Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida met with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Wednesday in Tokyo and urged him to continue making efforts to reach a final agreement with the Western powers on Tehran's controversial nuclear program.
"Japan welcomes the steady implementation of the Joint Plan of Action (between Iran and the Western powers)," Kishida said during a joint press conference held following talks at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo.
“I believe that there is huge potential in bilateral relations. And to elevate that relationship, solution of the nuclear issue is essential,” Kishida said, adding that Tokyo plans to support Japanese companies’ economic activities with Iran within the framework of a partial lifting of sanctions.