According to the document, the two countries will cooperate in exchange of university students and scholars and joint research ventures.
"Implementation of this agreement will be a major stride towards enhancing research and scientific cooperation," Shimomura said in Tehran on Monday.
In late September, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in New York said his government supports exchanges between private sectors in Iran and Japan and enforcement of trade agreements.
The Japanese prime minister, at this meeting, stressed concentration of measures on exact implementation of nuclear agreement with the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) and said Tokyo is interested in the execution of its content.
"Tokyo wants to be active in supporting the prosperity of Iran's economy," he said.
Rouhani said Japan is a strategic partner of Iran and diplomatic, economic and cultural relations between the two countries shall further increase.
"The nuclear deal is an opportunity for strengthening of bilateral relations," he added,"'We can cooperate in transport, environment, cultural and scientific issues and modern science including in the field of peaceful nuclear energy"'
"Scientific and technical centers in Iran and Japan must be in contact and increase their ties," the Iranian President added.
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