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The Yomiuri Shimbun Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis shake hands in Tokyo on Monday.
The Yomiuri Shimbun
12:38 JST, January 31, 2023
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis agreed to upgrade the Japan-Greece relationship to a “strategic partnership” when the two leaders met in Tokyo on Monday.
Greece has strong ties with China. A Chinese state-owned company operates Greece’s largest port in Piraeus near Athens.
Japan aims to keep China in check by strengthening its relationship with Greece.
