Tag: Tokyo
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...
El Al to start flights from Tel Aviv to Chicago and Tokyo, renew Boston...
Israel’s El Al Airlines announced that it will launch direct flights to Tokyo and Chicago starting in April 2022.
The airline had wanted to start the flights last year but the coronavirus outbreak delayed the...
‘Thrill of victory and agony of defeat’? Paralympic athletes are already winners, say Israelis
Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka and the sports world, meet Pascale Bercovitch, Shraga Weinberg, Moran Samuel and Doron Shaziri. Olympians Biles and Osaka have helped raise awareness about mental health in sports. And the four...
Team Israel’s Olympic baseball hopes end after loss to Dominican Republic
Team Israel baseball’s hopes of an Olympic medal ended on Tuesday after it lost a game in dramatic fashion to the Dominican Republic.
It lost 7-6 to the Dominicans after former MLB All-Star José Bautista drove in a walk-off, RBI...
Tokyo Police using Israeli aerostats to help secure Olympic games
Israeli aerostats are in use by Tokyo Police to help secure the Olympic games, announced RT, the manufacturer of the systems, on Thursday.
RT’s SkyStar 180 tactical aerostats are being used by law enforcement for...
Team Israel baseball submits expanded roster for Tokyo Summer Olympics
The general manager of the Team Israel baseball has submitted an expanded roster of 44 players to the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), baseball’s international governing body and the organizer of the baseball competition at the...
Israeli artists, designers get ready to represent culture in iconic festival in Japan
Israeli artists and designers who participated in the Jerusalem Design Week exhibition will represent Israel later this month in one of Japan’s largest art and design festivals.
The 10-day Designart Tokyo festival centers around the concept of “Emotions” and...