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The impact of Japanese companies accompanying Russia's
invasion of Ukraine
Manabu Sakuta, Chairperson, Japan Society for Tobacco Control, general incorporated
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has raised serious concerns in the international
community, including in Japan. This situation has greatly impacted Japanesebusinesses entering the Russian market. According to the fiscal 2022 survey ofJapanese companies operating overseas (Russian edition), the negative impact of
the situation in Ukraine is obvious, and it was reported that estimated deficits havereached record high levels.
Reference: 2022 Survey of Japanese businesses operating overseas | Russia edition
URL: https://www.jetro.go.jp/ext_images/_Reports/01/9601ab09fd059f0a/20220038.pdf
However, even under such circumstances, there is a company that provides theRussian government with $2 billion worth of products annually. This company isJapan Tobacco Inc., and there is no denying that these provisions facilitate theexecution of the Russian war and are associated with the extreme suffering by
Ukrainian citizens. Furthermore, because the Japanese government owns one-thirdof Japan Tobacco's shares of stock, the reality is that the Japanese government
indirectly aids the Russian government.
JT､infuence is serious in Russia's invasion to Ukreine Toyo keizai
https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/577283
https://watanabeshu.org/politics/ロシアに 3000 億円納める jt

This case is similar to the case in which British American Tobacco, Inc. (BAT) was
fined by the international community for violating sanctions by providing tobacco to
North Korea. These are examples of how business activities impart a significant
impact on international politics and security, and I think that this issue should begiven its due attention.
Reference: British tobacco giant fined $650 million US for continuation of "tobacco
sales" to North Korea despite announcement of "suspension of sales" inaccordance with sanctionsURL:
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/ca3b0460692a208f5039e5f31afc36920770fb53

https://www.bbc.com/japanese/65370718#:~:text=米司法省（DOJ）は,活動に関連するもの%E3%80%82
In the international community, it is unavoidable that business activities exert an
influence on politics and security issues. In response to the recent case by Japan
Tobacco, I request appropriate responses that fully consider international affairs andethical issues for future business activities.
I hope that the Liberal Democratic Party Tobacco Diet Members’ Alliance will
promote responsible business activities while responding to domestic andinternational affairs.
Reference: Liberal Democratic Party Tobacco Diet Caucus
Fumio Kishida House of Representatives Taro Aso House of Representatives
Seishiro Eto House of Representatives Fukushiro Nukaga House of Representatives
Shigeru Ishiba House of Representatives Shunichi Suzuki House of Representatives
Ritsu Shiotani House of Representatives Tsuyoshi Iwaya House of Representatives
Sanae Takaichi House of Representatives Kazunori Tanaka House ofRepresentatives House of Representatives Satoshi Eto House of Representatives
Yuko Obuchi House of Representatives Katsutoshi Kaneda House ofRepresentatives Hiroshi Okada House of Councilors Yoichi Miyazawa House ofCouncilors Masaharu Nakagawa House of Councilors Secretary-General Toshio
Yamada House of Councilors Acting Secretary-General Yasuyuki Kaneko House ofRepresentatives Secretary-General Tetsushi Sakamoto House of Representatives
Koichi Tani House of Representatives Kenichiro Ueno House of Representatives

