TEHRAN  – Japan’s Urawa Reds football team defeated 10-man Al Hilal 1-0 on Saturday to win the Asian Champions League for a second time. Brazilian Rafael Silva smashed a late winner in 88th minute at Saitama Stadium. The forward scored in last weekend’s 1-1 first-leg draw in Riyadh. With 12 minutes remaining, Al Hilal’s Salem […]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed a “fresh start” to the relationship between the countries after a meeting in Vietnam that saw them agree to work more closely on North Korea. The leaders met on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in the Vietnamese resort city of […]

TEHRAN – A former Iranian minister of foreign affairs has been decorated by the Japanese government for his contribution to bilateral ties. “Mr. Manouchehr Mottaki, the honorable former minister of foreign affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun,” said the Japanese government’s statement on […]

Iran’s deputy energy minister said the Japanese government had created a line of credit (LOC) worth 10 billion dollars for investment in and joint venture with Iran. Houshang Falahatian, Deputy Iranian Energy Minister, pointed to an ongoing seminar on Tehran-Tokyo cooperation on the sidelines of the 17th International Electricity Exhibition of Iran saying “at the […]

Nissan said Thursday it was suspending all production destined for the local market, as Japan’s number-two automaker grapples with a mounting inspection scandal that has already seen it recall some 1.2 million vehicles. “Nissan decided today to suspend vehicle production for the Japan market at all Nissan and Nissan Shatai plants in Japan,” it said […]

TEHRAN – A fledgling party led by popular Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike gained momentum on Thursday ahead of an Oct. 22 election as the biggest opposition Democratic Party said it would step aside to let its candidates run under her reformist banner. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a conservative who returned to power in 2012, hopes […]

TEHRAN – Tehran Municipality and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to control air pollution in the Iranian capital. Vahid Hosseini, Managing Director of Tehran Air Quality Control Company, made the announcement explaining that the cooperation agreement aimed at boosting collaboration on scientific, educational and equipment sectors to contain the […]

Japan says Chinese coastguard ships have approached a group of disputed islands in the East China Sea, claimed by both Tokyo and Beijing, for the second time in less than a week. Japan’s coast guard said four Chinese vessels entered the waters surrounding the uninhabited islands — known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in […]

TEHRAN – Iran was defeated against Japan 2-0 in the Ashgabat 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games women’s futsal semi-final on Sunday. Sakata scored both goals for the Japanese team. The defending champion Japan, will face Thailand in the final and Shahrzad Mozafar’s girls meet China in the bronze medal match. Iran, who had […]

TEHRAN – Iranian national volleyball team defeated Japan 3-1 (21-25, 25-19, 25-20, 25-14) in the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Grand Champions Cup at the Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium on Saturday. Amir Ghafour topped all scorers with 23 points. Issei Otake and Akihiro Yamauchi led Japan with 16 and 11 points, respectively. Iran and Japan most […]