Japan

Machiko Kanetake

Chapter 9 in Elgar Encyclopedia of International Sanctions, 2025, pp 31-35 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The use of sanctions by the Japanese government is predominantly characterized by the spirit of international cooperation with the United Nations (UN) or like-minded states. Yet, after a series of provocations from North Korea, a legislative framework was amended to enable the government to impose autonomous sanctions for the maintenance of national, and not merely international, peace and security. In addition, in response to a set of recommendations from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the country revised its legal mechanisms to impose asset freezes to implement UN sanctions on counterterrorism and the prevention of the development of weapons of mass destruction. By providing an overview of legislative and administrative frameworks, the present entry highlights how external political circumstances affected the changes in domestic law without accompanying robust oversight mechanisms at the domestic level.

Keywords: Japan; Foreign exchange and trade; North Korea; Counterterrorism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035339525
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