Hiromichi Kumada House of Representatives Takahiro Inoue House ofRepresentatives Yoshifumi Matsumura House of Councilors Takuma Miyaji House ofRepresentatives Motomu Takizawa House of Councilors Shinya Fujiki House ofCouncilors Hiroshi Takagi Kotobuki House of Representatives
Hokkaido 3rd Ward Hiroyuki Nakamura House of Representatives Hokkaido 4th Ward Yoshiaki Wada House of Representatives
Hokkaido 5th Ward Manabu Horii House of Representatives Hokkaido 9th Ward Arata Takebe House of Representatives
Hokkaido 12th Ward Takashi Fujiwara House of Representatives Iwate 3rd Ward Toru Doi House of Representatives Miyagi 1st
Ward Kenya Akiba House of Representatives Miyagi 2nd Ward Akihiro Nishimura House of Representatives Miyagi 3 Ward
Shintaro Ito House of Representatives Miyagi 4th Ward Itsunori Onodera House of Representatives Miyagi 6th Ward Hiroyuki
Togashi House of Representatives Akita 1st Ward Minorikawa Nobuhide House of Representatives Akita 3rd Ward Toshiaki
Endo House of Representatives Yamagata 1st Ward Kameoka Yoshimin House of Representatives House of Representatives
Fukushima 1st Ward Takumi Nemoto House of Representatives Fukushima 2nd Ward Kentaro Uesugi House of Representatives
Fukushima 3 Ward Ichiro Kanke House of Representatives Fukushima 4th Ward Masayoshi Yoshino House of Representatives
Fukushima 5th Ward Jun Tsushima House of Representatives Proportional Tohoku Yoshitoku Tadokoro House ofRepresentatives Ibaraki Ward 1 Yasuhiro Harashi House of Representatives Ibaraki Ward 3 Hiroshi Kajiyama House ofRepresentatives Ibara Nagaoka Keiko House of Representatives Ibaraki Ward 7 Hajime Funada House of Representatives
Tochigi Ward 1 Kazuo Yanagi House of Representatives Tochigi 3rd Ward Tsutomu Sato House of Representatives Tochigi 4th
Toshimitsu Mogi House of Representatives Tochigi 5th Toshiro Ino House of Representatives Gunma 2nd Ward Hideki Murai
House of Representatives Saitama 1st Yoshitaka Shindo House of Representatives Saitama 2nd Hitoshi Kikawada House ofRepresentatives Saitama 3rd Ward Yasushi Hosaka House of Representatives Saitama 4th Ward Hideki Makihara House ofRepresentatives Saitama 5th Ward Kazuyuki Nakane House of Representatives Saitama 6th Ward Hideyuki Nakano House ofRepresentatives Saitama 7th Ward Masahiko Shibayama House of Representatives Saitama 8th Ward Taku Otsuka House ofRepresentatives Saitama 9th Ward Ryuji Koizumi House of Representatives Saitama 11th Ward Atsushi Nonaka House ofRepresentatives Saitama 12th Ward Hiromi Mitsubayashi House of Representatives Saitama 14th Ward Yoshio Tanaka Houseof Representatives Saitama 15th Ward Asako Omi House of Representatives Proportional North Kanto Hirotaka Ishihara Houseof Representatives Tokyo 3rd Ward Takao Ochi House of Representatives Tokyo 6th Ward Matsushima Midori House ofRepresentatives Tokyo 14th Ward Hideo Onishi House of Representatives Tokyo 16th Ward Seiji Kihara House ofRepresentatives Tokyo 20th Ward Shinji Inoue House of Representatives Tokyo 25th Ward Kotetsu Kadoyama House ofRepresentatives Chiba District 1 Kentaro Sonoura House of Representatives Chiba District 5 Hiromichi Watanabe House ofRepresentatives Chiba District 6 Ken Saito House of Representatives Chiba District 7 Nobuhiro Nakayama House ofRepresentatives Kanagawa District 9 Tsuyoshi Hoshino House of Representatives Kanagawa District 12 Kosuke Yoshiie Houseof Representatives Kanagawa District 16 Karen Makishima House of Representatives Kanagawa District 17 Shinichi Nakatani
House of Representatives Yamanashi Ward Shoko Horiuchi House of Representatives Yamanashi Ward 2 Kenichi Hosoda
House of Representatives Niigata Ward 2 Hiroaki Saito House of Representatives Niigata Ward 3 Hirohiko Izumida House ofRepresentatives Niigata Ward 5 Hiroaki Tabata House of Representatives Toyama Ward 1 Hidetoshi Ueda House ofRepresentatives Toyama Ward 2 Keiichiro Tachibana House of Representatives Toyama Ward 3 Takuro Komori House ofRepresentatives Ishikawa Ward 1 Nori Sasaki House of Representatives Ishikawa 2nd Ward Shoji Nishida House ofRepresentatives Ishikawa 3rd Ward Tomomi Inada House of Representatives Fukui 1st Ward Kenta Wakabayashi House ofRepresentatives Nagano 1st Ward Shigeyuki Goto House of Representatives Nagano 4th Ward Yoji Muto House ofRepresentatives Gifu 3rd Ward Shunpei Kaneko House of Representatives Gifu 4th Ward Yoko Kamikawa House ofRepresentatives Shizuoka 1st Ward Tatsunori Ibayashi House of Representatives Shizuoka 2nd Ward Hiroyuki Miyazawa Houseof Representatives Shizuoka 3rd Ward Takaaki Katsumata House of Representatives Shizuoka 6th Ward Minoru Jouchi Houseof Representatives Shizuoka 7th Ward Shozo Kudo House of Representatives Aichi 4th Ward Kenji Kanda House ofRepresentatives Aichi 5th Ward Hideki Niwa House of Representatives Aichi 6th WardTadahiko Ito House of Representatives
Aichi 8th Ward Yasumasa Nagasaka House of Representatives Aichi 9th Ward Tetsuma Ezaki House of Representatives Aichi
10th Ward Tetsuya Yagi House of Representatives Aichi 11th Ward Shuhei Aoyama House of Representatives Aichi 12th Ward
Taku Ishii House of Representatives Aichi 13th Ward Yukinori Nemoto House of Representatives Aichi 15th Ward Masataka
Ishihara House of Representatives Mie Ward 3 Toshitaka Ooka House of Representatives Shiga 1st Ward Nobuhide Takemura
House of Representatives Shiga 3rd Ward Hiroo Kodera House of Representatives Shiga 4th Ward

