Japan decided Tuesday to add 143 individuals and organizations linked to Russia to its list of sanctions over the country's invasion of Ukraine, after the Group of Seven leaders pledged to levy further punishments on Moscow last week.

The sanctions, including asset freezes and bans on exports by Japanese firms, target politicians, military officers, businesspeople and companies in Russia, among others.

The Wagner Group, Russia's private military firm founded by an ally of President Vladimir Putin, is among those added to the list of sanctions by Japan, the Foreign Ministry said.

Wagner has been designated as a "significant transnational criminal organization" by the United States, which alleges the military company is deploying about 50,000 personnel in Ukraine.

Since Russia launched its major attack on Feb. 24, 2022, Japan and Western countries have imposed sanctions on Moscow, such as freezing the assets of Putin and the nation's central bank.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who presided over a G-7 online summit on Friday, the first anniversary of Moscow's war against its neighbor, has expressed his readiness to bolster sanctions on Russia.

In a joint statement released after the video summit, the G-7 vowed to levy "new coordinated economic actions" against Moscow "in the days and weeks ahead" to "further undermine Russia's capacity to wage its illegal war of aggression."

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