British foreign minister David Lammy said on Friday that Japan could help Ukraine by ramping up economic pressure on Russia, adding that Tokyo and London had a shared interest in a rules-based world order.

Russia has permanently banned nine Japanese citizens from entering the country, according to a list published by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday. The ministry said that the decision was made in response to Japan's sanctions against Russia related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the aggressor state of russia announced a ban on entry to the country for 9 Japanese citizens in response to the sanctions

Russia said it has added nine Japanese individuals including Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya to its entry ban list amid the Asian coun

Japan was the first to impose sanctions against Russia. Commenting on the ban on nine Japanese citizens, including Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, from entering the Russian Federation, this was stated by the deputy of the upper house of the Japanese parliament Muneo

Photo/Agencies] MOSCOW - Russia has banned Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeshi Iwaya and eight other Japanese citizens from entering the country in a retaliatory move, the Russian foreign ministry said Monday.

In the early 2000s, Russia and China had heeded US preferences regarding the Korean Peninsula by engaging in multilateralism with the Six-Party Talks to deal

Following Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, Poland already spends more than 4% of its GDP on defence. Last year, it spent the equivalent of 4.1% of its GDP on defence and plans to raise that to 4.7% this year.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Wednesday that other nations do not decide its defence budget after U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for a top Pentagon policy role called for Tokyo to spend more to counter China.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Italian President Sergio Mattarella agreed Wednesday to continue promoting security cooper