According to Japanese Foreign Ministry�s website, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida welcomed the nuclear deal Iran has negotiated with six world powers.

TOKYO (Sputnik) � Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida welcomed the nuclear deal Iran has negotiated with six world powers in a statement published on the Japanese Foreign Ministry�s website Sunday.

"The Government of Japan welcomes that the final agreement has reached the phase of implementation as a result of strenuous efforts made by all the negotiating parties and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)," Kishida said.

IAEA verified Iran�s compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), marking Saturday "Implementation Day" and paving way toward a gradual easing of sanctions imposed on Iran.

"Seizing this opportunity of important progress, Japan will further strengthen the historically friendly relationship with Iran," Kishida stressed.

The P5+1 group of countries that includes the United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom plus Germany signed the JCPOA on July 14, 2015.

A range of global leaders have hailed the historic agreement, anticipated to unfreeze up to $100 billion of Iran's global assets. Critics in Israel and the United States derided the nuclear deal with Iran.

By Sputnik News