The Japanese government and the Bank of Japan on Monday discussed crafting financial a sanction that will inflict “maximum costs” on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine, a senior Finance Ministry official said.
A meeting was held after Tokyo decided to join efforts by other Group of Seven members to block some Russian banks from an integral international payment system known as SWIFT in response to Moscow’s aggression.
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