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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (center) stands behind a stone on display that was part of a fortified tower built by the Hasmoneans in Jerusalem over 2,000 years ago, at the Israel Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, May 15, 2025. Photo by Shlomi Amsalem/MFA.
Jerusalem slams Chinese diplomat’s deleted Israel-Nazis comparison
Ambassador to Japan Gilad Cohen called on the Asian democracy to "take action" against Beijing's consul general in Osaka.
Canaan Lidor
June 22, 2025
Nobuki Sugihara, the youngest son of Chiune Sugihara, who as Japanese consul in 1940 Kaunas, Lithuania, issued an estimated 2,140 transit visas, on his own authority and against his governments wishes, initially saving about 4,000 people, primarily Jewish refugees. Nobuki was at the Polish-Ukrainian border crossing at Medyka partaking in a fact finding and humanitarian mission with the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue of New York to help Ukrainian refugees who had just crossed the border on foot, April 26, 2022. Photo by Chuck Fishman/JCC Krakow/Getty Images.
Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese tzaddik
How one man saved many worlds, and how his family touched so many lives.
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
May 21, 2025
Gideon Sa'ar speak at a news conference in Tokyo on May 14, 2025. Photo credit: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel.
‘No two Jerusalems,’ Israeli FM tells Japanese journalists
Anti-Israel protesters "tried to disrupt and even break into" the press conference at Tokyo's National Press Club, said Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar.
JNS Staff
May 14, 2025
Three Israeli snowboarders meet with Israeli Consul Avinoam Mizrachi (second from right) moments after their rescue from the slopes of Mount Hakuba, Japan. Photo: Embassy of Israel in Japan.
Israeli snowboarders rescued from mountain in Japan
The three Israelis, who had been stranded on Mount Hakuba, suffered only minor frostbite.
JNS Staff
Jan. 7, 2025
Kinkaku-ji (Golden Temple) in Kyoto. Credit: Jaycangel/Wikipedia.
Jewish Americans visit Japan as part of diplomacy, culture tour
The trip for young professionals featured a stop at Israel’s embassy in Japan and homestay visits that allowed delegates immersive cultural experiences.
David Swindle
Nov. 21, 2024
Palace of Versailles. Photo by Adam Kinnwall via Pixabay.
For lasting peace, Hamas must be destroyed
Diplomatic agreements are a part of the history of war, but lasting diplomacy only exists in the aftermath of a decisive victory.
Luke Moon
Sept. 16, 2024
Monument at the atomic bomb hypocenter in Nagasaki. Photo by Eric Priest via Wikimedia Commons.
US, UK pull out of Nagasaki event after Israeli envoy not invited
The British and American ambassadors will not attend the ceremony to mark the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing over the snub.
Aug. 7, 2024
Monument at the atomic bomb hypocenter in Nagasaki. Photo by Eric Priest via Wikimedia Commons.
Israel not invited to ceremony marking atomic bombing of Nagasaki
The city's mayor said he doesn't want the event disturbed by pro-Hamas protests.
JNS Staff
Aug. 2, 2024
Japan's chief Cabinet secretary, Yoshimasa Hayashi, speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Dec. 14, 2023. Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images.
Japan sanctions four Israelis over alleged Judea and Samaria violence
Tokyo claimed that the decision was taken due to an "escalation" of violence in the territory in the aftermath of the Hamas-led Oct. 7 massacre.
July 24, 2024