The Japanese authorities have decided to expel eight Russian diplomats and staff members of the trade mission in Tokyo in connection with the situation around Ukraine and the Russian military operation currently underway, a Japanese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said at a press conference on Friday.
"We have decided to expel eight employees of the Russian embassy and trade mission in Tokyo from Japan," she said. According to her, Japanese First Deputy Foreign Minister Takeo Mori notified Russian Ambassador to Tokyo Mikhail Galuzin of this during a meeting on Friday. The ministry’s representative did not say when the decision would be executed or any other details.
Japan has so far recognized only three diplomats as personae non gratae.
