Japan's cabinet has approved a new set of financial sanctions against North Korea on Tuesday in response to the country's missile tests in July.
Japan's Finance Ministry and other government bodies are implementing the new sanctions later in the day.
The sanctions ban fund transfers and overseas remittances by groups and individuals suspected of links to North Korean weapons programs.
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso says it is extremely important to take actions within the international coalition.
 "A resolution needs to be implemented to avoid further movements of North Korean missiles and weapons of destruction."
The measures will tighten identification checks on people making suspicious transactions. North Korea's economy is heavily dependent on cash infusions from a large community of ethnic Koreans in Japan.
Japan and North Korea have no diplomatic relations, but have limited economic ties. Tokyo stepped up trade restrictions on North Korea in July after it test-fired seven missiles. Trade between the two countries plunged nearly 40 percent as a result.
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