Episode 31 – Tokyo Vice: A Jewish journalist against the Yakuza with Jake Adelstein
Naor Meningher and Eytan Weinstein
March 29, 2017
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Iran starts taking nuclear centrifuges offline
Jewish Journal
November 2, 2015
Iran has begun shutting down uranium enrichment centrifuges under the terms of a deal struck with six world powers in July on limiting its nuclear program, Tehran\’s atomic energy chief said on Monday during a visit to Tokyo.
Vandals destroy copies of Anne Frank’s diary in Japan
Jewish Journal
February 21, 2014
More than 100 copies of Anne Frank’s “Diary of a Young Girl” have been vandalized in public libraries in Japan’s capital Tokyo.
Tokyo bank freezes Iranian assets
Jewish Journal
May 18, 2012
A Japanese bank has halted transactions by the Iranian government in response to a U.S. court ordering a $2.6 billion asset freeze over the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut.
Opinion: In Japan, pride in the Jewish response to tsunami
Jewish Journal
March 7, 2012
As I sit here in Tokyo with the first anniversary of the tsunami fast approaching, I recall my surprise the first time a Japanese person thanked me, as a Jew, for Israel’s immediate response to the disaster.
Jewish gymnasts win medals at world championships
Jewish Journal
October 17, 2011
American Alexandra Raisman won a bronze medal on the floor exercise for a routine choreographed to “Hava Nagila” at the 2011 World Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo.
Japan braces for potential radiation catastrophe as 140,000 could be affected
Jewish Journal
March 15, 2011
Japan faced a potential catastrophe Tuesday after a quake-crippled nuclear power plant exploded and sent low levels of radiation floating toward Tokyo, prompting some people to flee the capital and others to stock up on essential supplies.
Chabad ships food to quake-ravaged Japanese city
Jewish Journal
March 14, 2011
Chabad-Lubavitch centers in Tokyo and Hong Kong have shipped tons of food into one of the Japanese cities hardest hit by last week\’s earthquake and tsunami. The Tokyo-based Chabad-Lubavitch of Japan and the Hong Kong-based Chabad-Lubavitch of Asia have shipped bread, rice, noodles, soups, canned foods, flour and oil to the city of Sendai, Chabad.org reported.
Jewish groups mobilizing response to massive Japan earthquake and tsunami
Jewish Journal
March 11, 2011
Jewish organizations are mobilizing their responses to the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on Friday.
Israeli movie takes top prize in Tokyo
Jewish Journal
November 1, 2010
An Israeli movie took the grand prize at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
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