The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) major economies held talks for about an hour on April 4. After the talks, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters, "We agreed that if Russia does not stop its aggression, we will impose even harsher sanctions. The U.S. and European foreign ministers gathered in Brussels, Belgium, with only Hayashi participating online.

Nihon Keizai Shimbun