TEHRAN, Dec 13_Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to scrap a visit to northeast India as the security situation there deteriorates following the passage of a controversial citizenship bill, media reported Friday.
TEHRAN, Dec 2_Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araqchi traveled to Japan to hold talks with senior officials of the East Asian country about a range of issues, including closer ties between the two nations.
TEHRAN, Nov 30_North Korea has criticized Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, for failing to distinguish Pyongyang’s recent rocket launch from a ballistic missile, warning that Tokyo may see the launch of a real ballistic missile in the near future.
TEHRAN, Nov 23_Pope Francis left Thailand on Saturday after a three-day visit and headed to Japan, where he is to visit the ground zeros of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as part of his campaign against nuclear weapons.
TEHRAN, oct 24_Leaders of Japan and South Korea have agreed to mend ties amid a bitter feud over history and trade that has dragged bilateral relations to their worst in decades.
TEHRAN, oct 17_Japan’s Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co plans to triple its investment in domestic stocks this fiscal year as global monetary easing has crushed overseas bond yields, reducing the appeal of foreign debt.
TEHRAN, oct 14_Rescue workers waded through muddy, waist-high waters on Monday searching for missing people after one of the worst typhoons to hit Japan in recent history, with rain forecast to resume later in the day.
TEHRAN, oct 13_Japan sent tens of thousands of troops and rescue workers on Sunday to save stranded residents and fight floods caused by one of the worst typhoons to hit the country in recent history, which killed 23 people and briefly paralyzed Tokyo.
TEHRAN, oct 12_One man died and more than a million in Japan were advised to evacuate as a powerful typhoon was set to make landfall late on Saturday, bringing with it the heaviest rain and winds in 60 years.
TEHRAN, Sept 27-Japan has replaced North Korea with China as the top security threat to the country, citing Beijing’s growing defense expenditure and strength as well as its expansion of military activities in the region.
TEHRAN, Sept 18 -Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Wednesday no summit meeting or foreign ministers’ meeting between Japan and South Korea was planned at the moment, but Tokyo plans to maintain diplomatic dialogue with its neighbour.
TEHRAN, Sept 18 -Boeing has started assembling the first of four KC-46A tankers the U.S. State Department approved for Japan under a $1.9 billion deal nearly three years ago.
TEHRAN, Sept 11 -Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe drafted the son of ex-premier Junichiro Koizumi in a broad cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday that kept allies in key posts, as Abe faces a tax rise and aims to amend the pacifist constitution.
TEHRAN, Sept 09 -Japan needs to improve medical care at immigration detention centers, the head of the country’s recently created Immigration Services Agency said, following widespread criticism of the care available to detainees.
TEHRAN, August 30 - Japan’s Prime Minister said that he is going to visit Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani to discuss reducing tensions in the Middle East.
TEHRAN, August 29 -South Korea summoned the Japanese ambassador to Seoul to express opposition to its removal from Tokyo’s white list of preferred trading partners to take effect on Wednesday. South Korea, however, left the door open to talks on a path to dial back the escalating trade spat.
TEHRAN, August 28 -Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif met with Japanese leader Abe Shinzo to discuss bilateral ties and international developments.
TEHRAN, August 28 -South Korea summoned Japan's ambassador to protest a decision to remove Seoul's fast-track export status, which took effect on Wednesday amid a deepening political and economic feud.
TEHRAN, August 27- US President Donald Trump on Monday said the United States would not imminently impose new tariffs on autos imported from Japan as the largest and third-largest economies continue negotiations to firm up a preliminary trade agreement.