Greece hopes to develop even closer relations with Japan says PM

Greece hopes to develop even closer ties with Japan, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a Facebook post on Sunday soon after his arrival in the country, where he is on an official visit, while stressing the importance of his visit.

"Good morning from Japan! It is an important visit to one of the largest economies in the world and one with which we hope to develop even closer relations," Mitsotakis said, with a reminder that Japanese institutional investors had stopped investing in Greek bonds during the years of the debt crisis, due to their loss of investment grade.

"Now that we are on the doorstep before regaining it, this visit is more than just timely," he added, noting that a great number of visits were planned during the visit.

The post also reviewed the prime minister's activities during the previous week. Among them he mentioned actions to...