Following North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile that flew over Japan, the government added five North Korean entities involved in nuclear and missile development to the list of assets freeze targets as additional sanctions. decided.
North Korea has been launching missiles at an unprecedented frequency this year, and on the 4th of this month, it launched a ballistic missile that passed over Japan for the first time since 2017.
In response to this, the government decided at a Cabinet meeting on the 18th that additional sanctions against North Korea would be subject to an asset freeze, including the Ministry of Rocket Industry, which is involved in nuclear and missile development, and related trading companies. We have agreed to add another group.
As a result, the target of the asset freeze has been expanded to 120 people and 134 organizations such as North Korea.
The United States and South Korea also decided to impose their own additional sanctions this month over North Korea's series of missile launches.
At a press conference after the cabinet meeting, Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno said, "North Korea's series of provocative actions poses a grave and imminent threat to Japan's national security, and is a reckless act that threatens the peace and security of the international community as a whole, and is absolutely unacceptable. "Japan and the United States, as well as Japan, the United States and South Korea, will work closely together, and we will work together with the international community to achieve the denuclearization of North Korea."