Iran-Japan

2020-11-29 22:14

Iranian, Japanese archaeologists hold conference online

TEHRAN – The 20th Iran-Japan archaeological conference has been held online with over 100 experts, students and researchers were in attendance.

2020-04-27 18:10

NGOs in Japan send 30 anti-corona packages to Iran

TEHRAN – In the past two days, 30 packages of donations from Iranian non-governmental organizations residing in Japan and some other groups have been sent to Iran, the Iranian ambassador to Tokyo has said.

2019-12-21 17:45

Doors are open to Japanese companies to invest in Iran: Rouhani

TEHRAN- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani underscored on Saturday that his country considers no restriction for the Japanese state-run or private sectors to invest in Iran’s large economic projects.

2019-12-02 19:03

Iran’s Araqchi attends international summit in Tokyo

TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi visited Japan on Monday to participate in the 1st Tokyo Global Dialogue Summit.

2019-11-27 15:57

Iran, Japan sign MOU on medical services improvement

TEHRAN – Iranian Ministry of Health and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to improve medical services on the basis of medical management models in Japan, IRNA reported on Tuesday.

WHO Representative in Iran Christoph Hamelmann, (left) and ambassador of Japan to Iran Mitsugu Saito

2019-07-03 20:29

Japan supports WHO aid to 160k vulnerable people affected by 2019 floods

TEHRAN -- 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.

2019-04-21 19:21

Japan is talking to U.S. to keep its Iranian oil supply steady: minister

TEHRAN - Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry said his country is trying to convince U.S. to keep buying Iranian oil in order to maintain its energy supplies.

2019-03-30 13:14

Japan extends insurance for imports of oil from Iran

TEHRAN- Japan has extended state-backed insurance for the imports of crude oil from Iran, a government official told Reuters on Thursday.

2019-02-26 22:13

Japan's Cosmo to load Iranian oil in early March

TEHRAN- Japanese refiner Cosmo Oil will load around 900,000 barrels of Iranian Heavy crude oil in early March.

2019-02-19 22:24

Iran seeking Chinese expertise for fighting SDSs

TEHRAN – Iran is going to use China’s expertise on tackling sand and dust storms (SDSs) and take steps to halt the external SDS hotspots affecting southeastern and southwestern parts of the country, head of the national working group on SDSs has said.

2019-01-10 11:55

TPO to dispatch trade delegation to Japan in early March

TEHRAN- Iran’s Trade and Promotion Organization (TPO) plans to dispatch a trade and marketing delegation to Japan in early March.

2018-12-15 21:53

Japanese refiners will resume Iran crude purchases next month

Japanese refiners will start buying Iranian crude oil in January, but will only continue buying until March to make sure they don’t get on the bad side of Washington in case the 180-day sanction waivers are not extended, S&P Global Platts reports, citing the head of the country’s Petroleum Association.

2018-11-10 08:29

Japan's JXTG might nominate Iran oil for Dec. loading at earliest

JXTG Holdings will consider whether to resume purchases of Iranian crude oil after Japan was granted a waiver from U.S. sanctions targeting Tehran, JXTG Senior Vice President Yasushi Onoda said on Wednesday.

2018-10-16 20:25

Japan says continuing cooperation with Tehran under sanctions

A senior official of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) announced that the country will not alter its supportive policies towards Iran after implementation of the US sanctions on November 4.

2018-10-15 20:50

Iran, Japan ink MOU on training Afghanistan’s customs personnel

TEHRAN- Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the joint holding of a training course for Afghanistan’s customs personnel, IRINA reported on Sunday.