FILE PHOTO: Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks during the Presidency Press Conference at the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Karuizawa, Japan. Eugene Hoshiko/Pool via REUTERS
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and like-minded countries must be united and maintain sanctions on Russia until it ends its aggression in Ukraine, Japan's foreign minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi, said on Friday.
"Judging from the situation and especially what Russia is saying and doing, I think it's important that the G7 and like-minded countries still remain united and continue severe sanctions against Russia," Hayashi told a press conference.
