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The story of the Japanese ship that saved Armenians and Greeks from genocide after the Smyrna Catastrophe was the theme of a Tokyo lecture.

Lafcadio Hearn, a unique figure in international literature, began his life in Greece and spent the rest of his career in Japan.

Japan is one of the most populated countries in the world. Increasingly, immigrants have flocked to Japan, including many Greeks.

Greek tennis sensation Stefanos Tsitsipas won in three sets against Australian A. De Minaur to progress to the quarter finals of the Japan Open. 20 year-old Stefanos kept his nerve after losing the second set (7-5) to win easily the...

Japan's Yoshihiko Ishikawa was the winner of the 36th Spartathlon race on Saturday, running the  246 km route in 22 hours, 55 minutes and 14 seconds, according to the Athens - Macedonian News Agency. The race finished in Sparta just...

Greece has always been a maritime nation but new data reveal how its fleet of ships is now worth more than that of Japan and economic powerhouse China. With an owned fleet worth just shy of $100 billion, Greece tops...

Researcher Vicken Babkenian has written a new book describing how a Japanese ship saved hundreds Armenians and Greeks from genocide in Smyrna in 1922. Not only did the ship rescue these desperate people from a certain death, the nation...

Αn 81-year-old Japanese man has taken the initiative to save the aging Hippocrates' plane tree on the island of Kos. In its present condition, the aging plane tree; platanos in Greek, cannot live longer than 25 years, scientists say. The Japanese...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday welcomed an agreement protecting the market for Greek feta in Japan, following a meeting with Economy Minister Dimitri Papadimitriou and Agricultural Development Minister Vangelis Apostolou. "Whoever negotiates with a plan achieves his goals,"...

Greek Deputy Migration Minister Yiannis Balafas visited with Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobuo Kishi at the refugees hosting center of Eleonas on Sunday. Kishi, who is paying a three-day official visit to Greece talked with the refugees for...

On Monday three Japanese shipping companies announced their intentions to merge, which would result in creating the third largest company of shipping companies with regular container ship lines. The move would be positive for the Greek port Piraeus as well...

As of early Wednesday, Tropical Storm Malakas was centered 650 miles east of Manila, Philippines, and was moving gradually west-northwestward towards Japan. Named "Malakas" meaning storm in Tagalog, whereas the same word means "wanker." Social media caught fire with...

The Greek debt will be discussed during the G7 Summit in Japan, as the differences between European creditors and the International Monetary Fund remain. The IMF insists that there should be a generous relief on the Greek debt so it...

In a symbolic gesture that prevented another payment default, Greece repaid samurai bonds maturing on Tuesday, July 14, to private creditors in Japan. “The payment was made, the funds should be credited in the bondholders' accounts,” a Greek government...

Japan's Economics Minister Akira Amari said Greece and the European Union should work hard to strike a win-win deal that would keep Greece in the eurozone, according to Reuters news agency. "Greece and the EU should also take steps to...