Hideyuki Tanaka House of Representatives Kyoto 4th Ward Koichi Munekiyo House of Representatives Osaka 13th Ward Tomu
Tanigawa House of Representatives Osaka 19th Ward Yoshihiro Seki House of Representatives Hyogo 3rd Ward Hisayuki Fujii
House of Representatives Hyogo 4th Ward Masaki Ogushi House of Representatives Hyogo 6th Ward Kenji Yamada House ofRepresentatives Hyogo 7th Ward Yasutoshi Nishimura House of Representatives Hyogo 9th Ward Kisaburo Tokai House ofRepresentatives Hyogo 10th Ward Takeaki Matsumoto House of Representatives Hyogo 11th Ward So Yamaguchi House ofRepresentatives Hyogo 12th Ward Tamichi Tanose House of Representatives Nara 3rd Ward Masatoshi Ishida House ofRepresentatives Wakayama Ward 2 Shinsuke Okuno House of Representatives Proportional Kinki Akimasa Akazawa House ofRepresentatives Tottori Ward 2 Yasuhiro Takami House of Representatives Shimane Ward 2 Takashi Yamashita House ofRepresentatives House of Representatives Okayama Ward 5 Hiroshi Hiraguchi House of Representatives Hiroshima Ward 2
Masayoshi Shintani House of Representatives Hiroshima Ward 4 Minoru Terada House of Representatives Hiroshima Ward 5
Toshifumi Kojima House of Representatives House of Representatives Hiroshima Ward 6 Fumiaki Kobayashi House ofRepresentatives Hiroshima Ward 7 Nobuo Kishi House of Representatives Yamaguchi Ward 2

Takuya Hirai House of Representatives Kagawa 1st Ward Keitaro Ohno House of Representatives Kagawa 3rd Ward Seiichiro
Murakami House of Representatives Ehime 2nd Ward Masazumi Gotoda House of Representatives Tokushima Ward 1 Hajime
Nakatani House of Representatives Kochi 1st Ward Yuji Yamamoto House of Representatives Proportional Shikoku Makoto
Oniki House of Representatives Fukuoka 2nd Ward Atsushi Koga House of Representatives Fukuoka 3rd Ward Hideki Miyauchi
House of Representatives Fukuoka Ward 4 Jiro Hatoyama House of Representatives Fukuoka Ward 6 Satoshi Fujimaru Houseof Representatives Fukuoka Ward 7 Ryota Takeda House of Representatives Fukuoka 11 Ward Kazuchika Iwata House ofRepresentatives Seigo Kitamura House of Representatives Nagasaki Ward 4 Minoru Kihara House of Representatives
Kumamoto Ward 1

