According to Japanese government officials, after Russia signed a presidential decree placing 7 affiliates of Japan Tobacco under temporary administration, Japan protested in Tokyo and Moscow and called for the measure to be withdrawn.
The Japanese government expressed its protest both in Japan and abroad after Russia signed a presidential decree placing 7 affiliates of Japan Tobacco (JT) under temporary administration. The protest made to Russia on the 7th, Japan time, calling for the measure to be withdrawn, was the second such protest. Japan is also said to have protested on the night of the 5th.
JT announced that 7 Russian subsidiaries of the JT Group were subject to the measure. The company has explained that its local operations are continuing, and the scope of the measure's impact appears to be expanding.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there have been previous cases of the forced seizure of Japanese companies' assets since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and this measure could be the second such case.