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Russia released a list of bans targeting 30 Japanese nationals, including Foreign Ministry spokesperson Toshihiro Kitamura, from entering Russia in response to Tokyo’s anti-Russian sanctions, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday local time.

"As part of measures to respond to official Tokyo’s ongoing so-called sanction actions against our country linked to the special military operation, it has been decided to impose an indefinite entry ban to Russia on 30 Japanese citizens,” said the statement.

Along with Kitamura, the list includes journalists and professors of Japanese universities.

According to the Tass News Agency, since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, the Japanese government has imposed several packages of anti-Russian sanctions. 

Tass citing Russian Ambassador to Japan Nikolay Nozdrev reported that, Tokyo has actually dismantled relations with one of its major neighbors thinking that potential advantages from joining the West’s anti-Russian campaign would outweigh its losses.

Previously, the Japanese government in September placed sanctions on Russian companies, individuals and several other entities, Reuters reported on Wednesday.