Shunsuke Takei House of Representatives Miyazaki 1st Ward Taku Eto House of Representatives Miyazaki 2nd Ward Yoshihisa
Furukawa House of Representatives Miyazaki 3rd Ward Yasuhiro Ori House of Representatives Kagoshima 3rd Ward Yutaka
Moriyama House of Representatives Kagoshima 4th Kozaburo Nishime House of Representatives Okinawa 4th Ward Masahiro
Imamura House of Representatives Proportional Kyushu Gaku Hasegawa House of Councilors Hokkaido Harumi Takahashi
House of Councilors Hokkaido Hiroro Ishii House of Councilors Akita Matsuji Nakaizumi House of Councilors Akita Masako MoriHouse of Councilors Fukushima Ryosuke Kozuki House of Councilors Ibaraki Michiko Ueno House of Councilors Tochigi
Katsunori Takahashi House of Councilors Tochigi Masato Shimizu House of Councilors Gunma Junichi Ishii House ofCouncilors Chiba Prefecture Kuniko Inoguchi House of Councilors Chiba Prefecture

Dai Shimamura House of Councilors Kanagawa Prefecture Shigeru Doko House of Councilors Toyama Prefecture Kotaro
Nogami House of Councilors Toyama Prefecture Naoki Okada House of Councilors Ishikawa Prefecture Shuji Yamada House ofCouncilors Ishikawa Prefecture Hirofumi Takinami House of Councilors Fukui Prefecture Yasumasa Ohno House of Councilors
Gifu Prefecture Takeyuki Watanabe Masato House of Councilors Aichi Prefecture Yumi Yoshikawa House of Councilors Mie
Prefecture Takashi Koyari House of Councilors Shiga Prefecture Satoshi Ninoyu House of Councilors Kyoto Prefecture
Masashi Nishida House of Councilors Kyoto Prefecture Rui Matsukawa House of Councilors Osaka Prefecture Shinsuke
Suematsu House of Councilors Hyogo Prefecture

Iwao Horii House of Councilors Nara Prefecture
Kei Sato House of Councilors Nara Prefecture Yosuke Tsuruho House of Councilors Wakayama Prefecture Shoji Maitachi
House of Councilors Tottori Prefecture Shimane Prefecture Kazuhiko Aoki House of Councilors Tottori Prefecture Shimane
Prefecture Masahiro Ishii House of Councilors Okayama Prefecture

Yoshimasa Hayashi House of Councilors Yamaguchi Prefecture Shingo Miyake House of Councilors Kagawa Prefecture
Yoshihiko Isozaki House of Councilors Kagawa Prefecture Junzo Yamamoto House of Councilors Ehime Prefecture Koujiro
Takano House of Councilors Tokushima Prefecture Kochi Prefecture Yusuke Nakanishi House of Councilors Saga Prefecture
Sukemaro Fukuoka House of Councilors Saga Prefecture Yuichiro Koga House of Councilors Nagasaki Prefecture Harajiro
Kaneko House of Councilors Nagasaki Prefecture Masashi Baba House of Councilors Kumamoto Prefecture

Makoto Nagamine House of Councilors Miyazaki Prefecture Shinpei Matsushita House of Councilors Miyazaki Prefecture
Tetsuro Nomura House of Councilors Kagoshima Prefecture Emiko Takashina House of Councilors proportional district Tsuneo
Kitamura House of Councilors proportional district Toru Miki House of Councilors proportional district Shuji Miyamoto House ofCouncilors proportional district Kimhiko Shindo House of Councilors proportional district Hiroshi Yamada House of Councilors
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