Japan finance minister Suzuki says Japan cannot confiscate foreign reserves at the BOJ

Japanese law does not allow the government to seize the reserves of foreign central banks haled at the Bank of Japan

Suzuki was answering a question about Russia's foreign reserves on deposit with the BOJ.

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As a follow-up, Japan chief cabinet secretary Matsuno says the law will be revised to strength sanctions against Russia and the hope is the bill will be presented to parliament in the current parliamentary session.