Akulira "kampeni yodana ndi Russia yomwe sinachitikepo" motsogozedwa ndi oyang'anira Prime Minister waku Japan a Fumio Kishida, Moscow yasankha akuluakulu 63 aku Japan ndi anthu odziwika kuti aletse kulowa Russia, Japan italetsa kugwiritsa ntchito malasha ndi mafuta aku Russia mwezi watha.
Nduna ya Zachilendo ku Japan, nduna ya chitetezo, nduna za zachuma ndi chilungamo ndi ena mwa akuluakulu omwe sanatchulidwe. Mndandandawu ulinso ndi akuluakulu a Yomiuri Shimbun Group ndi Nikkei Group, eni ake a nyuzipepala ziwiri za ku Japan.
Prime Minister waku Japan Kishida alinso pamndandanda wa anthu omwe alangidwa ndi Unduna wa Zakunja ku Russia lero.
M'kutulutsidwa kwake, Russin unduna wa zakunja akudzudzula Tokyo chifukwa cha "zolankhula zosavomerezeka ku Russian Federation, kuphatikizapo kuipitsa mbiri ndi kuopseza mwachindunji," zomwe "zimabwerezedwa ndi anthu, akatswiri ndi oimira atolankhani aku Japan, ndikugonjera kwathunthu kukondera kwa azungu" ku Russia.
Japan ndi ogwirizana nawo a G-7 apereka zilango ku Russia pambuyo pochita zankhanza zosaneneka motsutsana ndi dziko loyandikana nalo la Ukraine.
Pa Epulo 8, Kishida adalengeza kuti Japan iletsa kutumizidwa kwa malasha ku Russia komanso kuti yathamangitsa akazembe asanu ndi atatu aku Russia.
Boma la Tokyo laletsanso katundu yense wa ana aakazi a wolamulira wankhanza wa ku Russia Vladimir Putin ndi anthu ena 398 aku Russia.
M'mwezi wa Marichi, dziko la Russia lidathetsa makonzedwe a 1991 omwe adalola nzika zaku Japan kukaona zilumba za Kuril zomwe zili ku Russia popanda chitupa cha visa chikapezeka ndipo idathetsa zokambirana ndi Japan pothetsa nkhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse, ponena za khalidwe la Tokyo "lopanda ubwenzi".
Russia ndi Japan sanachitepo mgwirizano wamtendere pambuyo pa WWII, chifukwa cha mkangano pazilumba zinayi zakumwera kwa Japan ku Kuril chain, zomwe zidalandidwa ndi Russia kumapeto kwa WWII, zomwe Japan imatcha "Northern Territories".
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- Russia and Japan never formally concluded a peace treaty after WWII, due to the dispute over the four southernmost Japanese islands in the Kuril chain, annexed and occupied by Russia at the end of WWII, which Japan refers to as its “Northern Territories.
- In its official release, Russin foreign ministry blames Tokyo for “unacceptable rhetoric towards the Russian Federation, including defamation and direct threats,” which are “repeated by public figures, experts and representatives of the Japanese media, and completely subjected to the Western bias” towards Russia.
- In March, Russia ended an arrangement dating back to 1991 that allowed Japanese citizens to visit Russian-occupied Kuril Islands without a visa and has broken off talks with Japan on formally ending the Second World War, citing Tokyo's “openly unfriendly” conduct.