Tag: Japan
Jewish Americans visit Japan as part of diplomacy, culture tour
On Monday, B’nai B’rith International announced the completion of a week-long trip organized by the Japan International Cooperation Center as part of the Japanese government’s annual Kakehashi Project.
The project, funded by the Japanese Ministry of...
Japan to resume UNRWA funding
Tokyo said on Tuesday that it will restore funding to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency. The announcement came a day after the release of an interim report into the agency’s neutrality and risk management.
Japan, the sixth-biggest...
Cohen thanks Japan for sanctioning top Hamas terror chiefs
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Tuesday thanked Japan for moving to sanction top Hamas leaders, including the terror group's chief in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar.
Tokyo also announced sanctions on Mohammed Deif, the head of...
Yad Vashem-sponsored symphony celebrates Japanese diplomat who saved Jews during the Holocaust
Samurai warriors live by the moral code bushido, or “way of the warrior.”
World-renowned cellist Kristina Reiko Cooper, a half-Japanese convert to Judaism living in Tel Aviv, comes from a samurai background. So did Chiune Sugihara,...
Japan to trial Israeli, US drones
The Japanese Defense Ministry plans to deploy Israeli- and U.S.-made attack drones in 2023 to defend isolated islands.
The American-made Switchblade and the Israel Aerospace Industries’ Harop drone are expected to be deployed.
Both are loitering...
Jerusalem-inspired Japanese anime hit arrives on big screen in Israel
Not just Naruto and Dragon Ball: “Yes Planet” and “Rav Hen Dizengoff” movie theaters in Tel Aviv this weekend were painted in the bright colors of Japanese anime in honor of a special screening...
Iran urges Japan to release billions in frozen assets
Iran has called on Japan to release billions of dollars frozen in the country’s banks due to United States sanctions, Reuters reported on Sunday.
The request followed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s meeting in Tehran with Japanese Foreign...
Japanese foreign minister views Children’s Memorial, honorary tree at Yad Vashem
Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi visited Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
Motegi toured the current exhibit, “Flashes of Memory: Photography During the Holocaust.” He also participated in a memorial ceremony at the...
‘We will never forget Israel’s help’
March 11, 2011 began as an ordinary winter day with gray skies for the 12,000 people living in the fishing village of Minamisanriku. None of them knew that within several hours their world would...
Honoring the Japanese diplomat who saved thousands of Jews from Holocaust
Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, a virtual event on Monday honored a hero often referred to as the “Japanese Schindler” for helping to save thousands of Jews from the Holocaust.
Chiune...