Members of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party have proposed imposing economic sanctions against Russia if it launches a “military operation in Ukraine”
“Party members have expressed the view that economic sanctions should be imposed on Russia in the event of a ‘military invasion of Ukraine'”, – the statement said.
A ban on natural gas imports from Russia was proposed as a specific sanction. Japanese Foreign Ministry officials said that they would cooperate with the USA in making any decisions.
Recall that Japan buys liquefied natural gas from Russia from fields in Sakhalin. The Russian Federation is the country’s fourth largest supplier of the resource after Australia, Malaysia and Qatar.