Iran protest deaths: Japan praises Iran friendship
Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker
Modern Tokyo Times
The Japanese government under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is beyond shocking concerning the crisis in Iran. This relates to Kishida smiling openly with President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran – and Hayashi praising the “historically friendly relationship between Japan and Iran.”
Hayashi met the Minister of Petroleum of Iran (Javad Owji) on September 28.