Tokyo

Arkia cancels long-awaited direct route to Tokyo

According to the airline, Japanese authorities have not approved operating the route using a wet-leased aircraft at this time.

Sayonara Tokyo. Arkia.
Israir Airlines Airbus A330.

Israir awaits final approval for Tokyo, Miami flights, adds new European destinations for 2027

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.

Japan should become Israel’s next strategic partner - opinion

This picture taken on March 4, 2026 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 5, 2026 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspecting a sea-to-surface strategic cruise missile test launch conducted on the destroyer Choe Hyon at an undisclosed location.

North Korea rejects denuclearization, vows 'ceaseless' nuclear buildup over US-led alliance


The world’s most prolific Olympic pin trader is a 76-year-old Jewish philanthropist

Sid Marantz estimates that he’s spent more than $10,000 amassing a collection of more than 12,000 pins.

Sidney Marantz boasts a collection of over 12,000 Olympic pins.

Shmailov just misses another judo bronze • Gorbenko advances in pool

Cyclist Shapira starts strong, but fades late for 24th; Windsurfers Spychakov and Cohen both in 5th; Teenager Raz impresses in the gym; Richter 27th in 10m shooting; Men's swimmers fail to advance.

 ISRAELI GYMNAST Lihie Raz outdid expectations on Sunday in the artistic gymnastic competition. While she didn't advance, she recorded impressive performances in the floor exercise, the balance beam and the uneven bars.

How will athletes compete without a crowd at the Olympics? - opinion

If an athlete cannot get properly worked up without the encouragement of a crowd of spectators, then he or she must find a way to get properly worked up on their own.

MONICA ABBOTT walks in prior to the start of Team USA against Team Canada during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games last week.

Israeli Paralympic team gears up for Summer Olympics in Tokyo

At the last Games in Rio de Janeiro Israel captured three bronze medals with two of those athletes returning to action in the 2020 version of the Games.

Israeli Paralympic shooter Doron Shaziri.

Israel Baseball’s 'Field of Dreams' ahead of Summer Olympics

After shockingly qualifying for the Olympics, blue-and-white is one of just six teams who will compete in Tokyo, making a miraculous medal well within reach.

Israel Baseball’s 'Field of Dreams' ahead of summer Olympics.

It's time for Israel to get into the Olympic spirit - editorial

Let’s wish all our participants success, but most of all, let’s support them and wish them to do their very best in the most auspicious sporting arena.

THE ISRAEL NATIONAL TEAM is one of just six that will compete in the baseball competition at the Tokyo Olympics this month.

The Olympics during war and during COVID

The sterilizing of the Tokyo Games is historically unfair and socially tragic for Japan, and morally ruinous for the Olympic ideal.

DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST in May near Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium against holding the 2020 Olympics amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Tokyo 2020 chief Muto does not rule out 11th-hour cancellation of Games

Toshiro Muto said he would keep an eye on infection numbers and hold discussions with organizers if necessary.

The emblem of the Tokyo Olympics is displayed at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office. A pause sign. 56 days until the opening of the Olympics. on May 28, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan

Remembering the Munich 11 ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics

At the end of a day of intensely nerve-wrecking negotiations, the Palestinian terrorists demanded they and their Israeli hostages be flown to an Arab country. They never made it off the tarmac.

Remembering the Munich 11 ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Israeli surfer Anat Lelior’s unlikely path to Tokyo

It was an inauspicious start to the sport that would become her career and, later this month, take her to the Tokyo Olympics.

Israeli surfer Anat Lelior.