Japan will freeze assets held by four more Russian banks following the European Union's latest financial sanctions against Moscow imposed in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday.The move came a day after the EU said the 27-nation bloc agreed to exclude seven Russian banks from a key international payment network known as SWIFT to disrupt Russian trade and money transfers. Tokyo had already decided to freeze any assets held by the three other banks.By freezing assets of banks subject to EU sanctions, Japan will cooperate with other countries in…READ FULL ARTICLE
