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PA President Mahmoud Abbas and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meeting on October 21, 2019 in Tokyo. (Credit: Wafa)
October 21, 2019, 7:20 pm
Abbas meets Japan’s Abe in Tokyo ahead of new emperor’s enthronement
At start of three-day visit, PA president and Japanese PM discuss ‘latest developments pertaining to the Palestinian cause and the region’ as well as bilateral relations
By Adam Rasgon
Japanese FM Taro Kono, left, hosts MK Yair Lapid in Tokyo, August 19, 2019 (Courtesy)
August 19, 2019, 12:20 pm
Weeks after PM nixed Japan trip, Lapid meets top Tokyo ministers
Rare meeting between Blue and White no. 2 and Japan’s foreign and defense ministers follows reports country was incensed by Netanyahu’s sudden cancellation last month
By Raphael Ahren
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, walks to meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, May 16, 2019. (Eugene Hoshiko/Pool/AP)
May 16, 2019, 12:13 pm
Iran says US sanctions ‘unacceptable’ as crisis mounts
Foreign Minister Zarif, visiting Japan, insists his country is within its rights to threaten an increase in uranium enrichment in response to US sanctions
By Aya Batrawy and Mari Yamaguchi
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, waves with his wife Akie Abe while boarding his plane before departure for the Middle East, at Haneda international airport in Tokyo April 29, 2018. (Yukie Nishizawa/Kyodo News via AP)
April 30, 2018, 10:54 am
Japanese PM to make two-day visit to Israel, West Bank
On regional tour of Middle East, Shinzo Abe tells journalists the Israel-Palestinian peace process is a priority
By AP and ToI Staff
Economy Minister Eli Cohen, left, shakes hands with Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono before a meeting on the "Corridor for Peace and Prosperity," at Dead Sea, Jordan, April 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
April 30, 2018, 6:44 am
Jordan, Israel, Palestinians hold rare Japan-hosted meeting
Parties meet to advance an agro-industrial park intended to enhance cross-border trade and cooperation
By AP and ToI Staff
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono gives a speech during the unveiling of the second phase of the Jericho Agro Industrial park in the West Bank city of Jericho on December 26, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
December 26, 2017, 8:46 pm
Japan says it won’t follow US on Jerusalem embassy move
A day after meeting Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Foreign Minister Taro Kono tells his Jordanian counterpart Japan is committed to two-state solution
By ToI Staff and AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono in Jerusalem on December 25, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
December 26, 2017, 5:47 pm
Japan’s FM said to invite Netanyahu, Abbas, Kushner to Tokyo peace summit
PM said to express openness to initiative, but only if US envoy also attends meeting
By Alexander Fulbright
Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz, center right, points to a map during a meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Tara Kono, left, during an official visit to Japan, October 24, 2017. (Courtesy)
October 24, 2017, 4:33 pm
Israeli minister in Japan: Iran may become ‘tomorrow’s North Korea’
Yisrael Katz calls for Japanese support in changing nuclear deal; says Tokyo showed ‘great interest’ in regional rail proposal
By Stuart Winer
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