Japan-Palestine Relations

 

Photo: Japanese Volunteers in the West Bank
Source: Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees

Diplomatic Relations

Economic and Trade Relations

2005 Newsletters

7 -- Doubts about Tokyo’s Arab-Israeli Mediation Effort / Grant for Palestinian Children
34 -- Japan is the Ideal Country to Realize Peace in the Middle East
43 -- Three-Party Talks Plan Collapses
63 -- Why Japanese Efforts to Facilitate Three-Party Talks Have Failed
74 -- Emergency Grant after Israel’s Withdrawal from the Gaza Strip
75 -- Gauging Japan’s Role in the Middle East
83 -- Japan’s Foreign Policy toward the Middle East: The Non-Commitment Policy
112 -- President of American Jewish Committee Calls on Foreign Minister Aso
127 -- Prime Minister Koizumi Plans January Trip to West Asia
129 -- Japan’s Kamikaze Pilots and Contemporary Suicide Bombers
134 -- More on the Koizumi Trip to West Asia

2006 Newsletters

152 -- Sharon’s Stroke Stymies Koizumi’s Plans
174 -- The Democracy Problem: Hamas, America, and Japan
179 -- MOFA on Hamas
183 -- Visit to the Middle East by Dr. Tatsuo Arima
192 -- The Arima Mission and Japanese Policy toward Hamas
222 -- Abla Saadat Refused Permission to Come to Japan / Food Aid for Palestine
242 -- Tokyo Bending on Hamas Policy
247 -- An Interesting Exchange on Palestinian Aid
256 -- Ties with the Middle East
289 -- Tatsuo Arima on “Providing Hope for the Palestinian Economy”
299 -- Koizumi Wants One More Shot at a Visit to Israel and Palestine
309 -- Japan-Arab Dialogue Forum: The Fourth Meeting
310 -- China Report: Beijing Tightens Links with Arab World through Hamas Policy
320 -- Interaction Council Meeting in Jordan
329 -- Koizumi Backs Israel and Abbas / Palestinian Assistance / Koizumi E-Mail
332 -- The Magnificent Clarity of Killing
346 -- Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Shintaro Ito to Visit Middle East
358 -- Tokyo Wants to Host an Arab-Israeli Conference in November
371 -- Rabbi Says Japan’s Infrastructure Aid to Palestine is Building Hope
381 -- Is Tokyo Considering Dispatching the GSDF to Lebanon? / Aid for Lebanon
392 -- Shimon Peres on Japan’s Economic Role in the Palestinian Territories
403 -- Mitsui to Create New Partnership with Israel Aircraft Industries
414 -- Prime Minister Abe Hosts an Iftar Dinner
419 -- Ambassador Eli Cohen on Japanese-Jewish Similarities
438 -- Japanese Special Envoy Meets with Syrian Foreign Minister

2007 Newsletters

484 -- Jordanian Royal Visit to Japan / King Abdullah Speech
487 -- Foreign Minister Livni Pushes Tokyo Hard on Iran and Hamas
530 -- Japan to Host Four-Party Arab-Israeli Peace Talks in Mid-March
532 -- Taro Aso’s Speech on West Asian Policy
534 -- Japan’s Emergency Assistance to Improve the Situation of Palestinians
535 -- Masayuki Yamauchi on Japanese West Asian Strategy
546 -- Prospects for the Upcoming Four-Party Arab-Israeli Talks in Tokyo
552 -- Politics Matters: Arab-Israeli Talks / Wrong Partners / Peace Card
557 -- New Palestinian Government / UNSC 242 / Food Aid / Israel of East Asia
560 -- Taro Aso: Arab and Israeli Gentlemen Don’t Prefer Blondes
579 -- Confusion in the Middle East
586 -- The Egyptian Ambassador on Japan’s Arab Policies
610 -- Tokyo May Resume Direct Aid to the Palestinian Authority
612 -- Pro-Israel Congressmen to Muscle Japan over Palestinian Aid Policy
632 -- Tokyo Misses the Mark on Lebanon
634 -- Did Tokyo Back Down Once Again on Hamas Policy?
644 -- Tokyo Makes an Ill-Considered Compromise on Palestinian Aid
648 -- Tokyo Lines Up with the Bush and Olmert Administrations against Hamas
700 -- Israeli Leaders Talk War and Peace in Tokyo / Bridge Stories
703 -- Naoto Amaki Interview: Tokyo is a 100% Supporter of America and Israel
705 -- Foreign Minister Aso to Visit Jordan, Israel, and Palestinian Territories
713 -- Taro Aso: Arab-Israeli Peacebuilder
717 -- Ehud Harari on Taro Aso’s Peace Mission
740 -- Richard Armitage on Japanese-Islamic West Asia Relations
742 -- Asahi Shinbun Interviews the Former Ambassadors of Egypt and Israel
759 -- Japan Grants Nationality Rights to Japan-Born Palestinians / Peace Process
783 -- A Japanese Role at the Prospective Annapolis Talks?
821 -- Japan and West Asia: Insights Inspired by Zbigniew Brzezinski
834 -- Japan’s Low Profile at Annapolis
845 -- Is the Foreign Ministry Reassessing Its Policy on Arab-Israeli Peace?
865 -- Masayuki Yamauchi on Arabs Looking East

Information for the “Japan-Oman Relations” page was compiled by Michael Penn.