Nuke threats from Russia cut chemical weapons-related goods supplies from Japan

Japan has decided to ban exports of chemical weapons-related goods to Russia in an additional sanction against Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, and is "deeply concerned" about the possible use of nuclear weapons, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on September 26.

Japan also added 21 Russian organisations such as science labs as the target of existing export bans, according to a government statement released after a cabinet meeting on September 21, which formally approved the new sanction measures announced by the foreign minister at a meeting of the Group of Seven last week, Reuters reports.