Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, a longtime loyal aide of outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was poised to win a ruling party leadership election on Monday, virtually ensuring that he replaces Abe this week in the nation’s top job.
Japan’s top government spokesman, Yoshihide Suga, has won the backing of the largest faction of the ruling party to become its next leader, public broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday, making him a strong front-runner to become the next premier.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Friday, and discussed bilateral relations, as well as the latest regional and international developments.
Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi delivered a written message from President Hassan Rouhani to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo late on Tuesday.
Iran's President received the German Chancellor for the first time, discussing further cooperation, ways to preserve Iran Nuclear Deal and deescalating tensions in the region.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc won a solid majority in an upper house election on Sunday but his coalition and allies fell short of a two-thirds majority needed to begin revising the pacifist constitution, public broadcaster NHK said.
Momoyo Kondo, a research fellow at the Middle East Institute of Japan in Tokyo said that it is too early to judge Japanese Prime minister Shinzo Abe's achievement for meditating between Iran and United States.
Senior parliamentary official Alaeddin Boroujerdi told ILNA news agency that Japanese PM Shinzo Abe’s visit Tehran comes within the framework of relations between the two countries and is not aimed at mediating between Iran and US.
Professor of International Relations, Rajaram Panda said to ILNA news agency that Japanese Prime Minister has actually shown a willingness to reduce tensions between Iran and the United States and wants to work to solve the problems of Iran and the United States.
The visit of this Japanese official to Iran could be an effective way of reducing the tension between Iran and the United States; Mike Bosak, East Asian issues analyst said.
