The Japanese government has reacted to the decision to close the "Japanese Center" in Russia.

January 20th. /MEDIA TALK/. Chief Secretary of the Cabinet of Ministers of Japan Yoshimasa Hayashi announced that Russia has suspended an agreement with the Japanese government on the work of the Japanese Center, an organization providing educational services for learning the Japanese language in Russia.

According to the Sankei Shimbun, the official stressed that a decision made by only one side is unacceptable. "The Japanese government will take retaliatory measures after receiving confirmation of the decision from Russia," Hayashi said.


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The central office of the organization was located at the Lomonosov Moscow State University. In addition, it had five branches: in St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok and on Sakhalin Island.

The head of the Russian Cabinet of Ministers, Mikhail Mishustin, decided to terminate the bilateral agreements between Russia and Japan concerning the work of Japanese centers last Friday, January 17. The corresponding official message is posted on the Government's website. Memoranda on the establishment and operation of the Centers were signed in the capital of Japan in the fall of 2000 and in Vladivostok in the spring of 2003.

Earlier, on January 10, 2025, Japan announced the adoption of a new package of sanctions against Russia, which affected 11 citizens of the Russian Federation, 29 organizations and three banks.