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BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2015
Israel approves plan to strengthen economic links with Japan
The Israeli Cabinet has approved a plan to expand economic relations and cooperation with Japan that calls for a 45 percent rise in Japanese tourists by 2017 and a 50 percent increase in Japan-bound exports to $1.1 billion per year by 2020.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 24, 2014
Israeli Cabinet approves Jewish nation-state law
A divided Cabinet approved on Sunday a bill to anchor in law Israel's status as the nation-state of the Jewish people, legislation critics say could undermine its democratic foundation and the rights of its Arab minority.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 30, 2014
Israel's Netanyahu rails at reported U.S. administration slur
An anonymous U.S. official's reported description of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "chickenshit," or worthless coward, drew a sharp response Wednesday from the Israeli leader — no stranger to acrimony with the Obama administration.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 28, 2014
Why Israel isn't losing sleep over Islamic State
Israel remains the least concerned and least directly threatened country in a region increasingly rocked by Islamic State's advance. And that's exactly how it's behaving.
WORLD
Oct 7, 2014
White House rejects Netanyahu's criticism with harsh response
The White House rejected criticism from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a withering response on Monday, accusing him of refusing to acknowledge how much help the United States has been to Israel over the years.
WORLD
Aug 20, 2014
Gaza war rages on; Hamas says Israel tried to kill its military chief
Israeli airstrikes killed 11 Palestinians in Gaza, including the wife and infant son of Hamas' military leader, Mohammed Deif, in what the group said Wednesday was an attempt to assassinate him after a cease-fire collapsed.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 19, 2014
As Gaza war subsides, a battle over how it is investigated begins
Even before starting work as chairman of a U.N. human rights commission investigating the Gaza war, Canadian law professor William Schabas has been vilified as an apologist for Iran who is incapable of setting aside his perceived anti-Israel bias.
WORLD
Aug 11, 2014
Israel and Palestinians observe new truce; longer accord sought
Israel and Gaza Strip militants began to observe another Egypt-brokered truce, giving negotiators time to craft a more enduring accord after a month of violence in the Hamas-ruled territory.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 6, 2014
Israel says it arrested suspect in killing of three teenagers
Israeli authorities said Tuesday they had arrested a Palestinian suspected of being involved in the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers in June.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 27, 2014
Fresh fighting erupts in Gaza after Hamas rockets hit Israeli cities
A humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip collapsed on Sunday after a barrage of rockets fired by Palestinian militants was met with fierce Israeli shelling, in a fresh setback to efforts to secure a permanent cease-fire.
WORLD
Jul 27, 2014
Destroy Hamas? Worse would follow
A top Pentagon intelligence official warned on Saturday that the destruction of Hamas would only lead to something more dangerous taking its place, as he offered a grim portrait of a period of enduring regional conflict.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 27, 2014
Israel extends Gaza cease-fire for 24 hours, Hamas rejects terms
Israel extended a humanitarian cease-fire in the Gaza Strip for another 24 hours, but Hamas, which dominates the coastal enclave, said it would only accept the truce if Israeli troops left the territory.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 15, 2014
Can't win by ravaging Gaza
Israel's targeting of Hamas is an attempt to distract from the slowly building collective sentiment among Palestinians throughout Palestine and among Palestinian citizens in Israel.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 12, 2014
Abe, Netanyahu agree to join hands on defense, Internet security
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu agreed in Tokyo Monday to bolster bilateral defense cooperation, including in cyberspace.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2014
Israel's dilemma over Putin's move on Ukraine
Israel worries about America's gradual withdrawal from the Middle East, a policy shift that has allowed Russia to regain lost influence there. And Russian President Vladimir Putin's move on Ukraine presented a dilemma for the Netanyahu government.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 10, 2014
Kerry errs when he invokes specter of boycotts of Israel
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry cleverly addresses every worry articulated by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but Kerry's big mistake in his approach to negotiations is his need to publicly invoke, repeatedly, the specter of an international campaign to boycott Israel.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2014
Netanyahu's talks with Kerry will be critical
Support for an independent Palestine alongside the state of Israel is not a constant. An odd tension in public opinion exists on both sides: The desire for the two leaderships to negotiate a settlement is set against a much weaker conviction that they are capable of doing it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 25, 2013
Obama's Middle East trip leaves behind hope, skepticism
Rescuing the decades-old idea that Israelis and Palestinians can live together in neighboring states emerges as the broad goal of U.S. President Barack Obama's Mideast trip.
EDITORIALS
Jan 31, 2013
The center resurgent in Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expected a mandate for his party and him in last week's ballot. Instead, Israeli voters almost split in half.

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When trying to trace your lineage in Japan, the "koseki" is the most important form of document you'll encounter.
Climbing the branches of a Japanese family tree