Israel Japan

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.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi at his Jerusalem office, January 11, 2026.
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

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

 An illustrative image of artificial intelligence.

Israel unveils AI-powered ‘horizon scan’ mechanism at Expo 2025 Osaka


Israeli diplomats under coronavirus quarantine in Tokyo

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

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


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.

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."

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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."

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.

Grapevine: J&J

But there was more to the Jewish-Japanese relationship than is generally known.

AUTHORS ELLIOT JAGER (left) and Azriel Bermant (center) discuss British-Israeli relations with journalist Matthew Kalman in Jerusalem on Tuesday.