
