Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs AliBagheri Kani says that promoting Tehran-Tokyo cooperation, in addition to securing the interests of the two nations, will help to establish peace and stability. Bagheri Kani made the remarks at the 30th meeting of the Iranian and Japanese foreign ministries forpolitical consultations....

Financial Tribune - Cooperation with Iran and sharing information in water and electricity sectors is a win-win collaboration, Yuzki Oukazaki, says a deputy manager of the Japan Cooperation Center for the Middle East (JCCME). He made the statement on Tuesday in Tehran while addressing a convention on "Japan's Experience in Water and Wastewater Engineering,...

Tehran Times - Iran-Japan Joint Chamber of Commerce will be opened in Tehran in near future, Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Chairman Gholam-Hossein Shafeie announced. Speaking to ILNA, Shafeie noted that the two countries joint commerce committee has been already formed, and the two sides plan to turn the committee ...

MNA The first phase of the northwest tourism development project launched with the cooperation of Japan's tourism specialists, said Iran's director general of tourism planning and development. The Director General of Tourism Planning and Development Alireza Rahimi said that the northwest tourism development project will be carried out in three ...

Tasnim Irans Navy will send military vessels to the coasts of Japan and Italy in the near future for friendly visits, a top commander said. Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi held meetings with his Japanese and Italian counterparts in Chinas eastern port of Qingdao on Wednesday. The senior Iranian commander has attended ...

IRNA Irans Ambassador to Japan Morteza Rahmani-Movahhed said Iran considers US unilateral sanctions against international regulations and for the same reason it will do its best to promote normal economic relations with all countries, including Japan. Addressing the economic seminar A Path to Trade held in Tokyo on Thursday to introduce Irans capacities,...

IRNA Japan ambassador in Tehran Mitsugu Saito said that despite sanctions, the Japanese companies are hopeful of working with Iran. Addressing a meeting with South Khorasan Governor Mohammad Sadeq Motamedian, Saito said the Japanese firms are seriously involved in sanctions but despite some European companies' withdrawal from Iran they are still ...

Tasnim The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) launched a project in southwest Iran to establish forests and resuscitate pastures in the areas around Karun, the only navigable river in Iran. An official at the Forests, Range and Watershed Management Organization of Iran in the southwestern province of Khuzestan told Tasnim that under ...

Nippon - Resource-poor Japan has made great efforts to forge good relationships with oil producing countries in the Middle East. Iran, boasting the worlds fourth largest crude oil reserves and the worlds largest natural gas reserves, has long been an important oil supplier. However, the US economic sanctions placed on Iran due to suspected nuclear ...

Reuters - Japan has not yet been granted a waiver from Washingtons plan to reimpose sanctions to cut Iran out of international markets, even after several rounds of talks with U.S. officials, the Asian nations top government spokesman said on Thursday. The Trump administration has said it is considering waivers on sanctions for countries that are ...

MNA The 18th Annual Archaeological Seminar of Japanese Researchers on Iranian Archaeology was held Sat. in Tokyo, with 80 Japanese researchers and those interested in Iranian history and culture in attendance. The seminar, held by the embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Japan, was attended by some members of the Iran-JapanCultural ...

MNA Iran and Japan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly conduct training course for the personnel of Afghan Customs Department. According to the official website of the Islamic Republic of IranCustoms Administration, the agreement to jointly train the personnel of Afghanistans Customs staff was signed by the head of Irans ...

MNA Irans President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) Reza Salehi Amiri has met with his Japanese counterpart Tsunekazu Takeda in Argentina. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the third edition of the Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG), which is underway in Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 6-18. During the meeting, Reza ...

IFP - Iranian Minister of Science Mansour Gholami has held talks with Japanese officials in Tokyo on ways to resolve environmental problems, particularly dust pollution and flooding. In a Monday meeting headed by Iran, the ideas and solutions of Iranian scholars and scientific community about resolving the environmental problems were welcomed ...

IRNA - An advisor to Japan Foreign Minister and head of the Middle East Research Institute of Japan, pointed to the special geopolitics of the Middle East, and emphasized the importance of Iran in establishing stability and security in the region. Akitaka Saiki on Saturday in a meeting with Morteza Rahmani Movahed, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic ...

MNA Iranian ambassador to Japan Morteza Rahmani Movahed proposed holding of an exhibition featuring Irans tourism potentials and handicrafts in Japan. He brought forward the proposal in a Saturday meeting with the Tadashi Shimura, president of Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA). Touching upon considerable and diverse potentials ...

IRNA Tokyo believes that parliamentary relations with Tehran will have important impact on the expansion of mutual cooperation in other areas, a senior official at Japan's House of Representatives said on Thursday. Yasuhide Nakayama, who chairs foreign relations committee in the House, expressed the hope that the key steps would be taken towards ...

S&P Global Platts - Japanese refiners need to make their own decisions regarding their imports of Iranian oil, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshige Seko said Tuesday when asked at a news conference if the government had provided any guidance to refiners on the matter. "I understand that this would basically, properly be judged by ...

IRNA Tokyo is after enhancement of economic and political relations with Tehran, a Japanese official said on Tuesday. Japanese parliament is ready to develop ties with Iran in various issues, Koichi Hagiuda, Executive Acting Secretary-General of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, said in a meeting with Iran's Ambassador in Tokyo Morteza Rahmani-Movahed....

IFP - Japans Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso says Tokyo has underlined the importance of its mutual ties and oil trade with Tehran during its talks with the US. The Japanese politician made the remarks on Friday in a meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Japan Morteza Rahmani in the capital city Tokyo. During the talks,...