Japan has designated 398 Generals and 28 entities from the Russian Federation—subjecting them to asset-freeze, payment and capital-transaction licence requirements—and will impose asset freezes on Sberbank and Alfa-Bank from 12 May 2022; any new foreign direct investment in Russia on or after that date likewise requires a government licence; additionally, from 19 April 2022 importers must obtain government permission to bring into Japan six alcoholic-beverage HS codes (22.03, 22.04, 22.05, 22.06, 2207.10, 22.08), four wood codes (4401.21, 4401.22, 44.03, 44.08) and 28 machinery/electrical-equipment codes (various HS 84- and 87-series), with shipments under contracts dated before 19 April permitted for three months.
