TEHRAN, Apr 23 -Japan’s unprecedented 10-day holiday to celebrate Crown Prince Naruhito’s enthronement is expected to give the sluggish economy at least a short-term boost.
TEHRAN, Apr 19 - Japan says it relies on crude imports from Iran and seeks to hold talks with the United States about the matter to keep its energy supply steady, amid ongoing attempts by Washington to curtail Iran’s oil sales and punish third countries that buy Iranian crude.
TEHRAN, Apr 19 - A car driven by an 87-year-old man smashed into pedestrians at a Tokyo intersection on Friday, killing a woman and a girl on a bicycle and overturning a garbage truck, Japanese police said.
TEHRAN, Apr 19 - US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania will make a state visit to Japan at the end of May to meet the newly enthroned emperor.
TEHRAN, Apr 10 - Eight years after nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima power plant forced evacuation of nearby communities, Japanese authorities on Wednesday gave the first clearance for residents to return to a neighborhood of one of the towns that hosted the stricken plant.
TEHRAN, Apr 10 - Wreckage from a Japanese F-35A stealth fighter jet has been found a day after it disappeared off the radar over the Pacific, the country's defense minister said Wednesday.
TEHRAN, Apr 10 -Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda vowed on Wednesday to continue the central bank’s “powerful” monetary easing to achieve its 2 percent inflation target.
TEHRAN, Mar 26 -Japan will for the first time next month lift an evacuation order in one of two towns where the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is located, officials said Tuesday.
TEHRAN, Mar 18 -Views among South Korean activists of Japan's apologies for "comfort women" are remarkably different from those, including Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who have suggested Tokyo has sufficiently acknowledged wartime sex slavery.
TEHRAN, Mar 11 - Bells rang and sirens sounded on Monday as Japan observed a moment of silence to commemorate the eighth anniversary of a massive earthquake and tsunami that left more than 20,000 people dead or missing, and triggered triple nuclear meltdowns.
TEHRAN, Mar 09 - A 116-year-old Japanese woman who still enjoys studying math and playing board games has been recognized as the world's oldest person, the Guinness World Records said Saturday.
TEHRAN, Mar 06 -Ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn walked out of a Tokyo prison on a $9 million bail on Wednesday, slipping past reporters in a face mask and moving closer to mounting a defense against financial misconduct charges that he has called “meritless”.
TEHRAN, Mar 03 - Russia has warned against Japan’s security alliance with the United States, denouncing the move as a threat and an impediment to improving bilateral ties between Tokyo and Moscow.
TEHRAN, Feb 27 - A baby born in Tokyo weighing the same as a large onion has gone home healthy, becoming the smallest newborn boy in the world to leave hospital safely.
TEHRAN, Feb 24 - The people of the Japanese island of Okinawa have taken part in a referendum to determine what percentage of the residents are opposed to the government's controversial plan to relocate a US airbase there.
TEHRAN, Feb 19 - Kyoto is particularly rich with opportunities to rent kimonos, and rental shops catering to tourists continue to open around the city.
TEHRAN, Feb 17 -Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize last autumn after receiving a request from the U.S. government to do so, the Asahi newspaper reported on Sunday.