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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

Japan

The opening of a new exhibit at Haifa's Tikotin Museum on December 31, 2024 (Courtesy Keren Avni)
January 9, 2025, 1:33 pm
With Hezbollah rockets halted, Haifa’s cultural scene experiences post-ceasefire boom
Long-delayed Haifa Film Festival finally marks 40th year, as Tikotin Museum celebrates iconic Japanese wave print and Haifa City Museum waxes nostalgic about Israel’s homegrown car
By Jessica Steinberg
Israeli Consul in Japan Avinoam Mizrahi, second from right, with three Israeli men who had been stranded in a mountainous ski resort near Japan's Hakuba, after their rescue, January 7, 2025. (Israeli Embassy in Tokyo)
January 7, 2025, 9:38 am
3 Israelis rescued from freezing Japanese mountain where they were stranded
Snowboarders got stuck after venturing off marked trails at Hakuba ski resort; Israeli envoy thanks Japanese for efforts, says trio undergoing medical checks
By ToI Staff
The headquarters of a Hungarian company that allegedly manufactured pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria, in Budapest, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP/Denes Erdos)
September 19, 2024, 1:23 pm
Israel didn’t tamper with Hezbollah’s exploding pagers, it made them – New York Times
Israeli spies are behind Hungarian firm BAC Consulting that supplied the devices, NYT reports; other shell companies mask ownership; Bulgaria probing another firm linked to saga
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Doves fly over the Peace Statue during a ceremony to mark the 79th anniversary of the US atomic bombing at the Peace Park in Nagasaki, southern Japan Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (Japan Pool/Kyodo News via AP)
August 9, 2024, 10:05 pm
Nagasaki marks A-bomb anniversary without US and other envoys after excluding Israel
Six Western ambassadors skip the event, attending an alternative Tokyo ceremony, after mayor leaves Jewish state out of proceedings
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: People pass a TV showing breaking news on a tsunami in Japan's Okinawa region and an earthquake in Taiwan, April 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
August 8, 2024, 1:16 pm
Two powerful earthquakes shake Japan’s southern coast; tsunami warning issued
No immediate reports of damage following 6.9-magnitude quake and 7.1 tremor a minute later, 8 months after major New Year’s earthquake; 2011 nuclear disaster still haunts country
By AFP
Eighty-five-year-old atomic bombing survivor Takeko Kudo (3rd L) and other representatives observe a moment of silence at the time of the bombing at 11:02 am during a peace memorial ceremony at an indoor facility due to approaching Typhoon Khanun in Nagasaki, Nagasaki prefecture on August 9, 2023, as the city marks the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing during World War II. (Photo by JAPAN POOL / JIJI Press / AFP) / Japan OUT / JAPAN OUT
August 7, 2024, 5:39 pm
Western ambassadors pull out of Nagasaki memorial after Israel not invited
Slamming Japanese mayor’s ‘politicization’ of event, US and British embassies say they’ll send lower-ranking diplomats; Australia, Italy, Canada and EU slated to follow suit
By AFP and ToI Staff
World leaders in Hiroshima, western Japan Sunday, May 21, 2023, on the sidelines of the G7 summit. (Takashi Aoyama/Pool Photo via AP)
July 20, 2024, 6:47 pm
Hiroshima dismisses calls to disinvite Israel from atomic bomb commemorations
Some activists and survivors say it’s a double standard to invite Israel after disinviting Russia and Belarus, but others support the presence of nations at war
By ToI Staff
Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa (R) and UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini (L) prior to a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo on March 28, 2024. (Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP)
April 2, 2024, 10:41 am
Japan resumes funding to UNRWA for its ‘indispensable’ aid work in Gaza
Sixth-biggest donor to UN agency for Palestinians lifts moratorium on payments, plans to release some $35 million of originally allocated funding
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Israeli judoka Sagi Muki at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Tokyo on March 30, 2024, shortly before his jacket was grabbed by a protester. (Video screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
March 31, 2024, 6:29 pm
Israeli Judoka Sagi Muki says protesters in Japan stole his uniform jacket
Olympians Muki and Peter Paltchik confront rally on Tokyo street, having traveled there for training camp; Culture and Sports Ministry said angered after not being updated on trip
By ToI Staff
This image provided by the US Attorney, Southern District of New York shows a photo from a complaint document filed by SDNY of Takeshi Ebisawa handling a rocket launcher. Federal prosecutors say the leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate conspired to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar in the belief that Iran would use it for nuclear weapons. (US Attorney, Southern District of New York via AP)
February 22, 2024, 11:43 pm
US alleges Japanese crime boss tried to send weapons-grade uranium to Iran
US prosecutors say Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, provided samples of material from Myanmar to undercover agent in belief Iran would use it for a weapons program
By AP
Takeshi Ebisawa with a rocket launcher. (US District Court for the Southern District of New York)
February 22, 2024, 8:17 am
Feds accuse alleged Japan crime boss of trying to traffic nuclear material to Iran
Takeshi Ebisawa caught in sting operation as he showed weapons-grade plutonium samples from Myanmar to undercover DEA agent as part of plot to purchase weapons for insurgent group
By AP
Itochu Corp's office building in Tokyo, Japan, December 5, 2019. (Takashi Images/Shutterstock.com)
February 5, 2024, 2:36 pm
Japan’s Itochu to end cooperation with Israel’s Elbit amid Gaza war
Conglomerate’s decision comes in wake of ICJ orders in ‘genocide’ case against Israel, ending strategic partnership that began seven months before Gaza war
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A wanted poster, center top. for Satoshi Kirishima, a fugitive who has long been wanted for one of a series of terrorist bombings in Japan, is displayed outside a police station Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
February 5, 2024, 10:24 am
Hospitalized man tells Japanese cops he’s highly wanted fugitive, dies 4 days later
Satoshi Kirishima lived more than 40 years under assumed identity, without bank account; was only member of far-left group responsible for 1970s bombings to evade jail
By Mari Yamaguchi
This photo provided by Jiji Press shows a Japan Airlines plane on fire on a runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport on January 2, 2024. (Photo by JIJI PRESS/AFP)
January 2, 2024, 2:59 pm
5 killed but all 379 passengers, crew safe as plane catches fire in Tokyo runway crash
Transportation minister says fatalities were aboard coast guard plane that collided with Japan Airlines passenger jet
By AFP
Houses fallen by an earthquake are seen in Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, January 2, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)
January 2, 2024, 8:49 am
Earthquakes leave at least 48 dead, destroy buildings along Japan’s western coast
Major tremors still to come, says meteorological agency, after magnitude 7.6 quake rocked Ishikawa; Fukushima-type disaster averted despite initial warning of tsunami
By Hiro Komae and YURI KAGEYAMA
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