Greece

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

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...

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 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...

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...

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos welcomed on Wednesday atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki who are travelling on the Peace Boat, a Japan-based international NGO, aiming at informing the world about the consequences of nuclear weapons. “Respect for human...

We got in touch with a few Greek-Japanese world cup fans to ask them about how they feel for the decisive Greece vs Japan clash tomorrow. The crucial World Cup match that will show which team might advance in the tournament...

The world has already started moving to the rhythm of the samba in view of the World Cup which is set to take place in Brazil later in June. People around the world are doing anything possible to get...

It has been the fourth year in a row that Japanese botanists and nature lovers have visited Crete searching for rare flowers that are found only on the island, such as a kind of wild tulip that does not...

Greece is  known worldwide for its beautiful women, the Greek people boast. Japanese people are enchanted by a specific woman, though, newly appointed Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni. In the Land of the Rising Sun, Olga Kefalogianni's natural Mediterranean beauty...

The Japanese “Peace Boat” entered the port of Piraeus Wednesday at about 11am. The ship carried on board some 1,000 passengers, with survivors from the Holocaust of Hiroshima and Nagasaki among them. In a campaign towards a nuclear weapon-free zone...

Utterly impressed by the flavors of mushrooms and the various activities developed relating to their exploitation in Grevena, the Fuji Channel crew shot pictures and videos from a local tavern serving the earthly delicacies, the nearby shops selling goods...

The crew of a Japanese ΤV Channel has undertaken the shooting of a documentary film about the Greek island of Crete and its customs. The shooting of the film began on Epiphany Day in the region of Saint Nikolaos in...