Japan slaps NKorea with new sanctions

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 02, 2022 12:44 am

TOKYO: Japan's government on Friday approved fresh sanctions against North Korea over its recent test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile, following Washington's calls for tougher international punishment for the nuclear-armed state.

Japan already has bans on trade and vessel entries as part of unilateral sanctions against Pyongyang, but said Friday it would 'designate four groups and nine individuals involved in nuclear and missile development.'

MONSTER MISSILE This picture taken on Thursday, March 24, 2022, and released by the state-run Korean Central News Agency the next day shows the test launch of what state media say is a new intercontinental ballistic missile — the Hwasong-17 — in an undisclosed location in North Korea. AFP PHOTO

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