Tokyo, June 15 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Monday that she welcomes a U.S.-Iran peace deal "as a major step toward bringing the situation to a close." "I strongly hope that the memorandum will be steadily implemented, that free and

The agreement came after more than three months of stop-start negotiations and bouts of fighting since late February, roiling global energy and commodities markets.

Tokyo, June 15 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Monday that she welcomes a U.S.-Iran peace deal "as a major step toward bringing the situation to a…