# Japan calls US sanctions on ICC and President Akane ‘very unfortunate’

https://mins.news/en/item/25823

- Reuters, 2026-08-19 07:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-says-us-sanctions-icc-president-akane-very-unfortunate-2026-08-19/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a85549ff7c24d00010f8d9e

> Japan’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that US sanctions against the International Criminal Court and its president, Judge Tomoko Akane, were “very unfortunate.”

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