Crew on Japan tanker saw 'flying object' before attack: company head
Japan says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will convey the result of his meeting with Iranian leaders to US President Donald Trump during the upcoming G20 Summit.
1 year agoImages and video being released by @CENTCOM showing what it says is a likely unexploded limpet mine attached to the hull of the Japanese-owned chemical tanker Kokura Courageous.
1 year agoUS Navy P-8A 169334 WS275 departed Kadena at 2120Z - East China Sea mission.
Pompeo: Iran insulted Japan's prime minister after hitting one of his country's ships during his visit
Khamenei: I welcome your suggestion to expand relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Japan is an important country in Asia and if they are willing to expand relations with Iran, they should demonstrate their firm determination, just as some important countries have done so.
Khamenei:
[email protected] U.S. president met and talked with you a few days ago, including about Iran. But after returning from Japan, he immediately imposed sanctions on Iran's petrochemical industry. Is this a message of honesty Does that show he is willing to hold genuine negotiations
Japan's trade minister says he has received information that two ships carrying cargo related to Japan have been attacked near the Strait of Hormuz.
Japan PM says Iranian Supreme Leader told him that Iran has no intention to make or use nuclear weapons
The Japanese government: Abe's visit to Iran does not mean mediation between Tehran and Washington
1 year agoIran Leader Ayatollah Khamenei meets Japan PM Abe Shinzo in Tehran
Khamenei: Meeting with Mr. @AbeShinzo, the Prime Minister of Japan
KCNA: "The 'flag of rising sun shedding rays'reminds people of Japanese militarismand leaves them shudder at the unprecedented massacre committed by the Japanese imperialist monsters. The crime-woven flag must have been taken to the rubbish ground of history."
US State Department spokeswoman: We are confident that the German Foreign Minister and Prime Minister of Japan have sent the message to Tehran to stop its activities
1 year agoIran's president @HassanRouhani welcomes Japanese PM @AbeShinzo at Sa'dabad Palace
Shinzo Abe has arrived in Tehran and was welcomed by Zarif. On his two-day visit, he'll meet President Rouhani today and tomorrow supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei.
1 year agoJapan PM Shinzo Abe has arrived in Tehran for talks to ease Iran-US tension; will meet President Rouhani today, and with Iran's Leader on Thursday
1 year agoChina says "The frequent passage of Chinese aircraft carriers into Miyako Strait will become a common practice and people will get used to it"
Iranian officials: Tehran will seek mediation of the Japanese Prime Minister to ease the oil sanctions
KCNA: "What the Japanese reactionaries sharpening the sword for reinvasion will do after turning Japan into a military giant is as plain as a pikestaff. They seek to repeat the period when they lorded it over Asian people under'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.'"
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 30km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan
The Government of the United States and the Government of Japan will hold a bilateral Extended Deterrence Dialogue (EDD) on June 10-12 in Minot, North Dakota
Japan considers the crisis in Venezuela as a geopolitical risk in a previous meeting of the G20.
1 year agoJapan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) statement on F-35A crash: "Spatial disorientation" likely caused the pilot to fly his F-35 into the Pacific Ocean on April 9. JASDF dismisses mechanical or software problems as a cause of the crash. #F35A
G20: Global growth will rebound and trade and geopolitical tensions within risk
Japanese PM Abe to stress JCPOA significance in Iran visit: report
1 year agoUSAF RC-135S 61-2662 COBRA59 deploying to Kadena AB from Offutt AFB. This will make two Cobra Balls at Kadena.
Israeli PM Netanyahu had a phone call with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe ahead of trip to Tehran - Abe updated Netanyahu on his trip and Netanyahu told Abe that the world needs to keep pressure Iran
Kremlin: Japan holds a new meeting between Putin and Trump at the end of June
KCNA: "Japan should be mindful that its reckless overseas expansion ambition can bring about the second day of defeat. Does Japan want to be defeated again"
