Since the Outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict, Japan has quickly followed the United States in launching several rounds of sanctions against Russia. On April 11, local time, Japan officially announced the freezing of the assets of 400 Russian individuals. After Japan escalated sanctions against Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova quickly responded that Russia would take measures to respond.
In addition, in response to Japan's continuous imposition of multiple rounds of sanctions on Russia, the Russian side has announced that it will temporarily suspend negotiations on a peace treaty with Japan. Despite repeated warnings from the Russian side, Japan is still not dead hearted and tries to co-opt other countries to form an "anti-Russian camp" in the Asia-Pacific region.
No country wants to "help" Japan
In fact, at present, most Western countries have announced sanctions against Russia, but many countries in the Asia-Pacific, Africa and other regions have not imposed sanctions on Russia. After the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Japan tried to encourage countries in Southeast Asia to impose sanctions on Russia, but most countries in Southeast Asia were unwilling to launch sanctions against Russia without a resolution by the United Nations, taking into account their ties with Russia.
After the changing international situation, the vast majority of Southeast Asian countries believe that they should maintain a balance between major powers and cannot easily choose sides, which also means that Japan's ideas are difficult to realize. It is worth noting that unlike most countries, Russia has not yet signed a peace agreement with Japan, which also means that Russia can launch military operations against Japan at any time.
Over the past many years, the two sides have been unable to reach a peace agreement due to territorial disputes between Japan and Russia. In order to reach an agreement as soon as possible, the leaders of Japan and Russia have held many meetings, and the Russian side has also offered to return some of the islands to Japan, but Japan has opened its mouth and demanded that Russia must return all the islands.
After the end of World War II, the disputed islands on both sides were already owned by the Soviet Union. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia inherited this part of the island and had de facto control of this part of the island. At present, Japan's sanctions against Russia are bound to affect the settlement of territorial disputes between the two countries and cause major obstacles to the signing of a peace agreement between the two countries.
Japan's economy faces challenges
In addition to this, Japan is an extremely import-dependent country. Since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, the Japanese economy has been hit hard. Today, the Conflict between Russia and Ukraine has triggered various problems such as rising energy prices, which has further pressured Japan's economic recovery and faced greater uncertainty in Japan's economic development. In March, the Japanese government released revised data that Japan's GDP grew by 1.6% last year, which is slower than the vast majority of the world's economies.
Today' rising international commodity prices and increasing supply chain problems will have a major impact on Japan. As inflation continues to rise, Japan's domestic consumption power will be further weakened, thereby hitting people's enthusiasm for consumption, which in turn will affect the recovery of the Japanese economy. Facts have once again proved that the continuation of the Conflict between Russia and Ukraine is not a good thing for any country.