MNA Japan has strongly deplored the continued settlement activities by the Israeli regime in occupied Palestinian territories as in violation of international law. The Israeli regime has approval of plans to build around 2,000 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank in October, raising strong criticism against the move from the international ...

Reuters - Japan has not seen any intelligence that shows Iran was involved in the recent attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, Japans new defense chief said on Wednesday. We are not aware of any information that points to Iran, Defense Minister Taro Kono told reporters at a briefing. We believe the Houthis carried out the attack based on the ...

MNA Senior officials of foreign ministries of Japan and France agreed to continue their diplomatic efforts for reducing tensions between Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States. Senior Deputy Foreign Ministry of Japan Takeo Mori and an official in charge of Frances security policies Philip Errera met and held talks in Paris on Saturday. In ...

MNA Japan is considering sending a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer separately from the US-led coalition to the Persian Gulf and it will perform a mission in the Strait of Hormuz if Iran gives its consent, a Japanese newspaper reported. Japan will not join the United States in a security mission to protect merchant vessels passing through ...

Press TV - A new poll shows that over half of voters oppose dispatching Japans Self-Defense Forces personnel to the Persian Gulf to join a US-led coalition in a purported mission of protecting maritime shipping lanes in the Middle East. According to the survey, 57.1 percent of voters said Japan should not send SDF forces to the Middle East, while ...

Press TV - Japanese government sources say Tokyo is not willing to join a US-led naval mission purportedly aimed at protecting shipping lanes in the Persian Gulf, but is mulling over sending ships off Yemen. The sources told Kyodo news agency that the administration of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is reluctant to participate in the US-led ...

MNA The Foreign Ministry of Japan has granted a medal of honor to Iranian filmmaker Kamal Tabrizi for his cinematic contributions to promotion of Iran-Japan cultural ties, according to a statement by Japan's embassy in Tehran. The Japanese embassy in Tehran said in a statement on Wednesday that the foreign minister of Japan has granted a medal ...

MNA Japan wants to make every effort to reduce tension between the United States and Iran before responding to an expected US request to send its navy to guard strategic waters off Iran, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday. Washington has developed a plan to create a military coalition under the pretext of safeguarding its interests in the ...

Tasnim British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt expressed concerns over Irans decision to scale down its nuclear commitments, hoping that the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers could still work. "Well we continue to think, alongside the French and the Germans, that the most important priority is for Iran to remain nuclear-freewe'd still ...

Tehran Times - The World Health Organization (WHO) by receiving a donation from the Government of Japan intensifies its current supports with essential and life-saving medicines, equipment, and health services to more than 160,000 most vulnerable people affected by devastating floods in March and April 2019. The donation of the Government of Japan ...

Alwaght - Fourteenth summit of the Group of 20, or G20, opened on Thursday in the Japanese city of Osaka. The gathering is one of the worlds most important annual summits discussing international economy and politics. Usually, the summit is overshadowed with differences among the members leaders over a set of issues. After Donald Trumps assumption ...

Press TV- Japanese officials say Tokyo has dismissed a claim by the United States that Iran attacked two oil tankers both of them carrying Japanese-related cargo in the Sea of Oman. Japans Kyodo news agency cited informed state officials as saying Tokyo had demanded that Washington examine the case further, and that grainy video footage released ...

MNA The Japanese government hopes to mediate between the United States and Iran in an effort to rescue a landmark 2015 international nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), officials have said. We note that Iran denies it is withdrawing from the nuclear deal, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasutoshi Nishimura ...

IRNA Despite US sanctions and opposition, Japan and the European Union reiterated support for Iran nuclear deal also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). According to Chinese media Xinhua News Agency, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (R), European Council President Donald Tusk (C) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo ...

IRNA The 24th Asia-Pacific Operation Drug Enforcement Conference was held with the attendance of Iran in Tokyo, Japan. About 200 officials and experts in anti-drug field from over 35 countries and international organizations participated in the event. Iran's representative Colonel Yusef Musapour presented a report of Iran's measures in fighting ...

Tasnim - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday they both hoped for a prompt and peaceful solution to Venezuela's leadership crisis, with Merkel saying Germany recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as the nation's interim president. Merkel, on a two-day visit to Japan, echoed many European nations ...

Reuters - Japan and South Korea, two major buyers of Iranian oil, are in talks with the U.S. government in a bid to avoid adverse impacts from Washingtons reimposition of sanctions aimed at cutting Iran out of international markets. The United States is demanding countries cut all imports of Iranian oil from November, a senior State Department official ...

IRNA The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and Foreign Minister of Japan Taro Kono in a phone call stressed implementing the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Speaking about the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA), both the High Representative and the Foreign Minister reaffirmed their strong commitment ...

MNA A delegation of Japanese political and economic officials in Iran and Azerbaijan met in Iranian border city of Astara where the railway connects the two countries rail networks. A delegation of Japanese political and economic officials in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan met in Iranian border city of Astara where ...

Reuters - Clumps of oil have washed up on the shores of southern Japan and there are fears they may be leaking from an Iranian crude tanker than sank in the worlds worst such disaster in decades, the Japanese Coast Guard said on Friday. Black clumps have reached the shores of the island of Amami-Oshima, a coast guard official told Reuters by phone....