Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, improved ties with Israel, honored the Holocaust
The American Jewish Committee called Abe ‘an unstinting ally to the Jewish people and Israel,’ saying: ‘we have lost a dear friend’
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Breaking News Japanese Prime Minister Visits U.S. Holocaust Museum
Japan’s prime minister at a visit to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington honored the Japanese envoy who helped thousands of Jews escape the Holocaust. Shinzo Abe, who met with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, said while at the Holocaust museum on Monday, “As a Japanese citizen, I feel extremely proud of [Chiune] Sugihara’s…
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam on Sunday to highlight Japan’s friendship with the Jewish people and sees no contradiction with his recent controversial visit to the Yasukuni Shrine at home. The Anne Frank House, where the German-born Jewish girl kept a diary of her life in…
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