The authorities banned the entry of Russia to the Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kiside, the head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry Yoshimas Hayashi and a number of other high-ranking officials, businessmen and science figures, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
According to the report, 63 Japanese citizens were included in the list.
The Foreign Ministry reported that the Japanese authorities launched an “unprecedented anti -Russian campaign.” At the same time, the ban on the entrance to the country of the listed persons also was a response to anti -Russian sanctions Tokyo.