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Israeli Noa Argamani, who was abducted with others from the Nova music festival during Hamas's October 7 attack on southern Israel that triggered the war, speaks during a meeting with G7 embassy representatives during a visit to Tokyo on August 21, 2024. (Richard A. Brooks / AFP)
August 21, 2024, 10:12 am
Rescued Hamas hostage Noa Argamani says she thought ‘every night is my last’
27-year-old, accompanied by her father, makes remarks during Tokyo meeting with senior diplomats from G7 countries
By ToI Staff and AFP
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
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
Police officers examine a car, rear, which crashed into a temporary barricade near the Israeli Embassy in Tokyo, November 16, 2023. (Eugene Hoshiko/AP)
November 16, 2023, 12:02 pm
Man crashes car into barricade near Israeli embassy in Tokyo, driver arrested
Suspect, a member of right-wing group, apologizes for lightly injuring cop; car slammed into barrier about 100 meters from mission building
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Guy Nattiv (left) and Zar Amir Ebrahimi, co-directors for 'Tatami,' who won awards at the Tokyo International Film Festival on November 1, 2023 (Courtesy)
November 1, 2023, 2:29 pm
Israeli-Iranian film ‘Tatami’ wins at Tokyo International Film Festival
Israeli director Guy Nattiv says Tokyo festival awards bring ‘some light’ amid the darkness of the war
By Jessica Steinberg
Jeremy Freeman, in the kitchen of his Freeman Shokudo restaurant, in Tokyo, Japan. (Jordyn Haime via JTA)
August 23, 2023, 10:39 am
US expat brings Jewish comfort food to Tokyo’s hip culinary scene
Jeremy Freeman and his wife Maiko opened Freeman Shokudo in 2021 after moving to Japan, selling classics like pastrami sandwiches, but also some deeply unkosher choices
By Jordyn Haime
Founder of Alibaba group Jack Ma arrives at the Tech for Good summit in Paris, May 15, 2019. (AP/Thibault Camus, File)
December 1, 2022, 9:10 am
Alibaba founder said living in Japan after China tech crackdown, often visits Israel
E-commerce billionaire Jack Ma reported to be spending his time in Tokyo with family, keeping a low profile, but making ‘regular’ trips to Jewish state and the US
By AFP and ToI Staff
Israeli mother-and-son pair Svetlana Zilberman (R) and Misha Zilberman hit a return in their mixed doubles event against Malaysian pair Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing on day two of the Badminton World Championships in Tokyo on August 23, 2022. (Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)
August 23, 2022, 11:57 pm
Mother-and-son Israeli badminton players breaking records at World Championships
Svetlana Zilberman, 64, and her son Misha team up for the doubles contest, claiming victory in their first-round match… and the title of the competition’s oldest-ever winner
By Andrew MCKIRDY
People look at campaign posters for Japan's upper house election in Tokyo on July 10, 2022. (Toshifumi KITAMURA / AFP)
July 10, 2022, 6:38 am
Japan votes in shadow of assassination of ex-PM Shinzo Abe
Voters cast their ballots Sunday in an upper house election, just two days after shocking killing
By Hiroshi HIYAMA and Sara Hussein
(From L) Israel's Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, Kenya's Brigid Kosgei qnd USA's Molly Seidel compete in the women's marathon final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Sapporo on August 7, 2021. (Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
August 7, 2021, 1:55 am
Israel’s Salpeter finishes marathon in 66th place after leading for much of race
Runner was in 3rd place with 4 km to go when she stopped running due to stomach pains, but came back to complete race; fellow Israeli Maor Tiyouri comes in 48th
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Russia's Aslan Karatsev attempts to give a gold medal to his mixed doubles tennis partner Russia's Elena Vesnina during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic medal ceremony at the Ariake Tennis Park on August 1, 2021. They actually won the silver medals (Twitter screenshot)
August 2, 2021, 2:26 am
In medal mix-up, Karatsev briefly takes gold for his tennis partner
With players required to don own medals because of COVID, Russian-Israeli accidentally picks up the top award for his partner after they won silver in Olympic mixed doubles
By ToI Staff
Olympic fan Kyoko Ishikawa shows her cheering at her home, April 10, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP/Eugene Hoshiko)
July 23, 2021, 10:11 am
With fans kept out of venues, Olympic superfan brings the Games home
Kyoko Ishikawa, who is missing her first Summer Games in nearly 30 years, is setting up her own virtual stadium at home, using the opportunity to discover unfamiliar sports
By Andrew MCKIRDY
A steward watches from the empty grandstands during the softball game between Japan and Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 21, 2021, in Fukushima, Japan. (AP/Jae C. Hong)
July 21, 2021, 10:04 am
Japan tops Australia in Olympic softball, 2 days ahead of Tokyo opening ceremony
‘It’s kind of a disappointment,’ Japanese athlete Yukiko Ueno says, after playing in a near-empty stadium, with fans barred from games amid COVID concerns
By Ronald Blum
Men cycle along the wall installed to close off a park being prepared for the Olympics and Paralympics Games in Tokyo on July 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
July 8, 2021, 9:20 pm
Fans banned from Olympics as Japan battles renewed COVID outbreak
Japan’s prime minister declares a state of emergency with cases in the country on rise, just weeks ahead of the Games’ opening ceremony
By AP
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