Free Japan MOF Sanctions Check

Japan's Ministry of Finance publishes the list of persons and entities subject to asset-freeze measures under the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act. It combines designations that implement UN Security Council resolutions with Japan's own measures, including those adopted alongside G7 partners in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The list is not the same as the End User List published by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. That list is an export-control tool for goods and technology and is not covered by this check.

Japan implements asset freezes as a permission requirement: payments to, and capital transactions with, a listed person need prior permission under the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act. Without permission the transaction cannot go ahead. Banks and other financial institutions must confirm that payments they handle comply with these requirements.

The same person can appear under different romanised spellings on the MOF list than on the UN, US or EU lists. Transliteration from Cyrillic, Arabic or Korean produces variants, which is where fuzzy matching and alias handling matter. Check the identifiers (date of birth, nationality, passport numbers) before treating a hit as confirmed.

The Ministry of Finance updates the list as new measures are announced. There is no fixed cadence. The official source is the economic sanctions section of mof.go.jp. SanctScan refreshes the dataset daily.