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Japan Offers to Help Ease Persian Gulf Tensions

EghtesadOnline: Senior Iranian and Japan ese officials met in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Tuesday to discuss Middle East security and latest developments in diplomatic efforts to save the 2015 nuclear deal following the US exit.
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Publish Date:28/August/2019 | 10:29

Zarif to Visit East Asian States

EghtesadOnline: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is to set off on a tour of China, Japan and Malaysia at the head of a delegation on Sunday as part of an initiative to pursue “proactive” and “balanced” diplomacy.
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Publish Date:25/August/2019 | 10:36

Political Consultations With Japan

EghtesadOnline: The 26th round of Tehran-Tokyo political consultations was held in the Iranian capital on Saturday between Japan 's Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Mori and his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araqchi.
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Publish Date:19/August/2019 | 10:38

South Korea to Drop Japan From Fast-Track Trade Whitelist

EghtesadOnline: In an apparent tit-for-tat move, South Korea said Monday it will remove Japan from its "whitelist" of trusted trade partners, an act that risks further exacerbating tensions between the two US allies.
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Publish Date:13/August/2019 | 11:27

Japan Will Continue Importing Middle East Oil

EghtesadOnline: Japan will continue importing crude oil from the Middle East despite escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, but will also make efforts to diversify supply sources, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshige Seko said Tuesday.
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Publish Date:24/July/2019 | 10:18

Abe to Make Every Effort to Ease Iran-US Row

EghtesadOnline: 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.
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Publish Date:23/July/2019 | 10:17

Abe Considering New Meeting With Rouhani in September

EghtesadOnline: Japan ese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering holding talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani when he visits New York in September to attend a session of the UN General Assembly, government sources said on Wednesday.
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Publish Date:13/July/2019 | 24:08

Japan to Extend $2.5m in Flood Aid to Iran

EghtesadOnline: The government of Japan will extend a $2.5 million Emergency Grant Aid to Iran for damage caused by the floods that devastated the country at the beginning of the current Iranian year (started March 21).
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Publish Date:26/June/2019 | 11:42

Japan Weighs Alternative Crude Supply Without Transiting Strait of Hormuz

EghtesadOnline: Japan ese refiners have started weighing alternative crude supply sources that would not need to transit through the Strait of Hormuz, including from the Red Sea side in Saudi Arabia, West Africa and the US, amid rising tensions in the region, Petroleum Association of Japan President Takashi Tsukioka said Friday.
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Publish Date:22/June/2019 | 11:48

Japan Gov’t Sticks to 'Moderate' Economic View

EghtesadOnline: Japan ’s government left its assessment of the economy unchanged in June, after revising it down twice in the past three months, even as the escalating US-China trade war threatens to take a heavier toll on global growth.
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Publish Date:19/June/2019 | 11:51

Japan Unconvinced by US’ Anti-Iran Evidence

EghtesadOnline: The Japan ese government has been requesting the United States for concrete evidence to back its allegation that Iran attacked two tankers near the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, government sources said on Sunday.
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Publish Date:17/June/2019 | 11:38

Trump Unworthy of Communication

EghtesadOnline: Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei told Japan ese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday that he had no reply to the message he was delivering from US President Donald Trump, as he does not consider him worthy of communication.
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Publish Date:15/June/2019 | 11:43

Abe Preparing for Iran Visit

EghtesadOnline: Japan 's government officials are reportedly making final preparations for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's planned visit to Tehran next month to hold meetings with top Iranian officials.
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Publish Date:29/May/2019 | 09:58

Trump Downplays Tensions With Tehran

EghtesadOnline: US President Donald Trump on Monday backed the Japan ese Premier Shinzo Abe's interest in using his country's good relations with Iran to help broker a possible dialogue between the US and its nemesis in the Middle East.
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Publish Date:28/May/2019 | 10:58

Abe Mulling June Visit to Iran

EghtesadOnline: Japan ’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering a visit to Iran in June for talks with Iranian officials to help ease escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran, government sources said on Friday.
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Publish Date:25/May/2019 | 08:26

Japan Offers to Mediate Between Iran, US

EghtesadOnline: The Japan ese government hopes to mediate between the United States and Iran to rescue the landmark 2015 international nuclear deal, officials said.
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Publish Date:12/May/2019 | 14:14

EU, Japan Reiterate Support for Nuclear Deal

EghtesadOnline: The European Union and Japan on Thursday reiterated their support for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the formal name of Iran’s nuclear deal, despite mounting pressure from the US on the Islamic Republic.
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Publish Date:28/April/2019 | 13:18

Tokyo Gas, Shell Sign LNG Deal

EghtesadOnline: Japan 's Tokyo Gas said on Friday it has signed a heads of agreement with Royal Dutch Shell for 500,000 tons per year of liquefied natural gas, with the purchase based partly on a coal-linked pricing formula.
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Publish Date:06/April/2019 | 14:46