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Japan’s ambassador to Israel: Why the new Middle East matters to Asia - opinion

As Israel and Gulf states build deeper strategic and economic ties, Tokyo has a growing interest in regional stability and cooperation.

|ByYUSUKE ARAI
Then-incoming Japanese Ambassador Yusuke Arai presents his credentials to President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem on July 11, 2024, while wearing a yellow ribbon pin calling for the release of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi at his Jerusalem office, January 11, 2026.

Netanyahu, Sa'ar meet with Japanese FM in his first bilateral diplomatic visit to Israel

Netanyahu congratulated Motegi and the delegation members on their visit to Israel and thanked them for their support.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM, TPS
A view shows cherry blossom trees over a pond at Ueno park in Tokyo, Japan, March 21, 2023.

Israeli tourism to Japan jumps sharply as yen weakens

Israel tourism to Japan in April increased by 88% from 2024 to 2025, according to Eshet Tours VP Shirley Cohen-Orkaby.

|ByYUVAL EINHORN/GLOBES/TNS
Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya signs the guests book as he attends a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, U.S., April 28, 2025

Japan won't recognize a Palestinian state given US ties, Asahi reports

Shigeru Ishiba, Japanese Prime Minister, will skip an upcoming United Nations meeting called to discuss a two-state solution.

|ByREUTERS

Anime and Manga return to Jerusalem

Held every year at the International Convention Center, The Association for Anime and Manga in Israel is Israel’s biggest annual confab focusing on Japanese culture.

MARCH 5, 2020ByAARON REICH
HUNDREDS OF anime fans, many in costume, converge on the Jerusalem International Convention Center at last year’s Harucon

Israeli diplomats under coronavirus quarantine in Tokyo

It is still unclear if any of the Israeli embassy officials have the coronavirus.

FEBRUARY 25, 2020ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Passengers and children stand on the desk of the cruise ship Diamond Princess, as the vessel's passengers continue to be tested for coronavirus, at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan February 13, 2020

Nini Hachi: A Japanese treat in Tel Aviv

FEBRUARY 19, 2020BySTEVE LINDE

Meet the cutest voter in Israel's election- watch

The Israeli embassy in Japan delivered a highlight that is sure to bring a smile to the current election cycle.

MARCH 28, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Casting a vote

IDF sought monetary support in Japan for Palestinians in West Bank, Gaza

Officials from the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories met with Japanese Foreign Minister to discuss "ways to promote stability in Judea and Samaria and the Gaza Strip."

MARCH 4, 2019ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Head of COGAT’s Civil Department, Colonel Sharon Biton, Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Tarō Kōno, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Major General Kamil Abu Rukun.

Coming in September: Flights to Japan in just 11½ hours

The shortest current flight from Tel Aviv to Tokyo, with a 45 minute stop-over in Warsaw, takes 15 hours and 10 minutes.

FEBRUARY 6, 2019ByHERB KEINON
Weekly direct flights between Israel and Japan announced in Tokyo by Yaffa Ben-Ari, Israel's ambassador to Japan (l); Hiroshi Tabata, commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency (c); and Hiromi Tagawa, chairman of the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA).

Japanese Righteous Gentile Chiune Sugihara honored by Limmud FSU

“He saw human beings in danger and he decided to help them.”

FEBRUARY 5, 2019ByPEGGY CIDOR
In Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall in Yaotsu, Japan, locals watch a video documenting his actions in a replica of the diplomat's Kaunas office. (Michael Wilner, November 2017)

Japanese conglomerate launches in Israel

Komatsu’s activity in the past year was about $18 billion, and it is the second largest in the world in the production and marketing of heavy equipment.

JANUARY 16, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
FROM RIGHT, Ran Ganz, Masatoshi Morishita, Shmuel Ganz and Avi Levinson

Grapevine: First and last

The actual birthday of Japan’s Emperor Akihito is on December 23, but Japanese ambassadors around the world tend to celebrate it somewhat earlier in the month.

DECEMBER 18, 2018ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN greets Ivory Coast Ambassador Vhangha Patrice Koffi, who is accompanied by his wife and daughters, after he presented his credentials.

Israelis in Japan tell their stories of the Osaka earthquake

"Suddenly, I felt like a ship tossed on a storm at sea."

JUNE 19, 2018ByIRIS GEORLETTE/MAARIV
Water flows out from cracks in a road damaged by an earthquake in Takatsuki, Osaka prefecture, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo June 18, 2018.